I opened up the YourRestaurants site on Ninemsn, tabbed away to check something, and all of a sudden, underneath the Daft Punk I have coming through the phones, I hear Billy Connolly’s voice. WTF?!, I think, wondering if DP had sampled the Big Yin like Orbital sampled Christopher Eccleston on the track “You Lot”.

Unfortunately, I tab back to the Ninemsn page, to see a bloody video pop up ad for ING.

This shit is just WRONG. Seriously. Folks at Ninemsn, if you’re reading this, CUT THAT SHIT OUT. And ING folks, if you’re reading this, SACK YOUR AGENCY.

Popping up interstitials is bad enough, but VIDEO interstitials is just a plain shitty thing to do. It is rude, it is arrogant and it is annoying. Is that what you came up with in your brand meeting?

Agency Dickhead #1 “Hmmm, what do we want to ING brand to stand for?”

Agency Dickhead #2 “I know - how about being arrogant, rude, obnoxious assholes.”

Agency Dickhead #1 “Hmmm I’m SNIIFFFFFFF feeling that, Crispin. How do you think we could accomplish that vision on our budget?”

Agency Dickhead #2 “I know Marshall SNIFFFFFFFF - how about we pop up FUCKING VIDEO INTERSTITIALS WITHOUT ASKING PEOPLE TO OPT FUCKING IN!??”

Fuck you people. Seriously. You’re on my list.

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