Has there ever been a restaurant that you avoid because their commercials were so awful?
Burger King, when their commercials were violence themed.
Spangles because their commercials are so stupid. The owner insists on putting her own family members in the commercials, and the jingles are moronic. “C’mon baby, don’t be shy. This mudslide was made for you and I.” Makes me want to kick something.
Yes, I remember them and that’s the point. But the biggest point is that they aren’t getting my business!
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Yes. Their is a radio commercial where the owner beats up his patrons because he is the boxing champ.
The new Colonial Saunders of the Kentucky Fried Chicken fame is downright scary.
@chyna stole my answer. Defintely something off there.
No, but for a while I didn’t want to use Tide because of their commercial where the mom takes her daughter’s shirt behind her back and then uses Tide to get a stain out so her daughter won’t know.
I am going to categorise Gordon Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” as commercials, so I will definitely avoid 99.999% of all the restaurants featured on that show.
Olive Garden. They suck. And you can’t franchise really good Italian food. It has to come from the heart.
Yes.
I do not go to restaurants that have commercials.
So take your pick.
Like @josie, I don’t go places that have commercials. If they aren’t good enough to get word-of-mouth publicity, why waste your money?
No, because of Youssef’s Deli. Their jingle is just the phrase, “Youssef’g Deli. Good things for your belly.” repeated over and over. It’s brainless and annoying.
If I had let my opinion of the commercial keep me from sampling the food I would have missed out on some of the most delicious gyros and spicy turkey wraps ever created. In the case of eating establishments my opinion is always based solely on food and service.
@ragingloli What is wrong with a mother taking something from her daughter’s closet and then basically lying by ommission and deceipt? You are joking right?
I generally don’t go to restaurants who advertise on TV. Oops, just read the answers above, sorry.
@JLeslie
Standard procedure in most families. I do not see the issue.
Also, it is spelt ‘omission’ and ‘deception’. I find that much more objectionable.
I don’t avoid restaurant simply because of commercials. But there’s one food in a restaurant that I avoid because of its commercial, if that counts too. This is it. Nearly 2 minutes with a bunch of women butt-dancing for no purpose at all. I don’t understand what the dancing has to do with the food.
My wife cleans stains off my shirts without telling me all the time when I’m at work. Doesn’t bother me none.
No, but that’s because I actively tune out commercials. (By that, I mean, if a commercial comes on I turn the channel or radio station.)
Carl’s Jr. They don’t even have a place within 500 miles of me but I know about the ads. Maybe they ran them 10 years ago when I lived in L.A.
Zaxby’s, for using those Duck assholes.
As @josie and @osoraro have said, I don’t go to restaurants that advertise on television. However, I can’t think of an advertisement for one that would deter me beyond the food they serve. I don’t take much notice of them.
@osoraro The mother borrows the shirt, goes out partying, gets a stain on it, and takes the stain out so the daughter won’t know she took the shirt.
I guess I thought it was implied the mother used the shirt behind the girls back, but that went over some people’s heads.
My point is if the daughter took a shirt out of her mon’s closet for a night on the town would that be ok? Parents are supposed to model behavior.
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is the commercial. If jellies are ok with that then they had people like you in the focus group I guess.
I’m with @JLeslie on that commercial. The mother does something that we actively teach our kids not to do….stealing and lying.
Oh, I didn’t realize that she stole the shirt. I just thought she was taking a stained shirt out of the closet.
No..she took her daughter’s shirt behind her back, went a partied in it, and that’s where it got stained.
Well, if my wife took my daughter’s shirt without asking and then washed it, I can’t see how my daughter would give a crap. The commercial isn’t teaching that stealing is okay, and I can’t see how any reasonable person would watch that commercial and say, “Hey, I think I’ll go rob a bank!” It’s just an amusing attempt to show that Tide removes stains. But whatevs.
Well, sure. But the commercial portrays the mother as being sneaky.
I guess a bunch of my friends are unreasonable then. A lot of them thought it was terrible, not just me.
@Dutchess_III Oh, tell me that as a mother you were never sneaky. With a straight face.
Um…I tried to set a good example for my kids. (Thinking, thinking…..) OK. I used to hide my beer in the crisper at the bottom of the fridge. Then I went and got a new fridge and the crisper was see through glass. I suck.
Also, when ever I would go through a1/2 pint of rum, I’d “hide” the empty bottle in whatever cereal box was in the trash. Got busted on that too! I suck.
What does moms being imperfect and not telling all to their children have to do with a commercial portraying bad behavior? Next we’ll have an ad of a mom toking with her daughter and washing the clothing out before dad figures out what they were up to.
Give me a break. The commercial is promoting getting away with lying. I don’t see how anyone defends it.
Okay, so continue to boycott Tide if you find the commercial so offensive. Bring them to their knees.
first world problems
I don’t think they air them anymore, but Carls Jr. used to have these horrible commercials where they’d say something like “If it doesn’t get all over the place, it doesn’t belong in your face.” Then they’d show this disgusting, condiment dripping burger. It always looked like there was diarrhea dripping down the people’s arms. Who would want to eat something that looks so disgusting? Completely turned me off to Carls Jr.
Here’s One of Those Commercials
I don’t boycott Tide. I said I didn’t want to use Tide when I saw that commercial. I still buy it sometimes. I never was huge on buying Tide, because it’s so expensive. I buy it sometimes for my husband. He is stereotypical Latin American, likes the smell of Tide. Not that tons of nonHispanic Americans don’t buy the stuff. That detergent is even sometimes sold on the black market and traded for drugs from what I heard. I believe it. I wouldn’t doubt it falls off of some trucks.
@JLeslie Latin Americans specifically like the smell of Tide ??
What is so special about Tide that they’d buy it on the black market?
Yes, Hardee’s / Carl’s Jr. for their pornographic commercials.
@Devilishtreat Agree. Those Carl’s Jr commercial spoil food and sex. And I didn’t think that was possible.
That’s crazy @osoraro! But I still don’t understand why it is in such high demand on the street?
I don’t use Tide. I use the cheapest stuff I can find.
I never avoid a product just because of commercials. Although, I never really see commercials anyway, as I ditched commercial television about 12 years ago. That said: I may start buying Tide just because of that ad.
@anniereborn I did say nonHispanics but it too. Did you miss that?
@osoraro That is incredible. Lol. I guess it’s true.
@JLeslie No, I didn’t miss that, but not sure how that changes what you said, which I found very curious.
@anniereborn It has been my experience that the Latin Americans I know use Tide. Obviously, not all of them do. Funny, I remember one of our salespeople in towels when I worked at Bloomingdale’s would tell customers not to use Tide on dark towels.
My husband wants me to use Tide because of the smell. He never says anything about the clothes not being clean enough. An ex of mine also used Tide. His family was from a different country than my husband. Maybe Tide advertises a lot on Spanish stations? I’m going to watch for laundry detergent commercials on Spanish TV. Both families need to watch their pennies more than me. Tide costs almost double. I do buy it sometimes if I get a really good deal.
Is your family Latin American? Do you use Tide?
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