topic Re: Talking Too Fast!!!! in Q Talk

Talking Too Fast!!!!

jenjen1127 — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 16:25:00 GMT

I have been a customer for over 20 years. Most of your hosts are wonderful at speaking clearly but I have to suggest that you have Kirsten slow down. She talks so fast, we can't understand what she is saying half the time. Everyone in my household laughs when she is on because of how she mumbles and speaks a thousand words per minute. We can't be the only ones who have noticed this. Please please please have her slow down. It's gotten to the point where we change the channel or mute the sound when she is on because it is so distracting.

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stevieb — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:29:19 GMT

She's not the only one... Most of the hosts talk so fast surprised they don't melt... One among a number of reasons I'm now watching so little QVC...

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:33:02 GMT

On 4/5/2015 stevieb said:
She's not the only one... Most of the hosts talk so fast I'm surprise they don't melt... One among a number of reasons I'm now watching so little QVC...

On Saturday (I don't remember the host).....I thought I was watching an auction........

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Trudey — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:43:43 GMT

I have this same issue with Jaime (IT Cosmetics). She speaks so fast that it is completely distracting from the products she is describing.

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ritasNo1Fan — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:45:29 GMT

Most of the q. hosts are really unwatchable. Whoever preps them before they go on camera should be fired.

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Beauty Maven — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:52:30 GMT

On 4/5/2015 AGV said: I have this same issue with Jaime (IT Cosmetics). She speaks so fast that it is completely distracting from the products she is describing.

Totally agree. I can't watch Jaime -- she's like a run-away train. Its as though she's afraid of being fired if she doesn't spit out every talking point at 500 miles an hour! Love her enthusiasm though ;o) But she needs to slow down. The building is NOT on fire!

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misspammie — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:09:15 GMT

On 4/5/2015 Desertdi said:
On 4/5/2015 stevieb said:
She's not the only one... Most of the hosts talk so fast I'm surprise they don't melt... One among a number of reasons I'm now watching so little QVC...

On Saturday (I don't remember the host).....I thought I was watching an auction........

there's also a commercial on TV with an auctioneer as a check out guy at a grocery store, very funny.!!

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tundracat — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:59:36 GMT

I've written to some of the hosts about this. I think it's just the new (has been around, actually for a while) thing. I guess the best thing, if you really want to watch, but can't take the fast patter-is just mute them! Happy watching!

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Carmie — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:08:57 GMT

The way people talk is regional. In some areas people speak slow and other areas people speak fast.

Here in PA, NJ and NY and some other areas of the northeast, we speak faster than people of some southern states and other areas of the country do.

I have no problem understanding any of the hosts or vendors, and I don't think they talk too fast.

I travel a lot and sometimes people speak so slow in other states that I feel impatient waiting for them to finish their thoughts. I just go with the flow as I am in their region.

As we say here in PA, we don't talk too fast, you listen too slow.

Enjoy your day!

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Q4u — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:18:29 GMT

I think they are told to hit so many talking points while they're on air. The problem is that the faster and more points you hit, the less the audience will "hear you". Even aside from annoying and turning the sound down or the channel off.

Experiments have been done with listening audiences and they found that most listeners do not catch anywhere near even half of what's spoken. One of the reasons those listening to lectures take notes. The other piece of the equation is repetition, the more repetition of the same points ensures that the audience may remember something!

I agree 100%, some of the hosts are on warp speed and I have no interest in even trying to keep up.....

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jenjen1127 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:19:26 GMT

On 4/5/2015 Carmie said:
The way people talk is regional. In some areas people speak slow and other areas people speak fast.

Here in PA, NJ and NY and some other areas of the northeast, we speak faster than people of some southern states and other areas of the country do.

I have no problem understanding any of the hosts or vendors, and I don't think they talk too fast.

I travel a lot and sometimes people speak so slow in other states that I feel impatient waiting for them to finish their thoughts. I just go with the flow as I am in their region.

As we say here in PA, we don't talk too fast, you listen too slow.

Enjoy your day!

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jenjen1127 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 16:25:14 GMT

I agree that regionally people speak differently, however, I am from New York so I have no problem with people speaking a bit fast. Kerstin speaks at warp speed to the point where you cannot understand anything about the product being presented. Other hosts such as Carolyn, Dan and David speak clearly. All the hosts should be trained to do the same.

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keithsmom65 — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 17:33:27 GMT

I don't think she is too fast, but mutters and does it softly and that is the problem.

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Stray — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 18:36:18 GMT

It is a regional thing and I too am from the NYC area....sometimes I have to pull myself back from cutting people off because they are speaking too slowly, for me. I love Jaime and her products but she is the only one who irks me a little....she speaks too fast even for me.

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febe1 — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:12:34 GMT

I think Kirsten talks the fastest of any host at the Q. And she also "mumbles" while talking fast. Insecurity might be the reason, b/c someone might actually be able to understand how little she knows of what she speaks.

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K9buddy — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:41:53 GMT

Although Kerstin went to college in Lancaster, PA, she grew up in Southern California. She came to QVC in 2011.

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eddyandme — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:01:50 GMT

On 4/5/2015 jenjen1127 said:
I agree that regionally people speak differently, however, I am from New York so I have no problem with people speaking a bit fast. Kerstin speaks at warp speed to the point where you cannot understand anything about the product being presented. Other hosts such as Carolyn, Dan and David speak clearly. All the hosts should be trained to do the same.

You're right, jenjen1127. I'm from MA with relatives in your area. We all speak at the same pace. Many of the QVC hosts are clearly out of their element, needing training (speech and other areas) which the Q seems to be ignoring. I only watch now if there's something special I'm interested in. Aside from talking too fast (probably from nervousness), I'm fed up with the childish, unprofessional behaviors, ranting on about anything and everything but pertinent product information and unprofessionalism. I do enjoy Carolyn, Dan Hughes, MB and David though.

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kittymomNC — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:35:17 GMT

Sorry, but watching SG tonight, and she's got them all beat! I don't know when she takes a breath!

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Daysdee — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:42:29 GMT

On 4/5/2015 Beauty Maven said:
On 4/5/2015 AGV said: I have this same issue with Jaime (IT Cosmetics). She speaks so fast that it is completely distracting from the products she is describing.

Totally agree. I can't watch Jaime -- she's like a run-away train. Its as though she's afraid of being fired if she doesn't spit out every talking point at 500 miles an hour! Love her enthusiasm though ;o) But she needs to slow down. The building is NOT on fire!

I just posted this about Jamie on another thread. She says the same thing over and over and at top speed. Other offenders of talking too fast: Kerstin, David V., Susan Graver, Rick, Tara McConnell. I'm sure there are more as QVC seems to want that high speed talking.

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BORN AGAIN — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:42:56 GMT

Like a tape recorder on fast forward.