QVC - A Complete Joke!

[vampyre]

Apart from Amica and possibly Beulah being assumed names there is nothing quirky or odd about the other two. Models, like dancers, music people in general and actors are exempt I suppose, since the dawn of time they have had "glamourous" career names. Would Germaine Lefebvre have been quite so catchy back in the day as Capucine was? Mind you instead of a glam French chick I always think of tiny monkeys in miniature clothes.

 

[Artemis]

Believe me, there's nothing wrong with liking and buying 'nice' things - I do it lots of times and I'm a shopaholic but I do think the likes of QVC is a bit uptight and ridiculous sometimes (a £75 face cream, what a disgrace!!!)

Plus I stand by the name issue. No, people's names aren't amusing apart from when they try and pronounce them in a quirky way to try and set themselves apart from the rest of society. Get a life and be secure in yourself!

I don't understand how pronouncing one's name in the way it was given by one's parents betrays insecurity. Claudia's name is pronounced "Clow-dee-a, it's the name she was baptised with and is not in the least quirky - any more than Claudia Schiffer's name is, which is also pronounced the same way.............

 

[diva_on_wheelz]

It doesn't reflect insecurity. I'm not having a dig at Amica or Bulah in this just that if you forgive the German pronunciation of Claudia then why on earth is Andrea pronounced And-ray-a when every other women is simply called Andrea! I have a friend called Andrea and I say her name as And-ray-a just as a joke at QVC's expense!

My name's Rebecca (that's REB-e-cca) *rolls eyes* Can you imagine how ludicrous it would be if we all had a particular preference for pronouncing our names!!

 

[plint]

Confused

Hi :hi:,
I am not sure what the difference between a spare room and a guest room is exactly - in my view they serve the same purpose - a place for guests to sleep when they come to stay. I assume people of all social and economic classes would want to be able to put up friends and family on occasion. My two sons and their families live a long way from us and if we want to see them and our beautiful grand-children, then we need somewhere to put them when they want to visit. Equally, they have guest/spare rooms where we stay when we visit them. We are not wealthy at all - one of my son's guest rooms is a sofa bed in the girls' playroom, but it means we can stay over - result!

The sad thing would be if we had no friends or family who want to see us and nowhere to put them if they did.
My mother lives in a lovely flat in sheltered accommodation and their building has two guest flats that the residents can book for a small sum if friends or family want to visit. My aunt and uncle visit her twice a year and have a lovely time.
I cannot see anything elitist about having a spare/guest room/flat - it is all about people being able to spend time together, in my opinion.
:rock::rock::rock:

 

[BusyLizzie]

Beautifully expressed Plint...............:clapping:

 

[diva_on_wheelz]

LOL, most people just sleep on the settee or a sofa-bed if you don't have a house with a spare room. That's where I come from anyway. Failing that, the spare room would be offered to a lodger to get more money in in some circumstances.

 

[vampyre]

I know 2 Andreas, one had a strong Northern Irish accent, the other a more neutral one, both say Andraya. How you treat your fellow humans is up to you. Socialism is all about respect for people, when not taken to the realms of daftness in the form of extreme political correctness, that is its greatest strength.

I know my mother once "lost" the spare room to DIY and office supplies so her sister couldn't stay for a week of sponging. Horrible but true and if you knew the sister, totally understandable. For normal friends and family it is nice to be able to see the ones that are further afield without having to use a hotel or B&B but an aerobed is a fine invention.

 

[Artemis]

LOL, most people just sleep on the settee or a sofa-bed if you don't have a house with a spare room. That's where I come from anyway. Failing that, the spare room would be offered to a lodger to get more money in in some circumstances.

I don't know if you are playing Devil's advocate or if you really believe that people with guest bedrooms are somehow lording it above those that don't. You make reference to where you come from/are coming from. I was born and brought up in a slum area of Salford and yet we and our neighbours had a "parlour", a room that was stiffly furnished, used only on high days and holidays or to entertain guests. No matter how crowded the house, that room was sacrosanct. If there was ever any money to spare, pretty ornaments and cushions were bought for this room that was rarely seen but afforded much pride. Aspirational? Yes, and why not, why should we always aim low and why shouldn't there be a shopping channel that sells us the expensive soaps and knick-knacks that we covet.
As for the fact that there is a credit crunch/recession, must we all go back to wearing clogs?. In the depression, people queued round the block at the cinemas to enjoy the escapism and to exclaim over the lifestyles of the rich and famous. I read somewhere that the sales of 'Lifestyle' magazines rocket during a recession.
I don't care if QVC presenters are overpaid, although I'm assuming that they are paid according to their worth to the company. I don't care for AY's style of presenting, but she obviously shifts shedloads of skincare, or they would have given her the marching orders long ago. I am not remotely interested in their private lives and find those that need to tell us ad nauseum, quite sad. However, if they mention that they have a "little house in Spain" or a country mansion, I don't feel as if they shouldn't have mentioned it. I won't labour the point because there have been other threads on this very subject.
I find reverse snobbery quite stomach-churning.

 

[petpixie]

I have a guest/spare room and when the kids leave home I'll have 4 spare! I don't think that makes me posh or elitist.
I am really fussy about the way my name is pronounced too! It's Jacqueline (the name my parents gave me) not Jacqueleen.
Having said that I understand where you're coming from with the aspirational elitist tone that qvc comes out with. Instead of being inspiring it can come across as aspiring and frankly ridiculous. However I would rather watch pseudo posh JR (and have a laugh) than endure the tone of the sit-up channels.

 

[Swankypants]

This reminds me of a scene from the Cagney & Lacey pilot back in the 80's [weird I know, but stick with it!].

The crimefighting Gals were interviewing a 'lady of the street' and wanted to know her name, she said it was Fee Marley.

"How do you spell that?" asked Cagney,
"F-E-M-A-L-E" was the reply.

If you ain't got squat then jazzing up the mundane can make you feel a bit better.:happy:

 

[diva_on_wheelz]

Great points from everyone. I've obviously come across as a surly lefty gobsh*te but trust me, I'm only those things when something annoys me for a loooong time. Strange as it may seem I do enjoy watching the shopping channels and I find it relaxing when there's nothing else on. I love Peter Simon, Andy Hodgson and Peter Sherlock on Bid-Up/Price-Drop TV's and Catherine Huntley, Craig, Julian, Debbie Flint and Dale on QVC.

Love Becky (^_^)