What happened to Xfinity? Our long term relationship is crumbling!

It’s been a month or two when something drastic happened in my home. You know how practically everyone has 24 hour access to internet whether it’s on their phone or wifi in a home? Well, mine has been reduced (by no choice of my own) to mostly my phone. Why? Because Xfinity STINKS!!! I have made multiple calls, a million router resets, and while it will immediately work after that, and of course, when the tech came out everything worked fine… but only to go back to very spotty, very unreliable internet.

In fact, even as I type this I am mostly thinking the internet will go out before I can post it. Thank God and technology for hotspots. This has easily been the most frustrating thing to deal with in the last few weeks. Sure, it’s 100% first world problems, but I do have a problem with the amount I pay for internet that isn’t trustworthy, and works less than half the time.

You read that right: it’s disconnected more than it’s connected! And every time I call to get a tech out here, they somehow fix it remotely and it works “reliably” for an hour… maybe.

What have you done to resolve your problems with Comcast/Xfinity (or any other internet provider)? Do you have an account with another service that I should look into? Because I once was a big fan of Xfinity, but it’s safe to say that now I’m in the market for an LTR with something more reliable!

-Out of the Wilderness

Publix “Beautiful You” Ad – The Music and More!

As I was watching this ad for the first time during the Olympics recently, I said to myself, “I betcha this is a Publix ad.” It just has that right-out-of-the-oven-warm-bread feeling going on. It’s great, and I was right! Check it out here…

Providing the soundtrack is Haley Bonar with “Beautiful You.” Here is the full track of the beautiful song.

If live music is your thing, here’s Haley with just a guitar and a camera.

Be sure to follow Haley by clicking any of the following links.

Haley website

Haley on Instagram

And while you’re at it, check out Publix’s social accounts below…

Publix on Instagram

Publix on Twitter

What did you think of the ad? Does it live up to the quality of this Publix ad? Or this one? For more great ads (and some not so great ads), click on my TV Commercials page for more info on many ads!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Music from the Ally Bank “Allies” ad – sports, Olympics, and more!

Ally has a new, and timely, ad out featuring sporty inspiration in these times where we’re watching and celebrating the 2021 2020 Olympics. Take a look…

If this ad doesn’t give you chills, you are a terrible person and you need to go sit in the corner. Meanwhile, the rest of us can listen to the full song called “No Ordinary” by Labrinth.

The sports. This minute-long ad features the following sports: pole vault, boxing, diving, gymnastics, wrestling, track/hurdles, soccer, and swimming.

Who is Amy Blondell? The clip of the pole vault shows a woman named Amy Blondell. I’m guessing it’s either a name they randomly picked, or some sort of inside joke the rest of use don’t know about.

Olympics. I saw this ad during 2020 Olympics coverage, and so obviously I associate all the clips of sports in the commercial with the Olympics. However, in the ad there are no mentions of the Olympics, its logos, rings, or famous household names. In fact, all these sports most likely happened at the same sports complex. Yes, I dissected each clip for location markers. This could have all been shot at a large high school, but by using a great song and capturing heartwarming moments in sports, we think Olympics, we think winning, we think big. All while subtle hints of Ally sink into our subconscious.

Ally gets a gold medal for this ad!

What do you think? Chime in below, and be sure to check out all the ads I’ve researched on my TV Commercials page.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

A couple of new (to me) phrases I absolutely love

Every now and then there are phrases, quotes, or lyric that just stick with me. This post lists a few of those. The first is from a favorite song, it’s Passenger “Sword From The Stone.”

Any horses running worth getting on?

The question is meant to inquire about time and effort. What is it that you’re involved in, or should be involved in? Which opportunities are worth taking, and which are not? I love how this idea is presented in the song.

Next up comes from someone I follow on Instagram. They posted a picture with this quote:

Stop texting first and see how many dead plants you’ve been watering.

Credit is given to TheMindsJournal for this one. It took me a minute or two to wrap my head around what message was being presented, and when it hit me, IT HIT ME. It’s the idea that sometimes we (you, me, us) give so much energy and attention to a person (or people) that don’t really deserve it. So it’s a challenge, too. Think about any current relationship you have whether it’s a friend, a special friend, family, co-worker, etc… if you were to stop initiating communication, would this person take up the slack and contact you? If not, you’ve been carrying around dead weight, meaning that there isn’t a relationship when it’s only one person doing the work. Why give the best of you to someone (or something) that won’t do the same in return? I’ve put this into practice in my life and it’s both sad and freeing to realize some relationships were in the grave already.

That’s all I’ve got for today, thanks for stopping by! Leave a comment below with how these two thoughts struck you.

-Out of the Wilderness

Uber: Go Get It – New Ad Campaign Delivers A Fail

Uber (along with its service Uber Eats) has launched a new slew of ads featuring a new slogan: Go Get It. Check out one of the ads here…

Now, I’m not a rocket scientist but isn’t the whole point of Uber and Uber Eats that you DON’T have to go get it? Delivery drivers literally bring food to your door, or pick you up almost wherever you are and drop you off almost wherever you want to go.

As a customer there is no going. There is only getting. Someone else does the going! This new slogan is whack. I’m sure they’re just trying to be hip and chic and all those things that make them relevant and cool, but this new barrage of ads with “Go Get It” as the tagline… I give it a rating of “a swing and a miss.” In other words, a strikeout.

-Out of the Wilderness