topic Re: Interruptions for Countdowns in Q Talk

Interruptions for Countdowns

shaggygirl — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:41:30 GMT

So tired of the hosts, just as the vendors are mid-stream in a comment about their product, getting all beside themselves needing to proclaim as if it was the end of the world, "Sorry to interrupt you but I just need to tell you that we are down to 1,600 in the red, 1,800 in the blue, 1,400 in the black and 1,500 in the yellow". Geez Louise! It's that urgent that it can't wait until the vendor finishes their sentence?

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

handygal2 — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:04:09 GMT

I know. Everything is so urgent!

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

circles — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:09:40 GMT

drives me crazy, too.....so rude...

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

Mona_L — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:18:39 GMT

Shaggy,

I agree~~it disrupts the "flow" of the presentation~~and I love when a "color" sells out, the host tell the model to quickly leave as if the studio were on fire!

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

stevieb — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 03:15:59 GMT

It's ridiculous, pointless and annoying and further proof they think we're all morons, as though this is creating a sense of urgency... Unfortunately, they're all doing it, both here and on other shopping channels. Some ditz must've put together a list of 'host best practices' and this must've been on it...

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

shaggygirl — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:42:46 GMT

And another thing, how many times do we need to know that the last time it was on the air the blue (or whatever) sold out? Seems we need to know that every 30 seconds.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

Johnnyeager — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:21:15 GMT

Shannon Smith on HSN is famous for shouting: "Sorry to interrupt Wolfgang, but we only have 100 left for the entire country, that's 2 per state folks!" (Thanks for the lesson Shannon.) Others do something similar on Q too.

I can see them in the warehouse: these two are for New Mexico, these two are for Michigan, I have the Rhode Island two here, etc, etc.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

Krimpette — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:45:02 GMT

To me, it's adequate for them to scroll the status of each color across the bottom of the screen like they sometimes do.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

Daysdee — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:32:58 GMT

On 2/13/2015 blueLagoon said:
Shaggy,

I agree~~it disrupts the "flow" of the presentation~~and I love when a "color" sells out, the host tell the model to quickly leave as if the studio were on fire!

I agree. Also, when a heavy KA mixer or an entire set of TT sell out, they have to rush to take it off the table and waste time. Can't they just skip over it when they go over the colors for the millionth time!

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

KYToby — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:11:53 GMT

I agree that it can be annoying, and they certainly do it to drive sales, but if they were to stop, I can already imagine the posts we will see from people complaining that no one warned them that the color/size they wanted sold out.

As an earlier poster suggested, a crawl would b sufficient.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

sylviahomeatlast — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 09:18:49 GMT

so funny

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

hyacinth003 — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:12:27 GMT

Last night I was watching Jay King on HSN.

He was in the middle of a story about some stone. It was interesting actually!

They put up the "sold out" sign on it, and the man looked like a deer in the headlights.

He stopped mid-sentence and wasn't quite sure what to do!

He looked at the host, who acted like the studio was on fire.

Geez, it's not that urgent when something sells out!

Hyacinth

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

hyacinth003 — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 03:13:09 GMT

On 2/14/2015 Daysdee said:
On 2/13/2015 blueLagoon said:
Shaggy,

I agree~~it disrupts the "flow" of the presentation~~and I love when a "color" sells out, the host tell the model to quickly leave as if the studio were on fire!

I agree. Also, when a heavy KA mixer or an entire set of TT sell out, they have to rush to take it off the table and waste time. Can't they just skip over it when they go over the colors for the millionth time!

Hyacinth

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

stevieb — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:34:58 GMT

On 2/14/2015 KYToby said:
I agree that it can be annoying, and they certainly do it to drive sales, but if they were to stop, I can already imagine the posts we will see from people complaining that no one warned them that the color/size they wanted sold out.

As an earlier poster suggested, a crawl would b sufficient.

Or an occasional update... Just not so often...

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

stevieb — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:39:02 GMT

I have never understood the rush to take sold out options off the stage. As obnoxious as it is, I guess I can see not continuing to discuss or describe a sold out item, because 'time is money', although you'd think a few seconds to allow someone to finish a sentence wouldn't be so critical. But if one of several options sells out, it's like they have a hissy fit to get it off the stage... I really wonder why that is. I'm sure at one time there might have been a valid reason, and would just like to know what it was or is.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

Daysdee — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 05:44:14 GMT

They do seem to waste so much time reviewing colors, the number left, the number they started with, and removing the sold out. Guess they have nothing else to say that they haven't already covered.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

julianne — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:24:36 GMT

True! They need to change their script.

Vendor: "I feel Im having a heart attack" Host: Wait, very quickly, only 100 in the purple and a dozen in the blue" LOL!!

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

chickenbutt — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:30:25 GMT

For me, it's about the absolute rudeness of interrupting or over-talking that is offensive. I don't do well with stuff like that because I believe in manners and common courtesy.

That said, however, it seems to be 'a thing' now - no more politeness or manners. No more common courtesy. Just talking over people with nary a thought, or care apparently, about it being rude. It's in tv shopping and talk shows - any scenario where there is more than one person, and talking, involved.

It is one of the things that will make me leave a show, whether it's tv shopping or a talk show. It's not even that it is just here and there. It has become VERY prevalent.

Re: Interruptions for Countdowns

Lila4Now — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:18:29 GMT

The kitchen shows are the worst at this. It's flat out offensive! It's one of the reason I quit watching the kitchen shows. When the host wasn't giving how many were left in each color, he's in the back ground making sniff/snort noises. Vendors need to be able to give needed information to customers. Why can't hosts let them?