Re: Language problem

febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

I've come to the conclusion the Q doesn't really understand the importance of a good speaking voice and good language.

They are not aware that if customers don't like terrible voices and language, they change the channel.

Why would any company hire hosts who squeal like stuck pigs? Why would they hire a host who talks baby talk? Why would they hire hosts who talk like they are auctioneers at an auction, talking a mile a minute?

It looks like young and attractive is #1 job description.

PhilaLady1 · ‎03-11-2010

I would prefer to hear backside, or rear end.

But, it is the way of the world now. Time moves on. I can't fight it, but I don't have to like it.

Trix · ‎03-16-2010

@Gradysmom, I agree with what you are saying, but I am one who also has always had a problem with the vendors and hosts using slang words and phrases regularly. With respect to those who think it's fine, hip and cute, I will never bend on expecting people to speak clearly, have a decent speaking voice, and use real words on brodcast media.

My biggest QVC pet peeve which I cannot watch is that loud slang talking makeup vendor (no need to mention the name). Regardless of how credible she may be as a makeup artist and product developer I find her manner and presentation style intolerable. If the program is a multi-brand beauty show, I try not to change the channel during the one product she may have in the show, but it's tough for me. I most often simply don't watch a minute of her one or two hour brand shows, but a few weeks ago I did see her with Alberti on Beauty IQ and she was like adifferent person. I don't know if it was Alberti's dignified class or the format of Beauty IQ which toned her down, but I was thinking why not be that person all the time on air.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

Saying "backside", "rear-end", "butt" doesn't bother me in the slightest.

I don't let myself get upset over things that I have zero control over, and how a host or vendor speaks, is one of them.

Life is too short to get all worked up over something like that.

Besides, for a business to survive, it can't stay stuck in the dinosaur age.

It has to evolve, and change with the times.

A prominant businessman, I forget who, recently said in an article, I believe, that for a business to stay relevant, it has to stay young.

So, while the old-timers may hate that, hate that businesses are no longer catering to them, the fact is, there is a new demographic on the horizon, that businesses are trying to attract and cater to, and that demographic is the Millennials.

With the youngest baby boomer being around mid-fifties, and the oldest Millennial being around mid-thirties, time is indeed marching on.

febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

Millennials are known to be quite stingy and many still living at home with Mom & Dad.

The Q won't be getting their business. Millennials are impulsive and when they do buy, they want one day delivery.

Millennials do spend money on Athleisure wear, which has taken the place of jeans.

They love to eat fast food at gas station stops.

Millennials either don't have the money or will not spend the money on things the Q sells.

The Q needs to take care of the age customers they've always had. If they lose them, they'll have bumpkiss.

KathyM23 · ‎11-20-2010

Sorry, but I cannot get offended over the use of such beneign words. I have never personaly heard Susan refer to heinie (usually says rear) but I see nothing either vulgar or offensive about the word. As for as not saying "butt" - whatever is offensive about that word - nothing that I can think of. When you look at the language that is in common use today, these words wouldn't even make the list of what should not be used.

Those of us (myself included) who grew up in a much more stuffy and rigid world have different takes on the more casual attutudes of today's younger generation who would not give a second thought to those word mentioned.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@febe1 wrote:
Millennials are known to be quite stingy and many still living at home with Mom & Dad.
The Q won't be getting their business. Millennials are impulsive and when they do buy, they want one day delivery.
Millennials do spend money on Athleisure wear, which has taken the place of jeans.
They love to eat fast food at gas station stops.
Millennials either don't have the money or will not spend the money on things the Q sells.
The Q needs to take care of the age customers they've always had. If they lose them, they'll have bumpkiss.

@febe1

You must think that Millennials are only teenagers.

As I said, the OLDEST Millennial is in their mid-thirties, hardly still "living at home" with mom and dad, and I am sure that they have jobs.

But the fact is, baby boomers are no longer the demographic that businesses cater to.

I know people hate that, especially the baby boomers, because they are so use to being worshipped, but the youngest boomer is in their mid-sixties, which means that most are pushing 70+.

And even baby boomers are not immune to death, and they are starting to die off.

No business stays stagnant and survives.

You either get with the times, or get left behind.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@febe1 wrote:
Millennials are known to be quite stingy and many still living at home with Mom & Dad.
The Q won't be getting their business. Millennials are impulsive and when they do buy, they want one day delivery.
Millennials do spend money on Athleisure wear, which has taken the place of jeans.
They love to eat fast food at gas station stops.
Millennials either don't have the money or will not spend the money on things the Q sells.
The Q needs to take care of the age customers they've always had. If they lose them, they'll have bumpkiss.

@febe1
You must think that Millennials are only teenagers.

As I said, the OLDEST Millennial is in their mid-thirties, hardly still "living at home" with mom and dad, and I am sure that they have jobs.

But the fact is, baby boomers are no longer the demographic that businesses cater to.

I know people hate that, especially the baby boomers, because they are so use to being worshipped, but the youngest boomer is in their mid-sixties, which means that most are pushing 70+.

And even baby boomers are not immune to death, and they are starting to die off.

No business stays stagnant and survives.
You either get with the times, or get left behind.

And whenever I say the same thing, I get the same responses/justifications as to why every business should consider baby boomers to be by far their most important, if not indeed their only, market.

Boomers (I am one) have been hearing they are "It" as far as being "the" targeted demographic for so many decades, some believe it will be that way (and "should" be) until they have all died off.

Oldest boomers are over 70. How many more years will they be actively buying higher ticket items, for themselves or others? Maaaaybe 10. But as we age, our incomes don't keep up to those working 40 hrs/wk. Even if we've planned well for retirement, discretionary income isn't unlimited. Can some boomers buy whatever they want, whenever they want? Yep. But I think it's stretching to postulate that all boomers have tons of discretionary income for QVC-type (i.e. not-needed impulse buys) mdse and will continue to be QVC's #1 customers "forever."

Many boomers are now having to spend hefty amounts they hadn't planned on caring for their parents. Many boomers are starting to have costly physical ailments, or high insurance costs because one is on Medicare but the spouse isn't.

If QVC or any other retailer pins all their hopes on boomers, they can start to plan going out of business in 10-15 years.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

DJs mom · ‎06-06-2012

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
Saying "backside", "rear-end", "butt" doesn't bother me in the slightest.

I don't let myself get upset over things that I have zero control over, and how a host or vendor speaks, is one of them.

Life is too short to get all worked up over something like that.

Besides, for a business to survive, it can't stay stuck in the dinosaur age.

It has to evolve, and change with the times.

A prominant businessman, I forget who, recently said in an article, I believe, that for a business to stay relevant, it has to stay young.