True story.
I was in the gym about 4 weeks ago doing my post work out cardio. The cardio room is a little stuffy. It's dimly lit with treadmills, elliptical machines and stationary bikes slammed together like deck chairs. However, there is a movie theatre-sized screen that shows ESPN 24/7, which helps me suffer through my 4-5 mile journey to nowhere.
The guy next to me was running a little to hard - the type of guy who believes if he slowed down for 3 seconds, a nuclear bomb would detonate.
Anyways, ESPN goes to break and Flo from Progressive Insurance comes on the screen. I don't know what's more humorous: Progressive Insurance believing in the strategy to promote a dopey commercial series revolving around Flo, or the fact their name is Progressive Insurance and they're utilizing an archaic advertising method.
As Flo is discussing motorcycle insurance and motions her hands as if she's revving up an engine, gym guy, who is now fixated on the commercial, comes to a complete halt and let's out a hearty chuckle. After the genuine laugh, he gets back to business, running as if it's going to cure cancer.
The thoughts running through my head ranged from the obvious (Why is this guy alive) to the more obvious (Who the hell would ever laugh at a Progressive Insurance commercial?).
The moral of the story is simple: Unless you want to humiliate yourself, don't laugh at Progressive commercials. And if my significant other were to laugh at a Progressive commercial, I would immediately ask for Marriage Insurance.
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