• The first stage of the forum upgrades has now been completed but they remain in a degraded state and are still being worked on. Normal posting/reading should now be possible.
    Please read this thread for more details.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.

Really minor annoyances

Becs said:
Backfired for Hellmans during the Euros. They had Jack Grealish on their mayo and sauces, then he got left out of the England squad.
Click to expand...

I'd love to know what impact TV advertising in particular has for some products.

I get that for some products, it probably will have an impact. A new product for example, or an impulse purchase type product.

There's a coffee advert on that makes my wife fancy a coffee. Not necessarily that brand, but any coffee. So subconsciously advertising must work.

But does having Samuel L Jackson advertise your bread really change people's loyalty and boost your sales enough?
 

Redandwhitedust said:
I'd love to know what impact TV advertising in particular has for some products.

I get that for some products, it probably will have an impact. A new product for example, or an impulse purchase type product.

There's a coffee advert on that makes my wife fancy a coffee. Not necessarily that brand, but any coffee. So subconsciously advertising must work.

But does having Samuel L Jackson advertise your bread really change people's loyalty and boost your sales enough?
Click to expand...
What did you put on your toast?
 
AmblerThorn said:
People who make noises in public for attention

Look at me everyone, I am coughing, clearing my throat, sniffing, yawning, groaning etc

Look at him everyone, he's great- he's coughing clearing his throat, sniffing, yawning, groaning - thought no human ever

Usually done by people who don't understand personal space and like to be physically close to strangers
Click to expand...
This morning, my work colleague is sneezing so loudly that the whole building can hear him. He's an attention seeking arse.
 
JL1985 said:
This morning, my work colleague is sneezing so loudly that the whole building can hear him. He's an attention seeking arse.
Click to expand...
Think every office has a loud sneezer

Might as well stand up and shout
GERMS AIRBORNE EVERYWHERE

Maybe some attention seeking sneezer blokes think it's a manly thing

LOOK AT ME WITH MY DEEP POWERFUL ROAR OF A SNEEZE COS AM A PROPER MAN ME

arseholes
 
Becs said:
Backfired for Hellmans during the Euros. They had Jack Grealish on their mayo and sauces, then he got left out of the England squad.
Click to expand...

Worst I've seen was in France in 2010. Their national football team was plastered over loads of different products being advertised, from supermarkets to snack foods, sports wear and all sorts. Unfortunately the France team having barely scraped into the world cup tournament proceeded to finish bottom of the group and utterly disgrace themselves in the process. No one in France wanted to buy anything with the faces of that rabble plastered over it and the sponsors must have lost a ton of money
 
VenisonsMullet said:
I'm sure it's already been mentioned on this thread, but when did walking along the street, holding your phone out in front of you and having a conversation on loudspeaker become a thing?
Click to expand...
Or on a train, same with videos and music. On a long trip recently, I was having a bit of a doze and this young lass came and sat next to me with stupid videos at high volume blaring out of her phone. Loads of people shouting "oh my god" in very shrill ways at something. When she finished her pasties she screwed up the bags, stuffed them into the fold down table and left the train - so I guess respect for others and the space was not high on her priorities.


A family random annoyance. When walking somewhere, if there is something on the path ahead of me on my side (a bin, overhanging tree, someone coming the other way, etc), I pause very briefly so I can side step behind one of the kids so we can go in single file until we pass. Every single time they stop dead too, and I have to gesture forward saying "go ahead, there is something blocking the path for me, I'll drop behind." And I mean every single time. My daughter is 17 and has still not got to grips with the concept of looking, seeing something will block my path and anticipating this little thing that has happened over 500 times before. Every time they look at me and what essentially is just dropping one step, as if there is something major wrong. I've paused for half a second ffs. It shouldn't be a break in conversation, should not be a break in stride, it should just be automatic, but no, the pair of them without fail stopping dead.
 
DaveH said:
Or on a train, same with videos and music. On a long trip recently, I was having a bit of a doze and this young lass came and sat next to me with stupid videos at high volume blaring out of her phone. Loads of people shouting "oh my god" in very shrill ways at something. When she finished her pasties she screwed up the bags, stuffed them into the fold down table and left the train - so I guess respect for others and the space was not high on her priorities.


A family random annoyance. When walking somewhere, if there is something on the path ahead of me on my side (a bin, overhanging tree, someone coming the other way, etc), I pause very briefly so I can side step behind one of the kids so we can go in single file until we pass. Every single time they stop dead too, and I have to gesture forward saying "go ahead, there is something blocking the path for me, I'll drop behind." And I mean every single time. My daughter is 17 and has still not got to grips with the concept of looking, seeing something will block my path and anticipating this little thing that has happened over 500 times before. Every time they look at me and what essentially is just dropping one step, as if there is something major wrong. I've paused for half a second ffs. It shouldn't be a break in conversation, should not be a break in stride, it should just be automatic, but no, the pair of them without fail stopping dead.
Click to expand...
I was hoping mine would grow out of that
 
Hawkings Boots said:
People driving really slow around multi storey car parks looking for spaces instead of just driving to the top floor where there will be loads
Click to expand...
Or spotting a family walking back to the car and sticking the indicator on waiting for them to move.

When I see people doing that to me I take out the windscreen fluid from the boot and lift the bonnet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top