Am I Just Humor-Impaired?

[kevin_standlee]

There are lots of annoying commercials out there, but one I heard just as I was pulling in to the parking lot at work today has been troubling me every time I hear it.

It's a commercial for AAA Auto Insurance. It features a woman talking about an accident her husband had. "He called and said, 'I've been in an accident.'"

She continues, "The first thing I said was, 'Was it your fault?'"

Every time I hear this, it jars me. The first question should be, "Are you okay?" What kind of spouse ignores the well-being of his/her partner and jumps straight to the liability question? It's way too mercenary for me.

Maybe the commercial is meant to be funny and I'm just not getting the joke or hearing intended irony in it.

Comments

[rono-60103.livejournal.com]

I've not heard it either -- an effect of mostly listening to non-commercial audio sources. But I agree there isn't anything funny there, at least not without knowing the characters involved.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I wrote to KCBS radio and asked them if they know of a link to the audio of that commercial. I'll post a link to it if I get a positive answer.

I usually have KCBS on while driving around the Bay Area for the traffic reports. From time to time I even get a name check for reporting trouble, as I have their traffic number on speed-and-voice-dial.