On the Beach advert. Is it just me?

[MoodySky]

Or is it borderline offensive? I like to swear as well as the next person but this just sounds so crude and awful. I can imagine if you're a bit hard of hearing then you'd be quite shocked.

I don't often get annoyed by this type of thing but this is really winding me up at the moment.

I know , is that a trendy way of saying thick fat northerners? I am a northerner by the way.

Why are some of you ROFL so much at this hour over this? Maybe the ad agency’s target demographic is ‘Wetherspoons Woman’ and you’re still drunk from last night? This would align with thinking a childish play on words in an ad is attractive?

I’m guessing Mrs Browns Boys has you in stitches also? We’re all different I guess.

Wow. Aren't you a delight?!

Do you struggle with people thinking differently to you? Or people telling you you're wrong? All I was doing was pointing out that they are a well established company but that has clearly hit a nerve.

As for your 'weatherspoons women' comment..... well I'm afraid that says far more about you than anyone who happens to have booked a holiday with this company. I'm afraid you're not coming across particularly well.

I never said I like the advert, to be honest I find it irritating especially as my 10 year old has a habit of parroting phrases like this. But hey ho, it's only an advert and it will pass. Not worth getting all upset about it and throwing insults around.

As I said, I've booked with them a couple of times when we wanted a cheap break in the sun and always had a good experience. Our holiday budget is quite small this year as we've just renovated a house so perhaps we'll use them again 🤷🏼‍♀️

I couldn't care less about the faux swearing but they have forever spoiled 'It's the most wonderful time of the year' as a Christmas song.

Me too!

Apparently I'm also a 'Wetherspoons woman' and drunk because I dared to point out that on the beach are a well established company. 😂😂😂

I wish I'd been in the pub last night instead working late as usual. It would have been far more fun.

😂😂
But seriously......,what is it?

It’s not just northern, it’s apparently a northerner who would be a farage supporter. That’s from google, gammonista is a song. Every day is a school day.

Ugh, are northerners even allowed on mumsnet???

It’s just horrible and off putting.

This was in response to @DelilahRay who’s such a fan of OTB that she’s memorised the date they appeared on Companies House. I must have unlinked by accident.

Oh, so did I 😂😂

I’ve never heard of a gammonista and I am from up north.

Is it because they burn on holiday? I have googled and still non the wiser?

Tradfam - wants to be a housewife/mother rather than pursue a career. Northern - from an obscure part of the UK southerners have vaguely heard about where it's cold and permanently 1972. Gammonista - female version of Gammon, reveres Nigel Farage and dresses in leggings and a football top.

(Definition by - northern, undomesticated and childfree, lefty-liberal-type poster )

I don't care about the faux swearing but the hideous family in the ad make sure I will never book a holiday with them. If that's their target customer I would rather camp in the Hebridies than go to one of their hotels.

One or two of us manage to slip through and post on threads in between shifts working down t' pit. Only if we're lucky enough to have electricity and WiFi though obviously 🤷🏼‍♀️

It's Paddy McGuinness saying "booking genius" etc to sound like "fucking genius"

So it's this that's borderline offensive?

I dislike it so much that I will change channels to avoid it. A christmas song all year, smug near-swearing, obnoxious children, obnoxious parents - this ad has it all.
It portrays british tourists in the worst possible light and justifies this behaviour. For the less well travelled it's a template for how to offend others.

It's just grim all 'round. Get it off our screens!

Yes.

Same! I clearly didn't listen to it closely enough but all the repeating of "booking" meant I assume it was an ad for booking.com too.

Someone to look down upon for those who are desperate to make themselves feel superior now that they’re not allowed to be racist anymore.

• HelpMeGetThrough It's Paddy McGuinness saying "booking genius" etc to sound like "fucking genius"

So it's this that's borderline offensive?

Yes.*

Wow, is there anything that people don't find offensive these days.

Agree.

Found my new user name ✨

Actually one of the characteristics of a gammon is that they are racist.

To clarify, it isn't a term I use. But I know what it means.

Oh but aren’t you afraid people will think you’re one of ‘the less well travelled’? 😉