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I hate smarmy pissy Nationwide adverts

23 replies

ssd · 01/10/2017 10:57

its a building society FFS

whats with those 2 in a photo cubicle

wankers

gives me the boak

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honeysucklejasmine · 01/10/2017 10:58

Eugh I hate that one too.

manglethedangle · 01/10/2017 10:59

I hate the shitty poetry that accompanies them. But then again I hate poetry!

ILoveMillhousesDad · 01/10/2017 10:59

Omg. I FUCKING DESPISE the 'poetry' nationwide ads.

For some reason, they really get under my skin.

I HATE them, with a passion.

Giraffeski · 01/10/2017 11:00

I have found my people!

Foslady · 01/10/2017 11:02

After their attitude to me when my marriage broke down (no issues re payments but rang to tell them and first words were ‘if you can’t afford it then we’ll evict you’ - and yes that was the exact words of the advisor before anyone says otherwise Hmm) I wouldn’t give them with chocolate coins let alone real cash

ssd · 01/10/2017 11:04

but maybe they'd read you a poem whilst you were being evicted Foslady?

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SparklyMagpie · 01/10/2017 11:09

Thank god!

I want to scream when I see one of these adverts! Blood is boiling just thinking about them

I really don't understand the one in the photo booth, drives me fucking crackers

FakePlasticTeaLeaves · 01/10/2017 11:10

I hate all these banks that pretend to be our friends. "We get you. We get your lives. We are just like you". Fuck off, you're the bank.

Foslady · 01/10/2017 11:12

You may think I’m a fucking cow
But I’ve come to claim your house back now
Though heart and head may feel well bruised
And youbfeel as if you have been used
And current circs might feel quite grim
(You had to say good bye to Him)
And now that you are all alone
We’ve come to take your only home
Loves eternal flame for another’s been lit
But guess what - we don’t give a shit!!!

Glumglowworm · 01/10/2017 11:17

I hate nationwide in general

I have to deal with them a lot, many of their staff regularly lie to customers and/or are so uniformed about regular processes that it's frightening.

custardcreamplease · 01/10/2017 11:18

I hate those adverts.

The one about the sunrise? Absolutely grim.

ssd · 01/10/2017 11:18

Fos, I know somewhere you'd get a job......Grin

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ssd · 01/10/2017 11:19

as long as you read it out in a phone booth

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SteampunkPrincess · 01/10/2017 11:19

Nationwide are shit
I called them as was struggling on my mortgage, over £1200 a month on my single wage, asked to remortage to bring down the monthly cost to closer to 700 but no they would not allow it as I couldn't afford it!!!

SteampunkPrincess · 01/10/2017 11:20

And fuck off with your shitty poetry

CoughLaughFart · 01/10/2017 11:39

I fucking loathe the photo booth pair. I want to poison their dinner.

It's all part of a general annoying trend in advertising where they think Joe Public will buy a lump of shit as long as you advertise it using some inanely grinning twats and a slogan that's a variation on 'because family/friendship is what really matters'.

ohnonotanothernewbie · 01/10/2017 11:58

I hate them too, but it seems to be a trend at the moment where profit driven companies like banks and insurance providers pretend they are human beings that really just want to be our best mate but the lloyds one about supporting customers through cancer REALLY give me the rage - so emotionally manipulative. And the NatWest ones, we thought wasn't it about time blah blah blah, and we thought yes. How about you think about pissing off my telly box, wankers??

Peachypie83 · 01/10/2017 12:03

I hate them so much. The one with the cardboard cutout of the couple's son at the dinner table? Made me want to launch my radio out of the car.
I'm not a fan of poetry in any setting really

SilverySurfer · 01/10/2017 12:03

Not keen on the ads but use Nationwide for my bank account and savings and they have been excellent. Barclays, on the other hand, are shit.

FakePlasticTeaLeaves · 01/10/2017 12:08

ohnonotanothernewbie I agree. I'd much rather they just say 'We're a bank, here is what you need to know' then pretend they are our bests mates. I don't even like horses, I don't want one galloping next to me through all my life milestones.

opheliacat · 01/10/2017 12:10

I love the Lloyds ad! I like horses though.

HolgerDanske · 01/10/2017 12:12

Yes. All that shit is tedious. I can't wait fir current trends in advertising to die a death.

FakePlasticTeaLeaves · 01/10/2017 12:16

opheliacat Oh I have a fear of horses. I rather dislike the advert where the horse is galloping along every life moment like some dark omen. As if giving birth isn't bad enough, I have a black horse galloping around the hospital wanting me to open another current account. Awful.

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