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The ads on the Orange Line are always so cheery, aren't they?
By adamg on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 4:15pm
Maybe the reason this woman worries a lot is because she made the mistake of looking up and saw this ad staring back at her from the other side of the car:
Further down the car, meanwhile, was an ad inquiring as to whether the reader was a depressed college student.
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Mabye the reason this woman
has that expresson is because she drank too much of the Vitamin Water they're overselling with the latest round of cheezy visual pollution that's overtaken the North Station communter rail and subway station.
Last time I was there it was Converse
but I have to say they were pretty cool ads.
One or two
or even a half-dozen strategically placed ads may be 'cool'. Plastering the same pathetic cheezy message in every available space is not 'cool', it's unnecessary and wasteful visual pollution.
"Station Domination" (as the MBTA calls this nonsense) also discriminates against smaller businesses who may want to advertise at prime locations, but can't afford to cough up the
extortion paymentfees to rent every ad space in the station.Just what I need to see when
Just what I need to see when I'm trying to avoid eye contact with the angry looking homeless guy sitting across from me on the orange line.
Days of my life riding the Orange Line....
Excellent target audience.
Practice Practice Practice
Perhaps these Ads are in response to the recent rise in Trombone players on the orange line. Public performances are always nerve-racking.
The ads on the platform are no better.
At the Malden Center T Stop, as you wait for your (probably delayed) train, you get to stare at a bank ad that says, "Worry about whether your train will be late, not your bank account." (or something to that effect)
I want to punch whoever made the ad every time I see it.
The ones that puzzle me
are the Sleepys ads they had at the commuter rail stations in Melrose for awhile. They read something to the effect of "It's 7:24. But your train left at 7:23. Want to be on time? Then buy a mattress from Sleepys."
Seems to me that, if you had a new comfortable mattress, you'd be LESS likely to want to get up and, therefore, MORE likely to miss your train.
Maybe
Maybe she just saw someone giving/receiving head on the platform.
Maybe she's embarrassed to be seen sitting under this creepy ad.
Do you hate how your spouse, child or someone else looks?
Are intrusive thoughts about your loved one's appearance ruining a relationship or causing you significant distress?
(As seen on the orange line Feb 2014.)
Disaffected college students
All demotivators are recommended for disaffected college students.
Like this one: http://despair.com/collections/demotivators/products/challenges
Anxious
When you do finally arrive at your destination its even better to be greeted by people asking if you are anxious or stressed out complete with pamphlets and posters.
Spotted the
"Do you worry a lot? ads on the Green Line this morning as well.
I love the ones that say "Do
I love the ones that say "Do you suffer from anxiety and do not like talking to new people? Call this number and participate in our survey!"
Reminds me of the time a professor asked my class if we were extraverts or introverts, and shockingly found out apparently the whole class was extraverted.