Of QVC and stuff

I have developed an uncomfortable dependency on QVC lately.. and I love it. QVC is one of those home shopping networks that markets towards older women(and insomniacs like me), well, except for during the holidays.


Starting after Halloween or so, they shift gears into total total Christmas mode, and I'm pretty sure it's the most hilarious thing ever. During these holiday months, they sell TONS of tech gadgets and toys and i'm sure the people trying to sell the products didn't even know the name of what they're selling 5 minutes prior to presenting it, let alone how to use it, but oh how they fake it. This leads to two common events that make me ride my lolskates through the house:

1) They break the thing. Oh yes, you can just stick your iPod into the port right here like this and.. it'll just play it beautifully. Hm.. Well uh... -pushes ear piece in- It doesn't seem like we have the correct adapter, -fake laugh- OH THE MAGIC OF LIVE TV!

2) They lie about the product. It usually goes like this..
QVC Employee: Yea, caller, you've had the vacuum for five years huh? Don't you love it?
Caller: Yea! I love my -breathe- (for some reason everyone who calls into QVC breathe like it's going out of style) vacuum. I had it fo' fa' year and I bought one for ma daughta cause she just got married!
QVC Employee: Wow! That's great! Don't you love how it works so well on the stairs?
Caller: Uh... Mine don't work on no stairs.

Oh QVC, how you make me lol.