I hate seeing commercials in general. I hate when they try to be funny. I hate that insurance is a business.

But this commercial is such an intersection of obnoxious capitalist bullshit that I actively look away when the commercial starts playing.

Like fuck dude, they show the poor server getting a hand cramp and we’re supposed to find that funny?

I’m going to write another comment breaking down specifically why I hate this particular commercial, but I’d love to hear other people’s response to the ad.

  • Magician [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOP
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    3 months ago

    The server is the one who’s not in control of the situation. it’s more like the customer is within his rights to inconvenience wait staff. I think when they lock eyes and the customer wants to keep going is supposed to be funny, but I just see a server having to indulge a customer.

    • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      why is it “punching down” to portray a customer being unreasonable to wait staff? it’s supposed to be funny because it’s a situation where one person is being unreasonable and the other person responds to them in an equally unreasonable and silly way. no one is the butt of this joke, the joke is just “isn’t this a silly situation”