Commericals as 30-second mini-films: A terrific exemplar

Via Sarah Ovenall, Eat Me Daily's index of the "The Most Interesting Man in the World" ad campaign for Dos Equis beer.

"His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body." Squee!

Voice mail fail

This one bothers me every damn time I call them.

Yesteday I had to get a reauthorization for a refill on my nasal spray. Stupidly, I forgot that I can request that automatically through the CVS web site, so I call them on the phone. I call the direct line to the CVS pharmacy by my house--not the main store number, the pharmacy-specific number.

I get this voice-jail menu: "Thank you for calling CVS Pharmacy. To refill a prescription, press 1. If you are a doctor, press 2. To speak to the pharmacy, press 3."

I know from experience that pressing 1 will take me into the automated refill service--which is a great service, if I don't have a web browser, but there's no way out of it once entered. So I press 3.

Menu: "For pharmacy, press 1."

This makes three different ways I must indicate that I want to speak to a pharmacist before I am allowed to do so.

Arrgh! Utter morons. As someone who actually designs software for humans to use, I just want to press * on their RETINAS.