I would say so. Yesterday, looking at college basketball scores a pop-up ad asked "How many times do you plan on going to Buffalo Wild Wings during March Madness?" With answers ranging from 0 to For every game and the promise of being able to see the survey results after responding.

As one would expect for something disruptive and annoying, 100 percent of respondees said they will not be going to Buffalo Wild Wings during March Madness. One hundred percent.

You would think by now people would have figured out that certain types of advertising are actually DETRIMENTAL to your brand. I'd love to be at the follow-up meeting. Um, we managed to piss off 160,456 new permanent non-customers! How can you deny numbers like that! Turn on the sprinklers, this marketing drive is going into OVERTIME!

Do they like George Wendt?

Would you like to take a survey?

Do you eat beans?

Do you like George Wendt?

Do you eat beans with George Wendt?

Would you like to see a movie about George Wendt eating beans?

TonnageVT: Do they like George Wendt?

*shakes tiny fist*

Modern marketing sucks. Yes, I know it's mostly the same as old marketing. Methods need to evolve.

I found a card for a free body wax on my car yesterday when I came out of the gym. I looked around and saw a new waxing salon a few doors down. Rather than littering the parking lot or taking the card home to recycle, I walked it back into the business and quietly returned their spam to them. The staff looked kerfluffled and thanked me.

/Yes, I know it was a waste of my time but I don't like wasting paper.

I wouldn't mind sharing my email address if it weren't for the fact it automatically granted them the right to email me three times a day asking if I knew about their latest offers.

I "friended" Mooyah Burger on Facebook. About a dozen wall post came up every day at lunch time. I unfriended Mooyah Burger on Facebook.

In some ways the Facebook standardization has improved things like this, it's easier to cut the idiots off than with email, but I really miss holding the reins to my own server.

PJ-: ph0rk: And you don't think it's more than a little idiotic to take a trip to a brick and mortar store and walk out in a huff because they asked for your zip code?

What's funny, is the fact that you thought I was in a huff over it. I decided I didn't want to give my postal code out for research purposes, so I decided to take my business elsewhere. Sorry that a sheeperson like can't understand stuff like if you don't like what a store does, you don't spend your money at said store.

It's a crummy policy but you can give a fake code and save yourself a trip. In the past I was stuck going to a Radio Shack. I told the sales associate that there was no way I was providing any info, so they could enter whatever they wanted into the system if they wanted the sale (make something up). I didn't get any argument because it wasn't the sales associate's fault that the store has a stupid policy. I didn't have the time or leisure to go elsewhere or I would have gone to a different store in the first place. I guess if it is really that important to you, drive all over town. Sounds a bit huffy to me.

FuryOfFirestorm: MORE CSB TIME!

I left the office wondering if I was going to run into a giant chicken in disguise or a pair of lab rats plotting to take over the world.

I got paid to play video games in much the same manner.

They gave me a PS2 control and let me play a hockey game I was completely kicking butt at despite never having played it before, since they weren't busy and I was doing so well they let me play past the allotted time. They then asked me if I could remember the names of the companies that appeared on the banners around the arena. I could name one or two.

They then asked me to name all the sports wear companies I knew.

I'm sure I made their heads spin. I was sort of into the skateboard scene but I heavily gravitated towards BMX. The sports wear companies I named were Airwalk, Girl, Birdhouse, DC, Sketchers and a few well known ones like Nike and Adidas, totally not hockey stuff. They even specifically asked about the hockey brands, I said "I've heard the names of those companies but I didn't know what they were, I figured it was some Canadian food chain or something."

Totally not what they were looking for. Really, you're asking a random native Texan about hockey? There's some of us that know it well, I'm not one of them.

The pay was pretty good, $25 or so, not bad for playing video games and throwing off their survey.