Today, I met someone who works in radio advertising. Making conversation, I described an ad that I can't stand. He wrote it. FML
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Today, I was on a first date. She asked what I do, so I replied, "I create adverts." She then yelled, "F**k you" and left. FML
Today, I was reciting lines for a play that I'm in. It was going great, until I realized that I was actually reciting my scripted sales pitch from my telemarketing job. FML
Today, I heard a radio ad for the new anti-bullying efforts at a local middle school. The speaker in the ad was the school counselor… who was also my bully in high school. FML
Today, I was watching TV with my boyfriend, when a weird wart-removal ad came on. He watched in disgust as the lady's wart said rude things to her. Then he looked at me and said seriously, "I'm glad yours don't talk..." FML
Today, I was having an in depth discussion with my girlfriend's father about how corrupt journalists are and how our town's paper is the worst paper on the planet. After insulting basically everything about the newspaper, I asked him what he did for a living. He's the editor of the newspaper. FML
Today, I explained to my boss what clickbait is and why it's bad practice to use it when writing online. After my explanation, she ordered me to go ahead with it, saying it's "exactly what we need". This person is the marketing communications director for a major multinational company. FML
Today, while sitting at a table in a coffee shop, I overheard someone on the next table talking about their horrible boss. I joined in, complaining about mine, and going into great detail about what an arsehole he can be. Turns out, I was talking to my boss's sister. FML
Today, I was trying sell a customer a top-of-the-line surround sound system. Apparently he was aware that I work on commission, as he threatened to buy the system elsewhere unless I sang Rebecca Black's "Friday" in front of the whole store. Goodbye, self-respect. FML
Today, I found an ad for my job at my company on an online job board. FML
Today, I got a call from a potential employer. They spent five minutes explaining job duties and I listened with anticipation. Then they spent five minutes explaining why I wasn't the right person for the job. FML
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Top comments
Wolstenholme 11
I would not say you deserved that one, but it is always good to start conversations with talking about something you do like, rather than something you don't like. Good luck
LaColombianita 26
Maybe he'll take your opinion in consideration and try to make a better ad.
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Comments (60)
vividpictures 17
Constructive criticism, am I right?
slyde32 12
hm, every radio station I've ever listened to plays ads, are you suggesting normal people constantly change station every time an ad starts?
DeltaDragonxx 20
I listen to music on my phone soooo.
KatyLarae 13
There's no convincing way to fix that... Sorry OP
AoC15 10
That's just horrible luck
lafcadi0 7
As someone who works in radio, an ad you hate isn't always a bad thing. You remembered it and were talking about it... Which is what any advertiser would want. Lots of companies make purposely bad ads.
boshbish 14
That's why i make a point of getting to know someone before openly bashing things. a simple "so what kind of projects have you done recently?", or some question along those lines, before that remark would've saved you an FML
ruxtain 15
Dude that's embarassing
Batfreak1 1
As someone who works in radio I can confidently agree that ALL agency-written radio ads are garbage, and everyone who works in radio is confident that we are all better at everything than everyone else in radio.
KJ6 21
Say "No kidding? What else have you done lately?" Get the person discussing other work. Hope you didn't rail on it too long.