All the news that's fit ...

[ericcoleman]

I was in the drive through at the bank ... and like most banks now, they have a little screen that runs through adverts for stuff that the bank does, and news items and trivia. In this case it was the top three headlines according to whatever service they use. I don't remember specifically what 2 and 3 were, but they were fairly big news items.

It was #1 that got me.

Honey Appears To Help Coughs

I don't know which is the more stupid, that this was the top news item over other 2 big things or that someone JUST FIGURED THAT OUT.

I wonder how much the grant for that study was worth?

Comments

[whl.livejournal.com]

Does the bank have a lane for those of us who think they get enough advertising in our lives already? (I know Jewel mostly doesn't, for their check out line video ad system.)

I'm getting really annoyed at the lack of control I have over getting advertised at outside my home these days.

[awfulhorrid.livejournal.com]

Or, for that matter, in my home when I'm not asking for advertisements. I had to call DirecTV customer service to confirm a service call later this week. The young lady who answered the phone had to hear my complaints about the advertisements I had to listen to while I was on hold. I was particularly upset by these ads because they were poorly recorded, very loud, and for things for which I have absolutely no interest.

Her response: "Ads? What ads?" Either they had not been told about them, or I was the first one to complain.

[whl.livejournal.com]

There is a recently built movie theater in Oxford, Mississippi which has video ads playing in the washrooms...

[philady.livejournal.com]

I thought the Jewel checkout line ads were bad, but then a few weeks ago, I went to a gas station and there were video ads screaming at me from the gas pump, too! Gah!!