# Way to encourage stalkers, Verizon. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773 "2003-01-20T08:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/21 "2003-01-20T18:40:13Z")
One that makes me cringe is the single guy in a bar who invites some poor girl from outside in for a drink because she’s obviously had a tough day. Thing is, she’s had a tough day because behind her back he just took all her clothes out of the laundromat dryer and stuffed them into a trash can so he could meet her. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/22 "2003-01-20T19:52:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*Oh, that explains the discrepancy then. I’ve never seen the other version, just the laundry one. Carry on. \*\* That’s funny; I’ve never seen the one where she’s outside and comes back with laundry. I’ve seen slightly different versions of the one where she’s always _inside_ the apartment. Sometimes she flings the Polaroids out the window, or puts them in a pot of boiling water (‘Fatal Attraction,’ anyone? :eek: ). He keeps sliding the photos under the door, and she doesn’t open it till he fakes the tears with eye drops. I’ve always thought it bordered on the stalker-ish. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/23 "2003-01-20T21:17:46Z")
17 new messages? E-mails hundreds of pictures? Hanging around her apartment? I’d introduce him to my friends Smith and Wesson. What an idiotic commercial. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/24 "2003-01-20T23:35:09Z")
This reminds me of the latest Las Vegas tourist ads. Brace yourselves for this one, everybody: Their new motto is “What happens here, stays here.” And I suddenly see visions of prostitutes, farm animals, mobsters, father-rapers and all sorts of mean, nasty, horrible things… but hey, they’ve got that Code of Silence thing going on, so it doesn’t matter! No one back home will ever find out the goat-felching truth about your vacation! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/25 "2003-01-21T01:43:21Z")
Don’t mean to hijack with another “the one that bugs me is…” but since there are a few declamations against other ads that give a nod & a wink to the unacceptable: I hate the morons who are pitching (no pun) too-sweet bubble-gum (which should by-no-means appeal to anyone over the age of twelve) by claiming that _“Usually to get a twelve-pack that packs this kind of punch, you have to use your fake ID.”_ Not cool. Fuck off, schmucks. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/26 "2003-01-21T01:46:24Z")
> [@](#): > > but hey, they’ve got that Code of Silence thing going on, so it doesn’t matter! No one back home will ever find out the goat-felching truth about your vacation! And thank the stars for THAT. Do you think the teabagging incident will ever come out? ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/27 "2003-01-21T01:57:17Z")
> [@](#): > > What about that new spray on deoderant stuff, where the geek gets jumped in the elevator by the chick. > > WTF is up with that? I kinda dig that one, actually. The funny thing is that the guy doesn’t even use the deodorant; he just happens to pass by someone who does. It’s sort of an advertising rule that if the man featured **knows** how drop dead gorgeous he is, it comes off as kind of skeezy - like the other ad mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/28 "2003-01-21T02:09:18Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate the morons who are pitching (no pun) too-sweet bubble-gum (which should by-no-means appeal to anyone over the age of twelve) by claiming that “Usually to get a twelve-pack that packs this kind of punch, you have to use your fake ID.” Not cool. Fuck off, schmucks. I’ve never seen this ad, but that shit is REALLY FUNNY. It’s amusing. I guess if you were some hyper-vigilant superfreak who cries when alcohol is subtly referenced you’d be pissed off. I mean, you could tell me for weeks about how Fake IDs are breaking the law, and kids under twelve shouldn’t be taught about alcohol or even know that there’s stuff older people can do that they can’t, and I wouldn’t listen. It’s a damn good tagline. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/29 "2003-01-21T02:09:30Z")
Some call it stalking. I call it love. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/30 "2003-01-21T07:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*One that makes me cringe is the single guy in a bar who invites some poor girl from outside in for a drink because she’s obviously had a tough day. > > Thing is, she’s had a tough day because behind her back he just took all her clothes out of the laundromat dryer and stuffed them into a trash can so he could meet her. \*\* Sounds like the beer commercial where the guy discards a girl’s luggage off the baggage carousel so he can meet her. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/31 "2003-01-21T13:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*What about that new spray on deoderant stuff, where the geek gets jumped in the elevator by the chick. > > WTF is up with that? \*\* That would be Axe Deodorant Spray and there’s a couple different versions of that one too, including Leather Biker Dude and (I think) old lady. Not nearly as funny as the ones with the girl and the manniquin. I find it odd that they are coming out with commercials with 3 or 4 different endings now. I wonder if it’s a tactic to get people to actually watch commercials? -The Man Who ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/32 "2003-01-21T13:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*Sounds like the beer commercial where the guy discards a girl’s luggage off the baggage carousel so he can meet her. \*\* Doesn’t he discard his own luggage? He realizes she’s lost her own bags, so he dumps his bag so he can run into her at the Lost Baggage counter. How would he know which one was hers? That’s the way I interpreted it. I thought that one was kind of cute. Not nearly as creepy as the Polaroid one. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773/33 "2003-01-21T14:41:21Z")
Now that you point that out, it may be his own luggage he discards. I remember that she’s the last one on the baggage claim floor and that there’s one bag left on the carousel that isn’t hers. I always assumed he was just walking by, saw her, and decided he’d meet her by throwing her luggage away. I suppose it could have been his. I’ll have to look for it and watch it again. This is proof that I pay little attention to commercials. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-encourage-stalkers-verizon/149773.md?page=1)