At first it was average cool, just a guy singing about a price comparison site. Then things started going down hill a bit, people in the adverts started sabotaging/complaining about his adverts (thus confirming that in universe he is doing official adverts, at least to begin with). I didn't really care for this, I thought the original adverts were ok and firmly in the 'this advert is fine, I don't mind it being on tv' category of adverts and that now they were trying to force the idea that this guy was suddenly the scrappy. I wasn't really buying it.
I hear some people didn't like his adverts, but I was pretty neutral upon his character and didn't really care at this point (although I preferred the initial adverts).
Then suddenly everyone hates him, and is being really mean and illegal about it.
I don't know if this is supposed to be some sort of AU where everybody has a irrational vendetta about this one price comparison advert guy, or if it's supposed to be reflecting real life. I'm not even sure of his motives any-more: was he hired by Go Compare to do adverts for them, or did he just find out about a cheap price comparison site and actually want to spread the good word to all the world to share his happy findings?
However what I do know is that either way he did nothing wrong, it was either a harmless advertising job, or he really had good intentions at heart but didn't understand that his method of communication was not appreciated.
People all over the world were going out of their way to cause varying degrees of suffering to a guy who only wanted them to know that they could save money, and thought they might appreciate being told with a song.
Or maybe the entire thing was set up by GoCompare who broadcast his song to the world, letting him think he was doing good when really they were festering a crazy hatred for the guy in all that heard their adverts over and over again, until everyone wanted to kill that GoCompare guy.
It would be a conversation piece, both to casual complainers and the dark plotters. Everyone would blame the GoCompare guy, and in doing so would be talking about GoCompare the website, not connecting that the website was behind the adverts the whole time. The website created the guy; his rise and fall were all orchestrated merely to spread their name.
And now in their latest advert he sits dejected at a bus stop and tries to explain to an old lady his situation. He honestly doesn't know why everyone seems to hate him, but instead of informing him that everyone in the entire world is annoyed with his songs and maybe he should try a different method of delivery or ease up on his spreading the news, she just leaves. The entire world has cast out this guy, and no one will even tell him why.
Did they never think that maybe a little communication could have solved this whole problem right at the start?
They pretty much destroyed the life of a guy who at worst was an unfortunate actor possibly set up by an evil price comparison company, or just a kindly soul who is misguided about the best methods of communicating with people.
I guess it's true what they say:
In fact, if everyone sees you as such a villain, maybe you should become one and show them what real villainy is!
Sing with all you can! Broadcast it through every speaker in every part of the globe!
Maybe their irrationally annoyed minds will melt in frustration; Death caused by both communication and a lack there of.
Become the villain they envisioned you to be, and show them how it's really done; They never deserved cheap insurance anyway.
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