Hey Richard - piss off.

**Big Dave** · 25th July 2009, 20:32

Well I didn't think a telecoms business could make a more annoying series of ads than the bugs wasting the most of my now every 15 minutes.

Wrong hey.

**nallac** · 25th July 2009, 20:56

Yes,as much as i like the Hamster on Top Gear those ads are fukin
annoying...

**DELLORTO** · 25th July 2009, 21:07

"no richard you didnt" that stupid fashion desginer can freeze to death for all i care.....

**davebullet** · 25th July 2009, 21:43

Have you seen the annoying billboards of him? The photographer must have been high, whacked or buzzed because Hamster's eyes are half shut or he's not even looking where he is supposed to.

My fav. at the moment is Jeff (the robot) having a tizzie and trashing the chess set in the 2 degrees ad.

**AllanB** · 25th July 2009, 21:47

The best part is that Richard was in NZ way before the network was running ..........

I like that Vodafone advert where they 'help' everyone - especially the Bendon undie gals

**sil3nt** · 25th July 2009, 23:03

Those Telecom ads are fkn annoying and are more likely to make me not swap over to them. They also managed to make the hampster look even smaller in the ads.

**Mom** · 26th July 2009, 17:36

I am really useless at advertisements and the like. I dont watch a lot of TV and rarely have the radio on. A few years ago now I got a call from a market research company whos name escapes me for the moment asking if I had a few minutes to answer some questions. Well, I was bored eh? Sure says me.

This young girl, lets call her Michelle, began by asking the age old question..."How old are you?". Just old enough to not want to actually tell some random voice on the phone was my answer, dont you lot usually offer up age ranges? "Oh yeah, ok" and off she went offering up the options. Well we got past the first general ones and on to the reason for her call. This was to test the effectiveness of TV ad campaingn run by Telecom at the time. First question, I could not answer, you know the ones that give you a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being you loved it and so on. I dont watch TV, I have never seen the ad, says me, think you best ring someone else. No, Michelle was not to be put off at all. On, and on she went asking questions I simply could not answer.

I began to get a teeny, weeny bit pissed off to be fair, and asked how much longer she was going to waste my time for. "Oh, there are just a couple more" says Michelle. Rolling my eyes, I continued. Finally we got to the end of her questions and she thanked me for my time. I said you are welcome, put me through to your supervisor.

"What for?" asked dumb Michelle.

"Just DO IT!" yelled well wound up Mom.

I got a bloke called ummm, Justin. As in Just in time to stop me from leaping down the phone line and throttling Michelle! "What seems to be the problem?"

"Well, either that Michelle chick has worked for you far too long and simply does not give a shit about pissing people off, or she is very, very new and needs much more training before you let her loose on the general public."

The latter was the correct option.

Nothing I hate more than repetitive ads that are specifically designed to get under your skin and change your buying desicions as you hear nothing else, except for market research companies that allow stupid people to act as their face to the world.

Pisses me off too I cant remember the name of the company, it is well know and big company in NZ.

I dont know who Richard is too by the way

EDIT: Colmar Brunton

**MisterD** · 26th July 2009, 18:37

Don't get me started BD...XT is "faster" than a jet boat eh? Well I've conclusively proved that Vodafone is slower than walking, cost I sent a text to the missus in the next room and went and told her about it before it arrived...

**AllanB** · 26th July 2009, 18:38

Hey Richard - these dogs smell.

**Finn** · 26th July 2009, 18:49

There is no argument. Both Vodafone & Telecom are both useless. Their CEO's secretly meet every second Sunday and a non disclosed location and laugh at all you dumb yapping, txting fuckers.

**Ronin** · 26th July 2009, 19:03

Originally Posted by Finn

There is no argument. Both Vodafone & Telecom are both useless. Their CEO's secretly meet every second Sunday and a non disclosed location and laugh at all you dumb yapping, txting fuckers.

The ironic thing is that they organise their meetings using email as txting is to unreliable.

**Big Dave** · 26th July 2009, 19:04

Originally Posted by Finn

There is no argument. Both Vodafone & Telecom are both useless. Their CEO's secretly meet every second Sunday and a non disclosed location and laugh at all you dumb yapping, txting fuckers.

Uninformed sources told me the other day that telco A loses 25% of their customers annually. It doesn't matter because they get 25% of Telco B's.

I wish they wouldn't big budget advertise every 15 minutes and made the services cheaper.

**want-a-harley** · 26th July 2009, 21:53

Don't get me started on those fucking telecom adds. Another annoying twat on the telly is that clown on the countdown adds bleating on about sausages or some other shite. Christ he winds me up. Who the fuck is he anyway?

**Big Dave** · 26th July 2009, 22:08

Originally Posted by want-a-harley

Don't get me started on those fucking telecom adds. Another annoying twat on the telly is that clown on the countdown adds bleating on about sausages or some other shite. Christ he winds me up. Who the fuck is he anyway?

I don't know - but when you get that Harley, you can hang out with me.

**mynameis** · 26th July 2009, 23:00

Originally Posted by Finn

There is no argument. Both Vodafone & Telecom are both useless. Their CEO's secretly meet every second Sunday and a non disclosed location and laugh at all you dumb yapping, txting fuckers.

Coming from a hypocrite carrying the latest iPhone around, tied hands down in a contract

eh eh