Fashion

[brii]

People are making absolutely brutal comments to her. Sandra posted that she has been advised to stop commenting on her FB page.

[Preds]

Poor Sandra! People can be such idiots and troublemakers.

[Luv_My_Beagle]

I rarely comment on hosts either way...but I feel so badly for Sandra.

[cah]

The more I read about this, the less I care to even

be a part of this place.

Never have I seen so many mean people in one place.

Sandra is such a sweet girl, my heart goes out to her..

[Pavanne]

I don't often comment on forums but I do read them and notice that, most of the time, they turn nasty. It is hard to believe that people can be so mean and obnoxious to people they don't know. Forums are good if you want to know something and, even, if you have a helpful critism but other than that they serve no good purpose if people can't control themselves. QVC should take them all down and the hosts should get off Facebook and have some, what is left of their, privacy.

[Johnnyeager]

It is a shame that Sandra's reputation is being unfairly impugned for something that did not occur while she was doing her job for QVC. I agree with some that QVC is to blame for being so Facebook and Social Media-focused. I hope someone in the Executive Suite there issued her a big apology.

[Campion]

On 1/27/2015 sparklestar said:

On 1/27/2015 Emree said:

There is a quote that says: "There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn't with you, it is with themselves." I honestly think there is a small group of individuals who are hellbent on misinterpreting what Sandra said. If you watch the entire clip, she never insulted Michelle. She was implying that we can look back at a photo of ourselves with a handbag and say 'gee my hair looked bad, but my bag was awesome.' And I think these people can see that she is a kind person so they are trying to bully her. I think it's time for QVC to draw the line now, and to protect Sandra and to put a stop to the harassment. She apologized and gave an explanation. Time to delete and block and be firm.

The best thought on this matter!

Indeed it is!

And there seems to be a new fad, especially among women, to search out where they can be "offended" and ding the "offender" for saying something bad. Even if it's open to interpretation whether or not it was offensive, meant as offensive, an insensitive remark, or merely open to interpretation.

It's a form of a "game people play" if you go back to Dr. Eric Berne. He wrote a book in the Sixties and he was one of the founders of Transactional Analysis which says we react with one another like parent-child, child-parent or (hopefully) adult-adult. The parent-child interactions can be complex, depending on the role each is playing.

The "I'm Offended!" game seems to be a variant of a parental punishing game. Parents can be self-righteous, punishing or vicious (this is a sub-par functioning parent.) So in my opinion, the "I'm offended at..." (in this case, saying the Dooney makes you look good no matter what schmatta you have on) is a form of self-righteous or even punishing Parent seeking to ding someone (out of a feeling of powerlessness, inadequacy or frustration.)

The sad thing is how common this behavior has become. I think it's rather toxic and not only does it make the recipients feel bad, it makes the person doing it feel bad (inadequate or hateful) after they get the initial rush of power from doing it.

Sumary: not healthy behavior.

[VioletEyes]

The real OOPS is that this thread and any others related to this topic are allowed to stand. Sandra's Facebook page should be edited and none of this incident should be allowed to stand.

Sandra is being crucified and QVC's legal team should have advised her to stay mum on the subject and not even dignify such an outrageous allegation. She had nothing to apologize for and by apologizing she played into the hands of the perps of this trumped up non-issue.

What is wrong with this company that they allow their employee to be so poorly treated?

[Pavanne]

On 1/28/2015 SoftRaindrops said:

The real OOPS is that this thread and any others related to this topic are allowed to stand. Sandra's Facebook page should be edited and none of this incident should be allowed to stand.

Sandra is being crucified and QVC's legal team should have advised her to stay mum on the subject and not even dignify such an outrageous allegation. She had nothing to apologize for and by apologizing she played into the hands of the perps of this trumped up non-issue.

What is wrong with this company that they allow their employee to be so poorly treated?

Absolutely agree.

[Alter Ego]

I actually disagree with much said on this thread. I do not think it should be taken down - nor comments on facebook deleted. I think that would worsen the situation. I do think QVC should post something on their FB page and maybe even on these forums, as they've done before. Actually, this is one situation where you would wish national media would pick up if only to help explain the situation.

Honestly, I have no idea what somebody of another ethnicity would feel watching the video. From some things I've read, it has been edited to make the cut to the model more inappropriate? But, because I don't see anything racist doesn't diminish the fact that others may. And, maybe those opinions are based on an edited video. Once a reasonable explanation is given, I would hope that the anger would diminish.

I actually am not much of a fan of Sandra. Don't dislike her, just don't find her compelling to watch. One thing I do know about her (and is inappropriate to bring up, but this is already page 4 of this thread and I think sort of relevant to Sandra's background) is that Sandra has an adopted daughter of another race/ethnicity. I also know that Sandra appears to be culturally sensitive to her daughter and makes sure she knows her heritage. Many of the people posting don't follow these boards - don't know the background of the hosts like many of us do here. I would think that, if they knew this, they would be more willing to accept her apology. However, this isn't brought up (and shouldn't be as I don't think is correct to drag her daughter into this - but, like I said, I don't expect this particular post to be read by many and wanted to share my opinion.)