Q Talk

[Reever]

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@Krimpette wrote:

IMHO, the worst was Dan Wheeler.  He always acted like he'd never eaten before.  And SF was just way over the top with her eye-rolls, etc.  I no longer watch the food shows.  I just check on line to see what was offered.

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Please keep in mind Dans wife was undergoing chemotherapy and did not have the strength to cook.  Dan has said he is not much of a cook himself so he proabably took advantage of the food shows to get a balanced meal.  Dan was loyal to his dear Beth.

[Foxxee]

I'd rather see men eating with gusto than the overly proper, dainty, unnatural way a few of the female hosts sample the food.  I bet they don't eat that way at home.

Hosts wouldn't be sampling the food if QVC didn't approve.  It's a sales tactic.

In fact, people who watch others eat are more likely to start feeling hungry.  They may even begin to salivate.  They are more likely to buy.  The reason why hosts taste the food.  

So, an appetizing appearance, it smells good, the host tastes the food, says it's delicious, result in more purchases.  

[Reever]

Alberti has announced he is taking a 2 week "staycation"  

[RoughDraft]

Now I understand why some posters go into a tail spin when a host or guest eats during a presentation.  It's a condition called misophonia.  Look it up.

[loriqvc]

Misophonia is not associated with the sounds of eating for all people; I actually have this condition, but only a tiny percentage of my specific triggers involve food/eating.

[RoughDraft]

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@loriqvc wrote:

Misophonia is not associated with the sounds of eating for all people; I actually have this condition, but only a tiny percentage of my specific triggers involve food/eating.

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It also involves visual images for some.

[buyerreview]

I dont mind Alberti eating or tasting, it is David Venable who is always eating...and it just drives me crazy with his habit of endulging in food like he cant stop himself on the shows.

[loriqvc]

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@RoughDraft wrote:

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@loriqvc wrote:

Misophonia is not associated with the sounds of eating for all people; I actually have this condition, but only a tiny percentage of my specific triggers involve food/eating.

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It also involves visual images for some.

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@RoughDraft - This is not an appropriate place to go into great detail (and it's unlikely that most readers would be very interested anyway), but misophonia is literally "hatred of sound," and the cases where people also have visual triggers for their sound issues are uncommon and somewhat extreme. For the vast majority, it is a specific sound or sequence of sounds that causes a reaction, and seeing the person or object making the sound(s) does not intensify the trigger.

[MaryLamb]

If no one ate the food, customers would complain that there was no first hand account of what it tasted like, or they would speculate that the hosts weren’t eating it, because it wasn’t good. I don’t think people have a fear of the sound created by eating food, I think people just look for things to complain about. Most people I know who overcriticize eventually find themselves alone.

[Sooner]

Well, if it bothers you, simply don't watch.  I shut my eyes to lots of things on tv or simply divert my attention to a book or magazine or turn it off.

I like to see people enjoy their food and seem happy to eat it unless they are talking with their mouth open with a glob of food in it or something. 

What would they do otherwise?  Pick at it?  Take a bite and say nothing?  Look bored?  I don't know.  I think of people at a party, picnic or tailgate.  Be happy!