Meaningless company slogans

[wildcat45]

MikeO996 said:

Is it just me, or doesn't that have really negative connotations, i.e. Totalitarian, total war etc, especially when "Police Force" was replaced by "Police Service" years ago?
Quite apart from which it would be impossible to aspire to, let alone achieve.

Edited by MikeO996 on Thursday 3rd September 10:12

No I'd does seem a bit Big Briothet

[LordGrover]

Speaking of meaningless things...

wildcat45 said:

No I'd does seem a bit Big Briothet

[ecs]

Northamptonshire has the fifth highest obesity level in the UK.

[CaptainNotSlow]

Only needs two letters changing to give it more meaning...

[loafer123]

p4cks said:

Why would a public service need a strap line!?!

...as opposed to partial policing, presumably!

[RizzoTheRat]

hidetheelephants said:

The thread brings to mind an anecdote from Billy Connolly; workers at the Armitage Shanks works in Barrhead were asked to help management come up with a corporate mission statement. The inevitable reply was 'Wur mission is to mak lavvies'.

Surely "Taking the piss for 200 years" would be a far better

[Asterix]

We need to let the 'Crazy People' have a crack at these tag lines.

[wildcat45]

loafer123 said:

...as opposed to partial policing, presumably!

See my post about Northumbria Police above. The guy who was the Chief Constable at the time it was introduced was Ex-Met. No such thing as an original idea.

He liked slogans and (quite rightly) hated drunken anti-social behaviour. One campaign strap line was 'Enough's Enough'.

I think the other one was 'The Party's over.'

Came across like a strict Dad.

Edited by wildcat45 on Thursday 3rd September 14:12

[Steve_W]

There are some howlers in here!

Having said that, I was amused to see the strapline on the side of a large Luton van I overtook this morning:

First line: Sofa.com

Strapline: I wonder what they do?

[remkingston]

p4cks said:

What a fear enforcing strap line.

Don't worry, we're controlling everything, everywhere. Welcome to 1984. Don't think that, think this or else.

[SAS Tom]

Just seen "Acoustic Consultancy and Air Leakage Specialists"

Sounds like a fart related company.

[HTP99]

A great one on a local companies cesspit and portable toilet emptying lorry:

"Number one for number 2's".

[Hard-Drive]

Just sat through a new product launch from a company with the strapline "Engage the power of we"

Personally, I think that sounds like what a very pissed Captain Jean-Luc Picard would say after staggering up to a much-needed urinal in a Romulan nightclub at three in the morning...

[Funk]

Seeing grammatical errors on vehicles and marketing material gives me a negative view of that company immediately. If you can't pay attention to something as simple as spelling on your marketing, how much attention do you pay to the work you do? It doesn't take much to check you've spelt your strap line correctly...

[jimmyjimjim]

Hard-Drive said:

Just sat through a new product launch from a company with the strapline "Engage the power of we"

Personally, I think that sounds like what a very pissed Captain Jean-Luc Picard would say after staggering up to a much-needed urinal in a Romulan nightclub at three in the morning...

I recognized that straight off. Makes me cringe whenever I see it. Absolutely idiotic. And the marketing group has a decent budget, probably better than the product house.

[TankRizzo]

Used to work for HP.

Massive international campaign - strapline "Let's Do Amazing!"

International hilarity.

[CaptainNotSlow]

A company I used to work for had "Searching for a new balance". This became "Searching for a new job".

[5-Oh]

Dilligaf10 said:

My ex-neighbour's job title when he worked for a company that supplied power stations with conveyor belts for coal was "Head of Power". Just the best job title.

I work for [a large railway maintenance company] that has the position "Professional Head"

[NailedOn]

Thames Water.
The used to have a strap line "running water for you." Made you ask why they felt the need to state the blindingly obvious.
Now they have moved on to "at the heart of daily life."
To which I can only say "Thames Water, p:ssing your pounds away, every day."

[Blayney]

Make.Believe

Used to be ours. It made sense if you listened to anyone's performance report.