Funny,FailsOCT 2, 2026

73 Corporate Posts So Cringeworthy People Couldn’t Resist Sharing Them

Viktorija Strelciunaite and Adelaide May Ross

There’s a very fine line between brilliant marketing and trying way too hard to relate to customers. And in this day and age, many companies struggle to find the sweet spot between using trendy TikTok lingo and making customers wince every time they see your ads.

Unfortunately, more often than not, it seems like brands do the latter. Bored Panda has scoured the internet to find examples of some of the most cringe-worthy moments when companies tried way too hard to relate to consumers (and failed). Enjoy scrolling through these pics that might give you secondhand embarrassment, and be sure to upvote the messages that you can’t believe were actually approved by brands.

#21 Cinnabon Someone On Your Social Media Team Should Have Had A Bad Feeling About This

Cinnabon social media post with Carrie Fisher cinnamon art, depicting how companies tried to be cool.

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Another ad campaign that went viral for being extremely hated was Peloton’s 2019 “The Gift That Gives Back” campaign. This featured a husband gifting his wife a Peloton bike for Christmas and then detailing her fitness journey over the following year. It was deemed cringeworthy, insensitive, and sexist, and Peloton’s stock price fell by over 10% after it was released.

#22 Let's Let The Internet Reinforce The Quality Of Our Ingredients! Wcgw?

Subway Canada Twitter poll with poor response, showing companies that tried way too hard to be cool

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#23 Old Ad From The Netherlands

An offensive PlayStation Portable billboard ad showing a white woman dominant over a black man.

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#24 An Ad That Ran In South Africa

Retailer ad labeling natural textured hair as frizzy and dull, showing companies that tried way too hard.

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Are you enjoying these absolutely awful examples of how to market a brand or product, pandas? Keep upvoting the pics that make you cringe, and let us know in the comments what the worst examples you’ve ever seen of corporate fails were. Then, if you’d like to check out another article from Bored Panda featuring embarrassing corporate fails, look no further than right here!