JADED, BORED... sm

Posted By: Unemployed Elf on 2008-12-12
In Reply to: Major Vent - fed up - MTangel

I think they are jaded and bored, dictating into their chests as they click through computer screens and arrowing down for lab values, sometimes I think they are going to break the keyboard, TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP (heavy sigh) TAP TAP TAP.. I think to myself, Geeze, this is not great for me either buddy.

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Major Vent - fed up - MTangel
- Home-based MT is often a ripoff. - cyborg
  - Hit the nail on the head!!!! - MTangel
- JADED, BORED... sm - Unemployed Elf
- Why? We're just "typists." sm - gettinold
- What's the deal - Wendy
  - MT isn't the only profession - cj
    - The deal is.. - MtMe
      - Some of them are... - MT
  - I can't tell you how often I've considered sending anonymous letters to hospitals/docs! nm - Confetti
- That's why, when QA gripes about a missing semicolon or - generic mistakenly capitalized "affecting - sm
  - I did get a chance to do that once sm - NHMT
- I know. Is it too much to ask for a little common courtesy! - Lonestar
  - Residents and PAs drive me crazy - PAMT~MDM
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  - My very (ahem) favorite ... - Totally
  - You listed the basic ones - Happy MT
    - major vent - starla
      - Not only mispronounce but make up meds - The Residents do it too..
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Prepared to be bored and much more. sm

I did legal for 9 years. I even went on to get my paralegal degree too. I loved the research, client interviews, etc., but the transcription is boring with a capital B. Tons and tons of formatting and forms as everything is different for each area of law and has to be done just so.

I was good at it, but ended up moving and couldn't find legal. I love MT so much more than legal. So much more interesting and a lot more money.

If you think healthcare is a tough field, wait until you deal with lawyers. If you want to stay at home and If you're going to go legal, study court reporting. That's where the interesting stuff is and the big bucks. Most legal transcription is inhouse so that the lawyers can have you schedule, answer phones, greet clients, take care of their trailing dockets AND do the transcription which they generally crab about if it's not done in a timely fashion even though the phone rings off the hook all day.

And if you work for a lawyer inhouse, buy suits, nice shoes and a briefcase (with an extra pair of nylons in case you get a run) and make sure your car doesn't look bad next to their caddy. They generally don't like that. :)

I did have one really great lawyer I worked for that didn't really care about all of that, but he also didn't really care about paying all that much.

Good luck!

I agree. Think DK is just bored.
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I am having the slowest week of my life..so bored! nm
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Love new job, people, platform etc. but BORED (sm)
The accounts I have are under 200 beds, hardly any ops and those are most Csections, EGD, colonoscopies. Hardly even a chole or appy. New enough I don't want to really complain to my supervisor. Thinking about picking up PT job just to keep my skills up in OP department. Used to working 500 to 800 bed hospitals with lots of exciting ops. Should I shut up and be glad I like the comany?

Not surprised. BTW, I'm bored with Iraq - I hope
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Then I guess you aren't missing anything. If bored, go do next week's
Get a grip.

I'm the OP, just asking about extra hours in case I'm bored over the weekend and I've alrea
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Thank you, we all get sick of 1 bored girl after another posting negatively to a post. Give it a br
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