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Over the past three or four weeks I have been covering my ears in the shower and in the car every time a Toyota commercial was playing. "But, Mark, you like Toyotas. What’s the problem," you ask? At the end of the newest Toyota commercials, right when they announce the Toyota tagline (which I cannot recall), is a very annoying and painful high pitch noise that makes me want to poke holes in my eardrums!

After every commercial, I wonder to my self, "Does anyone else get bothered by this, or am I a freak?" Well, after a few quick searches on Google, I don’t know that anyone has bothered to complain about it online. So, here is my post proclaiming the terrible choice of noises in the Toyota commercial. I think this ad campaign takes points away from Toyota every time an ad airs. Customers are literally being driven away from the brand, and it is all because of a screeching, ear-piercing noise.

So, thank you Toyota for choosing an ad agency that is helping to drive your potential customers to the competition, simply for playing a high-pitched noise in every commercial. Any positive message about Toyota contained within the ads is lost when the noise jostles it out of my head.