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March 25, 2005
Seen on the Bus
Since I go right downtown to get to campus, I see multitudes of public buses every day. When I'm stopped at a stoplight, I always enjoy looking at the advertisements pasted on the sides and back of the bus. Usually, they're not particularly noteworthy. The ones I saw today, though, raised my eyebrows.
On Bus #17, the back of the bus had an ad for a casket company. Although I realize this is a critical aspect of life (actually, death), seeing it on the back of public transportation is rather disturbing. Maybe it serves as a warning to the people behind the bus to keep their distance. Maybe it's just an ad. Either way, I was not comforted with the casket ad and the words that are supposed to bring comfort like "we're here when you need us." I found it just a little disconcerting that a casket and funeral service purchased advertising on a source of public transportation.
Bus #8 had a completely different message, and I was not happy to see it either. There's a company in Nashville called Pull-A-Part. It's basically an automobile junkyard where you go and find parts you need to fix your car. That's innocent enough, but their slogan is "Best Strip Joint in Town." And, of course, when most people think of strip joints, they think of large-breasted, scantly clad women...which is exactly what Pull-A-Part uses as their spokesperson. I always have to change the channel when their commercial comes on because of all the sexual innuendos, and the bus was no better. It was practically pornographic. The ad was so large that the spokesmodel busting out of her bikini was massive. I can't even imagine what parents must feel when they're driving with their kids and this bus pulls up next to them. I was disgusted. Maybe it's a good tactic for catching men's attention (hey, sex sells), but I think it's just obscene.
Posted by Anna at March 25, 2005 12:00 PM
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There is an ad in one of the malls in St.Louis that is right when you walk in the door of a scantly clad women in a provitive pose. You know what they are selling shoes. 
Posted by: Michael Morgan at March 25, 2005 04:20 PM