Meaningless company slogans
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Rude-boy said:
Johnnytheboy said:
As far as I can tell they provide building maintenance services, but all their vans are covered in these daft slogans about how lovely they are to their staff, rather than offer any clue on what they actually do.
My best bet is that they are very involved in property maintenance for a Housing Association or similar.I worked in housing for 9 years and all the 'working in association with' type companies such as property maintenance, landscape contractors all had their vehicles and literature absolutely plastered with complete bulls
t slogans about people, environment, society etc because that's the sort of total and utter crap that housing associations love to see on everything.Plus they didn't need to make sense to any other prospective customers because the housing associations were throwing that much money at them that they didn't need to appeal to anyone else.
I get a little bemused by counties that have to have a "strap-line" to make them more interesting.
Near me, for example, is the Staffordshire border. Apparently, it's "The Creative County".
I prefer a county that speaks quietly about it's best bits. Shropshire / Dorset / Gloucestershire for example.
Near me, for example, is the Staffordshire border. Apparently, it's "The Creative County".
I prefer a county that speaks quietly about it's best bits. Shropshire / Dorset / Gloucestershire for example.
NinjaPower said:
Rickyy said:
Double whammy!
His company slogan is plastered on his vans in large letters: "Get the image your looking for".
It makes me incandescent every time I see it. I've explained the issue to him on several occasions but he doesn't understand the difference between your and you're in the slightest.
A signwriter of all people. I dispair.
, proper bread.
So when I was reporting an incident at the local Nick and the surly PC said "What do you expect us to do?" I tapped the poster with said slogan on it. "Total policing officer, total policing." He then cracked a big grin and said something about he knew that slogan would bite them on the bum one day.
wildcat45 said:
Quite apart from which it would be impossible to aspire to, let alone achieve.
Edited by MikeO996 on Thursday 3rd September 10:12
NinjaPower said:
Rickyy said:
Double whammy!
His company slogan is plastered on his vans in large letters: "Get the image your looking for".
It makes me incandescent every time I see it. I've explained the issue to him on several occasions but he doesn't understand the difference between your and you're in the slightest.
A signwriter of all people. I dispair.
And then yourself, *despair*
LordGrover said:
From The Independent:
Belfast: The new Berlin
Leeds. Live it. Love it
Nottinghamshire: 'N'
Donegal: 'Up here it's different'
To be fair, Nottingham's was a logo rather than slogan change - the new logo was without slogan IYSWIMBelfast: The new Berlin
Leeds. Live it. Love it
Nottinghamshire: 'N'
Donegal: 'Up here it's different'
prand said:
O2: Be more dog.
I used to work there, this was one of the reasons I left.
Perhaps they should be "be more mobile company" because their cellular service is absolutely bobbins if you don't live in a big city. I used to work there, this was one of the reasons I left.
Mentioned this before, but I am 10 minutes outside of Notts, sat inside a triangle formed by Notts, Derby and Leicester. Do I have 4G? No. 3G? No, 2G? no.... normal GSM? just and even then I have to move about to find a spot that actually provides signal enough for a two-way conversation.
At my home in East Leake there is at least strong cell signal for calls, but absolutely no data. If I pop down the road to Co-op, I cannot ring home to double check with the OH if there is anything else we need from the shop. I used to live in Loughborough where you at least got some semblance of 3G at times. But here its garbage. Once the contract is up, bye bye O2.
SpeedMattersNot said:
Cat-Size - See their light.
From the Apprentice.
Still running with his Cat-Size brand, Glenn comes up with the slogan “Cat-Size. See their light.” It’s a play on words, innit? Light as in the light reflecting off cat’s eyes. Light as in what the cats will be after losing weight eating their product.
No one needs a business to help their cats lose weight. This is simple. Feed them one less packet of those miserable meat sponges the likes of Whiska's pass off as food and simply let the cat out. It'll sort itself out.From the Apprentice.
Still running with his Cat-Size brand, Glenn comes up with the slogan “Cat-Size. See their light.” It’s a play on words, innit? Light as in the light reflecting off cat’s eyes. Light as in what the cats will be after losing weight eating their product.
One from near me - Tunbridge Wells borough council adopted the phrase 'Love where you live' but had to tell everyone about it.
So they spent oodles plonking signs in places where - for centuries - no signage had been needed. See below for an idea of how their actions have helped to brighten up an otherwise dismal and depressing area that was crying out for 1.2m x 1.2m flat steel appendage;
So they spent oodles plonking signs in places where - for centuries - no signage had been needed. See below for an idea of how their actions have helped to brighten up an otherwise dismal and depressing area that was crying out for 1.2m x 1.2m flat steel appendage;
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