Tesco Advert Torture

CliveOfIndia

The ones that irritate me are things like anti-dandruff shampoo, anti-wrinkle cream, grey hair covering dyes, etc.  In the small print at the bottom they always say "Removes up to 100% of dandruff" or whatever.  Well, sure, they ain't going to remove more than 100%.  And if they don't work and end up removing nothing - well, zero % falls into the "Up to 100%" bracket, so they're not lying.  Talk about utterly meaningless figures.

Oh, and car adverts where the small print says "Model shown is not to UK specification".  Why bother showing it in the UK then?

Hey, I'm your archetypal Grumpy Old Man, what can I say

swingaloo

Its like Carole Voderman, maths genius and all round irritating person doing those ads designed to separate pensioners from their cash knowing they are being fleeced.

swingaloo

The ones that really annoy me are the hair colour ones. As if the likes of Davina McCall or Eva Longoria touch up their own roots and whip a box out when they want a hair colour.

HillStreetBlues

CliveOfIndia said:

The ones that irritate me are things like anti-dandruff shampoo, anti-wrinkle cream, grey hair covering dyes, etc.  In the small print at the bottom they always say "Removes up to 100% of dandruff" or whatever.  Well, sure, they ain't going to remove more than 100%.  And if they don't work and end up removing nothing - well, zero % falls into the "Up to 100%" bracket, so they're not lying.  Talk about utterly meaningless figures.

Oh, and car adverts where the small print says "Model shown is not to UK specification".  Why bother showing it in the UK then?

Hey, I'm your archetypal Grumpy Old Man, what can I say

I've been cloned

Pollycat

CliveOfIndia said:

The ones that irritate me are things like anti-dandruff shampoo

The head and shoulders one is infuriating.

liggerz87

Okell said:

I take solace in the fact that these adverts (Youtube as well) simply create a very deep antagonism in me towards the advertisers.

So deep in fact that I will never buy their products or use their services.

I'd have thought the advertisers would be concerned about alienating potential customers, but perhaps they don't care?

Look up YouTube revanced for phone and also smart tube for chrome cast they both block ads on YouTube 

lookbook

swingaloo said:

Its like Carole Voderman, maths genius and all round irritating person doing those ads designed to separate pensioners from their cash knowing they are being fleeced.

She did really well though.

lincroft1710

WeBuyAnyCar, i i and Raffalux

sallysaver

There is nothing more irritating than the female bingo caller and her 4, well five bingo players,  if you count the dog on The Chase. I  have to mute the TV.

Grumpy_chap

lincroft1710 said:

WeBuyAnyCar,

Just sold my car  da dop pe do pe do
in less time than it takes a disgraced TV presenter to save a kitten
now I'm going back to trimming a bush into the shape of a pair of flamingos