I may have mentioned this one before in a post I've since deleted. Sorry if I'm repeating myself. But this commercial REALLY bugs me, in a funny sort of way.
The voice over says something like, "Tired of missing calls digging for your cell phone in that crowded purse? Then YOU need the Buxton Organizer!"
Me: "No, you just need less crap in your purse!"
Commercial: "Don't lug around that heavy tote! Look, the Buxton organizer holds ALL THIS and TWO bottles of water!" Visual: time-lapse of lady unpacking her tote and repacking it all into the Buxton bag.
Me: "If you take the crap out of the tote, and put all the SAME crap back in the Buxton organizer, isn't it just as heavy?"
Commercial: "And with the Buxton organizer, everything is neatly stored so you can find it easily." Visual: lady tips the bag down so the camera can see inside. Bag is stuffed to the gills.
Me: "So you know exactly where your cell phone is now, but you can't get it out without emptying half your purse first."
And then they go on to their free gift: a mini-recorder! They show a clip of a lady looking in the fridge and rattling off what she needs at the grocery, and then her in the grocery listening to her recording...and nodding at the recorder. They show an old lady in a giant parking lot listening to a recording she made of what row she parked in...and nodding. And a guy in the car listening to directions he gave himself, and nodding (like any guy who wears a power suit would give himself directions, let alone listen to them afterwards!) And a kid listening to a message from his mom about her being late for dinner, and nodding.
Seriously, people, what's with the nodding?? Because, ya know, I always nod to myself listening to, say, my answering machine. Or I'm going to stand in the grocery holding this plastic keychain thingy up in the air, grinning like a doofus and nodding?
I don't know if a plastic but reusable device would be more environmentally sound, but for goodness' sake, whatever happened to writing a note ON PAPER and sticking it to the fridge? Making a grocery list, using a post-it, buying a map? Talking to your family? And if you can't remember a parking row number for a few hours while you're shopping, maybe you shouldn't be going shopping alone!
Just something that makes me laugh :)
nytquill17 posted on Mar 18, 2008
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Fallyn said on Mar 18, 2008....
*falling over laughing*i remember this commercial...and i remember thinking to myself how utterly retarded it was.
it seemed to me that none of the stuff was actually any easier to find.....it was just a bigger bag...or something.
didn't make any sense.
AND it was annoying.
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silverwhisper said on Mar 19, 2008....
you know, i don't think i know that product. but i do like giving commercials the mst3k treatment wherever possible... :D
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nytquill17 said on Mar 19, 2008....
Fallyn: exactly :D I mean, it looks like a nice enough bag. There's nothing wrong with the bag itself and I'm sure it would help keep you organized. The problem is that they keep confusing "organized" with "can hold all your stuff from your old purse in nifty compartments." That's not going to solve the problem!
Ed: You must be watching the wrong channels ;) This commercial cracks me up every time I see it. I love how they have the "news anchor expressions." You know: Happy story! :D Sad story :( Good purse :D Bad purse :(
I've always been one for a critical approach. Mostly because it makes a lot of stuff in life funnier, like road signs, manuals, and commercials. I've never thought of it as the MST3K treatment, but you know, that's exactly what I do.
And I never watched nearly enough of that show as I wanted to! Had a blast with every episode I did manage to catch though. And I've seen the movie twice. ("Augh! I fell on my keys!")
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the_infernal_optimist said on Mar 19, 2008....
Yeahhhh, I hate that stupid recorder nodfest. :-p "How to convince everyone around you that you're a loon!"
I had to laugh about ed's MST3K comment. :-D I do that under my breath sometimes with the kiddie shows I'm forced to sit through every day. Infomercials are funnier for it though.
~Infernal
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Fallyn said on Mar 19, 2008....
i have always survived with a fairly small purse....granted it gets REALLY overloaded if i don't keep it cleaned out.....but still.
it has a pocket for my cell phone on the outside...and another pocket i keep my keys in....right next to the cell phone pocket....so regardless of losing anything else in it....which i do....i at least always know where my cell and keys are.
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nytquill17 said on Mar 19, 2008....
I wouldn't even use a purse if I didn't have to carry so much medical stuff and snacks (stupid diabetes). Like everybody I tend to accumulate things like receipts and mints and stuff in the bottom of my purse. But I tend to keep it pretty sparse in there, if only because a glucometer and two insulin pens takes up most of the room!
I keep my iPod, keys, change, and wallet in my pockets unless I'm wearing something special. I don't even have a cell phone! So besides the medical stuff, I keep a travel-size deodorant, a travel bottle of tylenol, a folding hairbrush, lip gloss, a pack of gum, a pencil, and an index card with phone numbers. Then anything I need for the specific trip I'm making (grocery lists, prescriptions, etc.)
In wintertime I tend to just shove everything in one of my bazillion coat pockets anyway.
My other purse is a backpack :p
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the_infernal_optimist said on Mar 19, 2008....
My purse IS backpack-style, nyt. :-D I don't do the shoulder/wrist strap thing, but during my last pregnancy, I couldn't get my wallet and keys into my pockets and some of my maternity pants didn't really have them anyway, so I found that purse.
~Infernal