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Okay maybe I am being too sensitive but has anyone seen that new Nationwide insurance ad? (Original Post) diabeticman Feb 2015 OP
Insulting how? HappyMe Feb 2015 #1
Basically saying We know how it feels like when you are not a priority... You start acting like a diabeticman Feb 2015 #2
Sometimes people do act like kids HappyMe Feb 2015 #3
Oh I know some people can but you can feel not a priorty and still not be equated diabeticman Feb 2015 #4
I confess there are some times I'd like to throw my phone in frustration. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #5
I interpreted it this way . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #6
Yep we all pipi_k Feb 2015 #7
The little girl at the end is too adorable for words Yavin4 Feb 2015 #8
i found it kind of funny. cwydro Feb 2015 #9

diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
2. Basically saying We know how it feels like when you are not a priority... You start acting like a
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:53 PM
Feb 2015

kid throwing a tantrum.

How about saying you might feel invisible? Or people don't see you.

Just the way I got the message but it seems like they are saying you act like a kid if you don't get his way.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
3. Sometimes people do act like kids
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 12:58 PM
Feb 2015

when they don't get their way.

I don't know, I didn't find it insulting.

diabeticman

(3,121 posts)
4. Oh I know some people can but you can feel not a priorty and still not be equated
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:02 PM
Feb 2015

to a child having a tantrum. again maybe I am too sensitive at the moment dealing with other items I am dealing with.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
5. I confess there are some times I'd like to throw my phone in frustration.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:16 PM
Feb 2015

But I don't.

I laughed at the commercial. There is a child inside of all of us.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
6. I interpreted it this way . . .
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 01:52 PM
Feb 2015

Bring put on hold forever and being treated dismissively brings out your inner child, because you feel like you're bring treated like a child.

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