topic Re: Hostess in Suggestion Box

Hostess

Slitslattly — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:41:58 GMT

I really like ally carr but she has a story for EVERYTHING with situations and it's annoying and even if it's true, I think she should bring that down some. Tara from the brand temptations, answers before a question is finished and those one word comments like "Love" are annoying because she does it all the time. She agrees with everything. I adore temptations but her " I'm with you girlfriend" seems like she's a want to be and it's so hard to here her that I don't watch her. I take a look at her products later after her show. Some of the host act like the food is the best thing ever in life before it seems as though they got to swallow it. I assume they have to do that but some are doing it too soon. With fragrances also, they act as if nothing is better than the one they have at the moment. When you have to pay to send something back, the host need to be more authentic to be believed

Re: Hostess

Kachina624 — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:49:29 GMT

@Slitslattly. 8f anyone at QVC annoys you, they all have Facebook pages where you can tell them. They'll never see comments here.

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beach-mom — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:50:59 GMT

@Slitslattly - I noticed you're new to the forums. I think you'll have more fun here if you discuss things you're interested in.

Criticizing so many hosts in one run-on post will probably not go well. I hope you find at least one you enjoy watching.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:52:50 GMT

Ally isn't serving tea at a tea party. She's a shopping channel host. Male or female; they are all hosts. I think you missing the point of the hosts are on air. Shopping channels are retailers, they are stores and the hosts are sales professionals. Their job is the get viewers to buy stuff. They do bring their own personalities and phrases to the job. Those things work for some of us, not so much for others. I like Ally but there are other hosts that I never or rarely watch because they irritate me.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:03:17 GMT

@Slitslattly Both men and women at Q are HOSTS. The words hostess has never been used.

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Nonametoday — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:19:24 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
@Slitslattly Both men and women at Q are HOSTS. The words hostess has never been used.

@Love my grandkids

Maybe not in your dictionary.

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ellaphant — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 22:20:43 GMT

@Slitslattly wrote:
I really like ally carr but she has a story for EVERYTHING with situations and it's annoying and even if it's true, I think she should bring that down some. Tara from the brand temptations, answers before a question is finished and those one word comments like "Love" are annoying because she does it all the time. She agrees with everything. I adore temptations but her " I'm with you girlfriend" seems like she's a want to be and it's so hard to here her that I don't watch her. I take a look at her products later after her show. Some of the host act like the food is the best thing ever in life before it seems as though they got to swallow it. I assume they have to do that but some are doing it too soon. With fragrances also, they act as if nothing is better than the one they have at the moment. When you have to pay to send something back, the host need to be more authentic to be believed

Just change the channel. You write a long detailed critique- why wouldn't you just not watch??

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CalminHeart — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 12:06:57 GMT

@Slitslattly wrote:
I really like ally carr but she has a story for EVERYTHING with situations and it's annoying and even if it's true, I think she should bring that down some. Tara from the brand temptations, answers before a question is finished and those one word comments like "Love" are annoying because she does it all the time. She agrees with everything. I adore temptations but her " I'm with you girlfriend" seems like she's a want to be and it's so hard to here her that I don't watch her. I take a look at her products later after her show. Some of the host act like the food is the best thing ever in life before it seems as though they got to swallow it. I assume they have to do that but some are doing it too soon. With fragrances also, they act as if nothing is better than the one they have at the moment. When you have to pay to send something back, the host need to be more authentic to be believed

I get it. It's why I don't watch much Q anymore. I don't watch to listen to personal stories, useless chit chat, watch hosts fight for attention or act like children, and fail to give adequate information about products.

At the same time, they all use the same word over and over until someone comes up with another new word. Remember, producers are telling them what to say in their earphones. Vocabularies certainly could be improved.

I would hate to do the job of hosts. I would find it incredibly boring. Even more, I'd be irritated and embarrassed to behave like many do.

Re: Hostess

CalminHeart — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 12:08:23 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
@Slitslattly - I noticed you're new to the forums. I think you'll have more fun here if you discuss things you're interested in.

Criticizing so many hosts in one run-on post will probably not go well. I hope you find at least one you enjoy watching.

Leave OP alone. She's as free to post her opinion as you.

Re: Hostess

CalminHeart — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 12:09:55 GMT

@Nonametoday wrote:
@Love my grandkids wrote:
@Slitslattly Both men and women at Q are HOSTS. The words hostess has never been used.
@Love my grandkids
Maybe not in your dictionary.

Hostess hasn't been used since both of us were much younger. I wouldn't dream of using it anymore since, to me, it's sexist.

Re: Hostess

CalminHeart — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 12:11:28 GMT

@Slitslattly wrote:

Since this is your first post, I will warn you that there is an army of Q supporters who will dish out snark at the slightest criticism. It's easy to be snarky or just plain mean hiding behind a keyboard.

Don't let them scare you away or get under your skin.

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They CallMe MRWILKES — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:30:36 GMT

I see absolutely nothing wrong with using the word "hostess."

Now the forums have a word usage police squad.

I will use "hostess" as frequently and as often as I like (unless forbidden by real moderators.)

Perle Mesta, the "Hostess With the Mostess"; as portrayed by Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam!

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walkingal — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 19:22:32 GMT

@They CallMe MRWILKES 👍

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RescueLover — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:23:25 GMT

That’s NOT True @CalminHeart

When we go out to dinner often the first person to greet us is …

The HOSTESS 🥴

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They CallMe MRWILKES — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:29:37 GMT

Ethel belts out "I'm the Hostess With the Mostess!" It's fabulous!

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cjm61 — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 23:27:35 GMT

@CalminHeart

Yes @RescueLover and @They CallMe MRWILKES , hostess is a term used to this day. My niece, in her 20's, told me she is a hostess at Ruth Chris. She had no trouble with that title.

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Suneshine — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:22:44 GMT

I requested the book from my library and it seems to be very popular. I am number 13 on the wait list Thank you for the suggestion.

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CalminHeart — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:17:08 GMT

@They CallMe MRWILKES wrote:
I see absolutely nothing wrong with using the word "hostess."

Now the forums have a word usage police squad.

I will use "hostess" as frequently and as often as I like (unless forbidden by real moderators.)

Perle Mesta, the "Hostess With the Mostess"; as portrayed by Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam!

I remember Ethel Merman and 1953's Call Me Madam.

No word usage police squad. It's matter of respecting women for the same work a man does.

It's simply thinking of others' feelings, realizing times change, and intent of words change. We don't live in 1953 anymore.

I'll never understand why people are so intent on using words that can disrespect others.

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CalminHeart — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:29:17 GMT

@cjm61 wrote:
@CalminHeart

Yes @RescueLover and @They CallMe MRWILKES , hostess is a term used to this day. My niece, in her 20's, told me she is a hostess at Ruth Chris. She had no trouble with that title.

I remember being 20 and wouldn't have given it a second thought then either.

Wait until she's older or goes into another profession. Sexual harrassment, less pay than a man in the same position, and other biases come with many words. I worked for nearly 50 years and have seen a lot of it. I was subjected to it as well. Zero tolerance from me.

I want the same title a man would have.

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CalminHeart — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:43:46 GMT

That's fine if they don't care. But how do you know if they care?

@RescueLover wrote:

That’s NOT True @CalminHeart

When we go out to dinner often the first person to greet us is …

The HOSTESS 🥴

If that person calls herself a hostess, go for it. Maybe it's what her boss calls it or requires. We don't know.

For me, I want the same title a man would have if doing the same job. I don't want a female version of it.

I have been paid less than men for doing the same job with the same title. I have been the subject of sexual harassment. I was an executive and men would ask me to take on secretarial duties in serious meetings (I asked my admin to do it).

I've seen so much in my leadership positions over 50 years of working that I don't want a title, pay, or anything else that's different than a man would have in the same position.