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Stellavista 20-01-2015 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by the drexciyan (Post 12189922)
One for me is when an advert has a bit of success, they spin it off for the next few months and years into a whole family of characters to really milk anything that remotely got a reaction about the original advert. Compare the meerkat and that stupid ******* robot for confused dot com, thats you.

F*cking Bisto ads, and those coffee ads with that munter Sharon Maughan.

the drexciyan 20-01-2015 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisophiex (Post 12189943)
Spot on. It's almost as if the general public (ergh!) forget what the original concept message is all about, and the new direction metamorphosis into a whole new stratosphere of nonsense !

I'm convinced people are more interested in "collecting" meerkats rather than getting a competitive quote, or whatever that company does :hmph:

Aint that the truth. I recall being actually incredulous when i saw that compare the meerkat advert and they were selling the cuddly toy first in front of any original message for what the company actually did in the first place.

Its surely only a matter of time before that ******** robot on prozac is being sold on confused dot com.

chrisophiex 20-01-2015 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by the drexciyan (Post 12189964)
Aint that the truth. I recall being actually incredulous when i saw that compare the meerkat advert and they were selling the cuddly toy first in front of any original message for what the company actually did in the first place.

Its surely only a matter of time before that ******** robot on prozac is being sold on confused dot com.

Have you seen the recent confused advert? He's only ruddy enlisted all his robot mates to come on an adventure to rescue him ..... Certainly gives Gareth Hunt / Nescafé a run for their money ...... Perhaps Nescafé should have "spun off" and sold toothbrushes or something .

danpalace07 20-01-2015 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by the drexciyan (Post 12189922)
One for me is when an advert has a bit of success, they spin it off for the next few months and years into a whole family of characters to really milk anything that remotely got a reaction about the original advert. Compare the meerkat and that stupid ******* robot for confused dot com, thats you.

I despise having adverts shoved in my face all the time and this doesn't help.

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Originally Posted by the drexciyan (Post 12189916)
American border control officials. The unnecessary macho tough-guy image to ensure you know the US isn't a doddle to get into you know, what with the terrorists. And who gave them the right to pass judgements on passport photos anyway?

wankers. Absolute wankers. Compare the silent big bald bloke in New Jersey who refused to show any kind of friendliness or humour to the woman at Heathrow who chatted to us (as in my family) happily when we got back. You don't have to treat people like subhuman scum to do your job.

Blind_Eagle 20-01-2015 08:58 PM

People who think that memes are a web based phenomenon and believe that there are certain 'meme' rules that must be followed.

Utter ****wits, the lot of them.

Maybe do some research on the theory behind the concept before showing your ignorance in public? :-)

Icy 20-01-2015 09:24 PM

People that get all self important over job titles.

chrisophiex 20-01-2015 09:33 PM

Getting up in the middle of the night for a piss .

the drexciyan 20-01-2015 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisophiex (Post 12190115)
Getting up in the middle of the night for a piss .

True, the person that invents the App to do that for you will earn a ******* fortune.

Skiddo 21-01-2015 12:02 AM

Office workers that treat a cup of Starbucks coffee like crack cocaine as they march through tube stations holding it in front of themselves.

Hedgehog 21-01-2015 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisophiex (Post 12190115)
Getting up in the middle of the night for a piss .

I guess the consequences of not doing that might be more annoying!

Hedgehog 21-01-2015 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Icy (Post 12190100)
People that get all self important over job titles.

We were only talking about that yesterday. I got an e-mail from some little 5 man company and the guy was calling himself "Director of Quality".

I can just imagine him on holiday telling people, "Oh yes, myself I'm a Director of Quality".

KYLIE MINEAGLE 21-01-2015 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Skiddo (Post 12190329)
Office workers that treat a cup of Starbucks coffee like crack cocaine as they march through tube stations holding it in front of themselves.

Not that I have tried it. But I imagine drinking crack cocaine would taste better than Starbucks.

the digger 21-01-2015 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Icy (Post 12190100)
People that get all self important over job titles.

I love it when someone tells me they're a Head Chef, only to discover they are the only person working in the kitchen.

It's like declaring yourself Captain of a surfboard.

Reps AJ 21-01-2015 03:40 AM

People who don't appreciate how hard it is to captain a surfboard

Lemming 21-01-2015 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Chocky (Post 12187714)
Innernet.
Dennist.
Los Vegas.
Merry Chrismess.

This one annoys and bemuses me in equal measures.

Lemming 21-01-2015 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by the drexciyan (Post 12189916)
American border control officials. The unnecessary macho tough-guy image to ensure you know the US isn't a doddle to get into you know, what with the terrorists. And who gave them the right to pass judgements on passport photos anyway?

For a country that is so overly friendly once you're in, they sure as heck (see what I did there) don't make you feel welcome at customs.

Customs officer in Las Vegas asked me, “What's the purpose of your visit?”. The overwhelming temptation was to say.....
a. “Take a guess”.
b. “To consume as many drugs and f**k as many prostitutes/hookers as my body can manage”.

The correct answer is of course, “I'm on holiday/vacation”.

Skin Up 21-01-2015 05:32 AM

People who bang on about their politics on facebook, I don't think they care about the cause tbh, just an excuse to show how right on left wing or proper naughty right wing they are like a fashion statement.

wighteagle 21-01-2015 07:06 AM

People that keep saying the word like throughout their sentence. Worst of all is if they do this and then raise the tone of their voice at the end. Drives me up the wall and makes me want to give them a slap.

SeanPalace84 21-01-2015 07:13 AM

When you call up a doctors/company etc only to be met by a secretary that sounds like she's got something stuck up her ass. Whatever you say seems a problem or and you feel like an incontinence. Does my head in.

Pidster 21-01-2015 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Hedgehog (Post 12190372)
We were only talking about that yesterday. I got an e-mail from some little 5 man company and the guy was calling himself "Director of Quality".

I can just imagine him on holiday telling people, "Oh yes, myself I'm a Director of Quality".

John Lewis Partner.


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