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Touching the food.

radimage — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 19:26:59 GMT

I don't know who thinks that touching, squeezing and fingering the food is a selling technique.

It is gross and disgusting.

Please stop...unless you never want me to buy another food item from here again.

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peggy9cats — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 19:34:16 GMT

YES, That woman that touches the trail mix, or whatever it is, it is revolting! Especially with those gross nails of hers.

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Pook — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:20:00 GMT

That's a great selling point and not gross and disgusting. I can resist buying some food items if they just sit there while they talk about the product but when they keep pointing out the deliciousness by touching and breaking it apart, etc, to show how fresh and in the case of the snacks how large the nuts and fruit are, I pay more attention and there is a better possiblity that i will buy it. If they just have food sitting there and point to it over and over it's rather blah and boring and not appealing to me at all! I would tend to think there are more like me that think it's a great sales tactic. It obviously must work because food items seem to sell so well.

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Mominohio — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:24:25 GMT

I have to agree with Pook. I want to see the texture and density of the food, I want to see the juices run from the meat, the gooy stuff inside the candy, the moistness of the breads or cakes. And when they squeeze the dried fruits, I can tell that they are very moist and not dry and hard.

It might not be appealing for some people to watch, but I think necessary if they want to sell the product. I don't want to simply watch it sit on the plate. That tells me nothing.

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kjae — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:46:50 GMT

How about a compromise? Why doesn't the Germack lady pick up ONE piece of the nut/trail mix from the back and break that apart for demonstration INSTEAD OF running her hands through the whole bunch of food on the plate? radimage, I was thnking the same thing this morning watching her. It just bothered me. The crew gets to eat it later-and I would not want to touch. This is my opinion.

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clairelv — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:25:21 GMT

yes . i dislike this either....

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debic — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 11:10:18 GMT

I'd rather see them run their hands through it then act like they're afraid of it. I'm betting they'd sell a lot less if they didn't touch the food.

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okaywitheasypay — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:42:12 GMT

I think it is probably a good selling ploy, but if the crew or any one is going to eat it later(and I hate waste) why don't they put on disposable gloves. I would hate for David to catch something and keel over during a happy dance.

I am not sure why , but I hate seeing the juices squeezed out of the meat products with a fork! I have never bought any of the food products any way. Just my 2 cents--of course with sh &h costs it would be $5.02!

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ChynnaBlue — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:58:27 GMT

@radimage wrote:
I don't know who thinks that touching, squeezing and fingering the food is a selling technique.

It is gross and disgusting.

Please stop...unless you never want me to buy another food item from here again.

I don't get this. They're not touching YOUR food. They're not packing up the food they touched and sending it to you while they laugh about you getting their cooties.

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suzyQ3 — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:32:19 GMT

I cannot imagine anything less appealing than watching a food demo with the vendor and/or host wearing gloves.

As for the Germack presenter, I'm not bothered by her handling her nuts, but there is just something about her that does annoy me. I can't put my finger on it, though.

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Sooner — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:37:25 GMT

I don't understand either. Don't we all touch food frequently? And like she said, it's not food YOU are eating. Doesn't bother me at all.

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ChynnaBlue — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:31:33 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
I cannot imagine anything less appealing than watching a food demo with the vendor and/or host wearing gloves.

As for the Germack presenter, I'm not bothered by her handling her nuts, but there is just something about her that does annoy me. I can't put my finger on it, though.

Is it because the handling of nuts should be reserved for the pay per view stations?

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forrestwolf — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 21:21:50 GMT

They are not just selling the food........Everyone looks at the jewelry, and looks for it on the Q, the nail polish as well........I understand what you are saying, but how many really wear gloves, and hairnets at home.........They want to be natural.....and truth be told, as great deal of the food is fake to begin with......

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birkin baby — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:35:53 GMT

ChynnaBlue,This reminds me ....there is a really interesting Jon Hamm thread right now!!! (Imagine a devil emjoi) lol

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ID2 — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 09:58:26 GMT

Do you get grossed out when you even see someone eat?? Whats so gross and disgusting about touching food?? I am always amazed at things people say!