Business Names That Bug Me
 

Any business with the word "Innovations" or "Concepts" in their title...or restaurants/clubs that use their street address (e.g. "Club 109", Salon 1333, etc.).

C'mon...have an original thought, folks.

There is a new club in my town "Three 31", it opened March 31st...

Any business that once made tangible goods in a factory but now offer "solutions".

Along those lines, any car biz (sales, service, etc.) with the name "Euro" in it.

"Initials" names...I can't remember them. Gee, was that J&J cleaners or C&S cleaners...M&R or M&L???

John Walker did well...his biz name explains it, and full names are much easier to remember.

A & E's EuroConcepts 911. We offer solutions.

Ahh...forgot that one. Innovations, Concepts & Solutions, Inc.

I started a company that provided prosthetic & artificial joints for large sea birds, but received a "cease & desist" letter from Pelican Parts lawyers... :)

There's a slew of companies that appear to have created strange "blended" names simply to get a relatively short and original name.

It started before the Net with names like Accura (Accurate + ?) and Lexus (Luxury Nexus?).

Now we have Accenture, Innova and Firedog and many other oddities that look they were made solely to get their own domain name.

If you said "Google" "Boingo" and "Yahoo" to me in the course of regular conversation in the not-so-distant past, I'd be calling the funny farm to take you away.

And how about those annoying liberties they take with spelling? Kwik Wash, Kar Partz. WTF? How hard is it to just spell it correctly, if for no other reason, then to just make it easier to look up in the phone book or online?

Like AAAbacus?

I think they have a reason for that. You can't trademark "Car Parts", but you can "Kar Partz". Nonetheless, survey says: annoying.

Actually, no. That name is like that because Verizon requires a business license as proof of a proper name. A lot of places use to try to put an "A" before their real name, just to get closer to the front of the Yellow Pages. I used to work there, so I ran into this once in a while.

Any business that misspells words deliberately. Some examples:

"Karz for Less"
"Bizness Center"
"Lo-Kost Savings Mart"
"Kidz Place"
"Artz and Krafts Center"

yeesh.

We have a place in town that specializes in removing pet waste from your yard...it's called "All Dogs Do".

Also a lawn sprinkler company called "Keep R Wet"

Prostitutes & White Powder Inc or PWPI

sod that, it's Hookers & Blow goddamit!

My dad had business cards made up for a fake construction company:

Clandestine Construction
"You'll never see us working!"

Siemens

We have a carpet cleaner called "Pet Pee Pee". There are huge bulletin boards all over the place with giant yellow letters and a pic of a dog squatting on a rug "PET PEE PEE"... :rolleyes:

Don't laugh. Friend of mine started an accredited school to train the deaf in computers.

Got sued for discrimination by a handicapped advocacy group, he was discriminating against the handicapped because the school was only for deaf people.

Here in Silver Lake, we had a place called Doggie Style. I went in there asking for... they threw me out and said, this is a dog salon.

You beat me to it. I avoid places that intentionally do this....

One I saw in FL, apparently a chain.

Bad Ass Coffee

Not quite sure on the emphasis. Is it Coffee with an attitude or is it terrible coffee from a the bad place?

BJ's Wholesale Club
Dick's Sporting goods

What were they thinking?

We have a place in Lexington called "Big Ass Fans." I kinda like the name, obvious what they are selling:) Mascot is....a donkey.

Anything with the letter "N" in it...

"Smart N Up Wallcoverings" is one I can think of.

I can't stand any business that has forced a non-sensical jingle upon me:
"lookie lookie lookie, there goes cookie....Cooke Pest Control"

Or

"For all your carpet cleaning needs, just one call to Joe Hadeed....
(big finish) if you stand on it, we stand behind it"

grrr.

I'm not a fan of the Big Arizona company's vending food:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/4...2dd9253cfb.jpg

How about Blinds to Go? Is there any other kind? Do you buy blinds to use at the store?

I can't say I've ever seen a vended burger. These must be at least a 7.5 on the Hurl-o-meter.

Ian

My brother called me one day asking what the heck they did. He was supposed to go to a meeting to talk to the guys from Siemens, and he was too ashamed to ask what it was for.

There's a "Kick Ass Coffee" in Ventura that I've been to. Coffee wasn't too bad actually...

"Motor Meister"

:ducks:

;)

KINKO'S!

TOTALLY fuchin' misleading name!

I HATE passing by one and having to correct after instinctively jerking the steering wheel towards their store!

Anybody have a picture of that Japanese restaurant with the Photoshopped name, "Fuk Me"?

Sorry.

Sherwood

No, but that brought to mind a Chinese restaurant menu item which I refuse to order - Poo Poo Platter.

Isn't your user name copied from a movie title? :p

Ooooooh, yeah! DAT Boot! :)

We've got a Dick's Sporting Goods here. My wife and 12 yo daughter were going there to look for something. I said why don't you call first. My daughter was on her computer and says, I'll just Google "Dick's" to get the number. My wife yells out to her, "No you don't!!!!"

I've eaten at a restaurant in upstate NY called "Squat and Gobble". Nothing but the finest cuisine with a name like that.