Reading the comments on here, can I just say...please be kind, be grateful and less judgemental. All I want is to find out if there are offers or something of interest on QVC and maybe read some fun comments. If this was a general interest forum, I'd be gone already.
I must admit I can be pretty judgemental. It's human nature. Others have not just judged me but misjudged me many times over the years. I'm too old and ugly to put up with stupidity these days.
I'm extremely grateful for many of the things in my life but could do without some others. We all have something to be grateful for, some more than others. Just as we all have struggles, again some more than others.
If I can help someone I will. I'll say it myself but I believe I have a wealth of kindness and support inside me and hope that I can help others in this community whenever I can - I often wish that I could be there and help physically and emotionally with some members here who have been going through a difficult time. Just to somehow be able to help and support. This is the feeling I get back from this close little community here.
However, I absolutely refuse to waste my kindness on others that just wish to take advantage. And that would include people being paid considerable amounts (and much, much better than 'normal' shop assistants - who are worth their weight in gold IMO) to sell products on telly. This culture of considering people on the other side of our screens as being celebrities that need adulation rather than shop assistants or entertainers is beyond me.
"Be kind" is a small, very annoying, and fashionable-at-the-moment phrase that's overused by people/groups that to make (mostly) women feel guilty. You never hear anyone telling men to be kind! I often frequent primarily male forums for my hobby and some of the remarks there are downright nasty but no one ever tells them to be kind.
When I worked in the NHS I found kindness was seriously lacking for patients that needed it. A little bit of kindness in our department would have gone a long way to help many of our frequently older patients that were worried and more than a little scared. The male consultants would sweep around frequently leaving patients and staff upset and they should have known better. Not a lot of kindness there. It was very underrated by them and left to 'lesser' staff members (almost always female).
I started coming here for the shopping but stayed for the lovely members (male and female) who have a fantastic sense of humour and sharp wit that will make my day if I'm down. The wealth of information (shopping telly related and otherwise), support and help I see (and get) here is priceless. If we have a difference of opinion it's respected and not shouted down as one member being right or wrong.
This is, without a shadow of a doubt, my favourite place to come on the net. I consider the members here my friends and hope they never change. It's not just a place of convenience where people can dip in and out for offers on Q, although it does serve that purpose, especially for newcomers. That's what the presenters are paid to do. Members like SuperCW and others that give their time researching as well as a frequently valuable heads up every day go above and beyond posting info and I do hope they enjoy the, ahem, witty debates (AKA sometimes judgy, unkind, but frequently deserved discussions) that their postings can provoke.
Never change! I need my tea snort moments!
