Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up. (Vol 2)

[Boxster5]

Strangely Brown said:

Boxster5 said:

The Viking River Cruise ad - nothing wrong with the ad but the ever so posh “bint” just grinds my gears. It’s almost like they’re saying if you don’t talk like this, then they’re not for you.

Do you think they would reach their target market better with the bint from Omaze or On-The-Beach?

Oh yes the Omaze ads - she’s annoying.
On-The-Beach ad - I think it’s funny (especially the son) - however “free lounge access” makes you rethink whether airport lounges are all they’re cracked up to be…..

[rallycross]

There are some very annoying radio adverts about driving too fast and having accidents in the countryside - having grown up and learned to drive on the back roads these adverts infuriate me! My family home is in the middle of no where no traffic mostly 60 limit - won’t be long till it’s all reduced to something daft like 40 ( or 20!).

[James6112]

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sc...

Post Office over 50s life cover

Mixed race couple, old black guy & old white lady on scooters

Blended family

I doubt representative of anybody

Ad by numbers
Zero imagination
Straight from the handbook

[Strangely Brown]

Boxster5 said:

Strangely Brown said:

Boxster5 said:

The Viking River Cruise ad - nothing wrong with the ad but the ever so posh “bint” just grinds my gears. It’s almost like they’re saying if you don’t talk like this, then they’re not for you.

Do you think they would reach their target market better with the bint from Omaze or On-The-Beach?

Oh yes the Omaze ads - she’s annoying.
On-The-Beach ad - I think it’s funny (especially the son) - however “free lounge access” makes you rethink whether airport lounges are all they’re cracked up to be…..

They were. It was the case that you get away from exactly the sort of people to whom they are now being promoted. It's only a couple of hours or so but it was worth it to avoid families like that.

Does that make me a snob? Damned right.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Wednesday 13th March 20:43

[Mercdriver]

Are they worth the money? If you can only check in two hours before the flight, then go through security and the you board thirty minute before take off. Leaving at best just over an hour.

Have to admit only experienced lounge once BA at Heathrow, full of kids taking up six seats, parents presumably in a bar drinking decent wine not the distilled jet fuel they call wine

Seats stained, carpets disgusting and food not fit to eat.

By now you will have guessed it is not for me.

[c6erby]

the McDonald's slurping through a straw

[Bluedot]

Hi, I'm calling about Sausage.

[Boxster5]

Strangely Brown said:

Boxster5 said:

Strangely Brown said:

Boxster5 said:

The Viking River Cruise ad - nothing wrong with the ad but the ever so posh “bint” just grinds my gears. It’s almost like they’re saying if you don’t talk like this, then they’re not for you.

Do you think they would reach their target market better with the bint from Omaze or On-The-Beach?

Oh yes the Omaze ads - she’s annoying.
On-The-Beach ad - I think it’s funny (especially the son) - however “free lounge access” makes you rethink whether airport lounges are all they’re cracked up to be…..

They were. It was the case that you get away from exactly the sort of people to whom they are now being promoted. It's only a couple of hours or so but it was worth it to avoid families like that.

Does that make me a snob? Damned right.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Wednesday 13th March 20:43

I’m with you there on that. Having said that, we hate airports - can’t wait to get out of them with zero hanging around. I wish we could afford to fly with someone like Netjets!!

[Boxster5]

Mercdriver said:

Are they worth the money? If you can only check in two hours before the flight, then go through security and the you board thirty minute before take off. Leaving at best just over an hour.

Have to admit only experienced lounge once BA at Heathrow, full of kids taking up six seats, parents presumably in a bar drinking decent wine not the distilled jet fuel they call wine

Seats stained, carpets disgusting and food not fit to eat.

By now you will have guessed it is not for me.

We had a 6 hour layover in Heathrow as we flew into Terminal 5 then transfer to Terminal 3 so we decided to book No 1 Lounge - what a rip off. Only edible hot food was a vegetable curry (the other was some sort of beef pasta which was overcooked and dried out, the cheese offering was an orange cheese with zero taste. One “beer” offering (some sort of lager), one gin offering (Greenalls), wine was pretty poor and the barmaid serving the measures looked like she begrudged us every drop.
Yes OK it wasn’t one of the airline executive lounges as we’re not willing to be bled dry for premium or first class travel (we’d rather spend that money when we get to our destination on great food & drink that is miles better than most UK offerings).
After all we’re still in the same pressurised cigar tube that arrives at the same time as everyone else and you’re no better protected in an accident.

[Mercdriver]

wine was pretty poor.


It wasn’t even as good as that, undrinkable, probably what the French refused to buy

[Beati Dogu]

Anonymous John said:

AlexRS2782 said:

Keep an eye out this weekend for the .Gov / National Highways advert encouraging people not to tailgate / follow the 2 second rule as it dropped on Friday.

God knows who came up with that and signed it off

Probably the same source as the "Go Left" one a year or so back.

Edited by Anonymous John on Sunday 10th March 16:04

The government is the largest advertising spender in the UK I believe. Gotta blow that lovely taxpayers money on bailing out the failing legacy media somehow.

[Bluedot]

Boxster5 said:

Mercdriver said:

Are they worth the money? If you can only check in two hours before the flight, then go through security and the you board thirty minute before take off. Leaving at best just over an hour.

Have to admit only experienced lounge once BA at Heathrow, full of kids taking up six seats, parents presumably in a bar drinking decent wine not the distilled jet fuel they call wine

Seats stained, carpets disgusting and food not fit to eat.

By now you will have guessed it is not for me.

We had a 6 hour layover in Heathrow as we flew into Terminal 5 then transfer to Terminal 3 so we decided to book No 1 Lounge - what a rip off. Only edible hot food was a vegetable curry (the other was some sort of beef pasta which was overcooked and dried out, the cheese offering was an orange cheese with zero taste. One “beer” offering (some sort of lager), one gin offering (Greenalls), wine was pretty poor and the barmaid serving the measures looked like she begrudged us every drop.
Yes OK it wasn’t one of the airline executive lounges as we’re not willing to be bled dry for premium or first class travel (we’d rather spend that money when we get to our destination on great food & drink that is miles better than most UK offerings).
After all we’re still in the same pressurised cigar tube that arrives at the same time as everyone else and you’re no better protected in an accident.

Booked into T3 No 1 Lounge in a couple of weeks, never been before but figured we'd give it a try.
Will report back

[Mercdriver]

Bluedot said:

Booked into T3 No 1 Lounge in a couple of weeks, never been before but figured we'd give it a try.
Will report back

Recommend taking a bottle of wine from the DF in with you

[Anonymous John]

Heinz beans. I hate that snivelling bd.

[slopes]

Anonymous John said:

Heinz beans. I hate that snivelling bd.

Yep, it's one of the dumbest adverts going

[vincom500]

Indeed ad .
I get the Bonnie and Clyde , King and Queen and Pirate, but what about the Pharmacist ?

[raceboy]

Mercdriver said:

Are they worth the money?

They used to be ok, as the cost model was prohibitive to people taking kids in them, but with onthebeach allowing families in it becomes as bad at is it looks on their own adverts.
Only saving grace is the promotion only runs from May to October so outside those times it's ok, but we only tend to use them if the flight times mean we can do breakfast in there, that seems to be a meal no one can mess up.

[jabarringer]

Not a TV ad, but just as annoying - I can't wait for the Cheltenham Race week to finish so that the 4 gurning idiots featured in the Paddypower adverts disappear from our newspaper. Do punters not see how much these betting companies are earning compared to what they are losing by betting - or did they fail maths at primary school?

[jabarringer]

Not a TV ad, but just as annoying - I can't wait for the Cheltenham Race week to finish so that the 4 gurning idiots featured in the Paddypower adverts disappear from our newspaper. Do punters not see how much these betting companies are earning compared to what they are losing by betting - or did they fail maths at primary school?

[Boxster5]

Anonymous John said:

Heinz beans. I hate that snivelling bd.

Reminds me of my brother-in-law who loves Heinz baked beans.
He’d fill his case if he went abroad - none of that foreign muck🤪🤪