Q Talk

[faeriemoon]

@Kachina624 So are you saying a person should do business with a company they no longer believe in to save the jobs of the people who work there?

I wouldn't.

[50Mickey]

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@Pearlee wrote:

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@Tatanoo46 wrote:

I know it seems ridiculous to stop watching a show because of who anchored the program. Having been a grief counselor for years I soon realized people make very strong attachments and find it hard to move on when someone or something is removed from their life. 
I have been a customer for 20+ years and loved not only some terrific clothes, household items, and garden equipment, but also the banter between host and guest. 
Because of some recent changes I feel I cannot watch as regularly as in the past. I know QVC is a business and in it to make money. I just do not want them to have anymore of my money. I am just sounding off.

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I find it very strange for a grief counselor to analogize a TV home shipping host being let go to a loved one dying.  I have no doubt you will get over your loss.

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@Pearlee   And to say that she realizes that people make strong attachments and find it hard to move on when someone has been taken from their life.

Carolyn and Dan were never a part of the viewers lives. They were hosts on a TV shopping channel  If people are grieving because these two hosts are no longer on QVC this is not normal. If viewers are this upset over Carolyn and Dan leaving maybe it's time to find something else to do with their time rather than turning on QVC and letting it be their entertainment.  I doubt that Dan and Carolyn would want people to be depressed over their leaving QVC. 

[fairydogmother]

Grief is intensely personal and feels different to everyone. Although there are certainly some commonalities. We are told by counselors not to compare our grief experience with other people's. 
that said, I literally cannot get my head around anyone grieving for departed but still living show hosts. That is so foreign to me. My heart was broken in 2013 when my son died unexpectedly. I was changed forever. Can't really explain that. But tv personalities come and go. Personally I have never been emotionally invested in them. They have jobs, leave jobs, get new ones. 

[magicmoodz]

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@Tatanoo46 wrote:

I know it seems ridiculous to stop watching a show because of who anchored the program. Having been a grief counselor for years I soon realized people make very strong attachments and find it hard to move on when someone or something is removed from their life. 
I have been a customer for 20+ years and loved not only some terrific clothes, household items, and garden equipment, but also the banter between host and guest. 
Because of some recent changes I feel I cannot watch as regularly as in the past. I know QVC is a business and in it to make money. I just do not want them to have anymore of my money. I am just sounding off.

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@Tatanoo46 

Please own your feelings. I, too, am a trained grief counselor. The phenomenon of grieving over the loss of a fictional character or tv personality is real and actually very common.

My advice to those who feel so compelled to admonish someone for their feelings, perhaps do a simple Google seach before hitting "post".

[Luvsmyfam]

@Tatanoo46Your choice

[Sweetbay magnolia]

I liked Dan and Carolyn immensely, and it was hard to fathom that they were chosen to be amongst the lay offs.

Not sure if it will impact my future buying from QVC but it could even if just subliminally.

[Sooner]

I was grief stricken when Johnny Carson retired.  But I got over it and moved on. 

[Alexa6352]

@fairydogmother  Exactly. This person apparently has never experienced real life grief. Losing both my parents. Never to see or hear their voices. that's something that will change your life. A year ago I was in very bad shape. I was in the Hospital/rehab for 4 months on a Vent for 67 days a feeding tube,unable to walk on my own.wasn't allowed to eat for months. You tend to look at life a bit differently. I am fine now,but I almost died a few times. The firing of 2 QVC hosts would not be on the top of my list. I liked them,but I got let go from a job I had for over 25yrs and I survived,they will too. People who grieve over people they don't know have something missing in their lives especially when the people that they are so upset about are STILL ALIVE..She doesn't need grief councelling she needs to see a PSYCHIATRIST

[rockygems123]

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@magicmoodz wrote:

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@Tatanoo46 wrote:

I know it seems ridiculous to stop watching a show because of who anchored the program. Having been a grief counselor for years I soon realized people make very strong attachments and find it hard to move on when someone or something is removed from their life. 
I have been a customer for 20+ years and loved not only some terrific clothes, household items, and garden equipment, but also the banter between host and guest. 
Because of some recent changes I feel I cannot watch as regularly as in the past. I know QVC is a business and in it to make money. I just do not want them to have anymore of my money. I am just sounding off.

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@Tatanoo46 

Please own your feelings. I, too, am a trained grief counselor. The phenomenon of grieving over the loss of a fictional character or tv personality is real and actually very common.

My advice to those who feel so compelled to admonish someone for their feelings, perhaps do a simple Google seach before hitting "post".

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@magicmoodz. Very well said.  

[Kachina624]

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@faeriemoon wrote:

@Kachina624 So are you saying a person should do business with a company they no longer believe in to save the jobs of the people who work there?

I wouldn't.

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@faeriemoon   Yes, if the reason is so petty that they laid off (retired) one person that you liked.