Bad Business Names
The name of your business can make or break you in our take-no-prisoners capitist system. So I ask you, what are some of these places thinking?
1. Kitchen Kaboodle
Now, I realize I am not the target audience of this store. But seriously, have some self respect. Kitchen Kaboodle? That's not kute, it's knauseating. And is almost as bad as a store from my hometown called Snooty Tooty.
2. Asian Pun Restaurants
Misohappy, Wok N Roll, Noodle Me??? Maybe before translation these were real knee slappers, but they always make me groan and kind of feel sorry for the owners. Hung Far Lo is the exception to this rule.
3. And More Stores
A pet peeve of mine has always been those places that don't want to be pigeon-holed, so they try to keep things more open with their names. Like Clogs and More or Linens N Things or the bizarrely galactic Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I mean, do these places really think this will help? Oh, I didn't want any linens, but I did need some things. Or hey honey, let's not just stop at getting bed and bath stuff, let's go that next step...
1. Kitchen Kaboodle
Now, I realize I am not the target audience of this store. But seriously, have some self respect. Kitchen Kaboodle? That's not kute, it's knauseating. And is almost as bad as a store from my hometown called Snooty Tooty.
2. Asian Pun Restaurants
Misohappy, Wok N Roll, Noodle Me??? Maybe before translation these were real knee slappers, but they always make me groan and kind of feel sorry for the owners. Hung Far Lo is the exception to this rule.
3. And More Stores
A pet peeve of mine has always been those places that don't want to be pigeon-holed, so they try to keep things more open with their names. Like Clogs and More or Linens N Things or the bizarrely galactic Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I mean, do these places really think this will help? Oh, I didn't want any linens, but I did need some things. Or hey honey, let's not just stop at getting bed and bath stuff, let's go that next step...
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posted by chuckdaddy2000 at 12:29 pm
10 Comments:
HA!LOL. Nice, up there with my favorite super sucking vacuum blog. the 'and things' was the best.
A specific subset of the lame-Asian-punbusiness name is the lame-pun-on-the-word-"Thai" business name. "Thai One On" is no more cringe-inducing than most.
Some other annoying Thai resturant names:
Thai Pod
AppeTHAIzing
i enjoyed this blog post chuckdaddy - it made me chuckle.
what about 'Michaels'? what the hell? how dare they name some crappy store after my anglisized name...
so what do you think about 'Bi-Mart'? i thought maybe you could go in there for some crazy sex toys, but all I saw were all these 99 cent can coozies.
What about the well-named places? I think you have to give credit to iPod and McDonald's (at least from a marketing perspective) for making a name that you can then add to all you products (and no, Thai Pod does not count in that).
And why is Michael's a craft store? Not to sounds sexist but how many men do you know who are really crafty?
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Uh oh Emho, better not let Quilter Michael here your crafty gender stereotypes
The Jackson Hole area has a Thai place called..
...wait for it...
Thai Me Up!
*rimshot!*
Yes, some men do craft, but I think it's a safe bet to say that there are more woman who craft than men. Happy to alter my opinion if you can provide some proof.
Just drove by Christmas at the Zoo yesterday. Have no idea what that even means.
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