Vote with your dollar

I am fond of avoiding companies whose ads irritate the crap out of me. Newly blackballed? T-Mobile. Those horrible "Hello" commercials where people are on the phone CONSTANTLY having inane conversations and ignoring the HUMAN BEINGS around them are exemplifying everything wrong with mobile phone culture.

Of course I wasn't going to use T-Mobile anyway, seeing as how I'm in a contract with AT&T (joined when they were Cingular) and have never switched carriers because I can't figure out the timing to avoid penalties, and every once in a while decide my phone is hopelessly dated and re-sign my contract because it's easier to get a phone through my current plan than do research and buy one.

I will add that I actually enjoy the AT&T ads, anyway, because I find the "hidden bars" to be very clever, and at least the people are only taking pictures instead of actively talking and ignoring the people around them.