A big smile and nothing but good news for the first 24 hours.

• Airport greeting gift for hubby returning from the Middle East? - janeT
  • Thanks for the ideas! - janeT
  • greet him with a homemade welcome home - sign and a small flag
  • gift - Cindy
  • Pick him up wearing a trenchcoat and spiked heels. - LOL
    • like Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes....nm - wrap yourself in SARAN WRAP and a BOW
      • Surprise - LinK
  • Forget the present. His gift will be you. - And that's plenty for a man.
    • Absolutely!!! No doubt! Best advice! Forget the gift, girl! He just wants to see YOU!!!!!!!!!! nm - Lyn
    • Greeting Gift - LinK
      • A big smile and nothing but good news for the first 24 hours. - Misha

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you slice it, both companies will still get 8 hours worth of work out of you.

That is the problem I've been having lately being an MT.  Companies want to pay us on production and they set minimum productivity standards, but want us timed in for 8 hours a day.  My thinking is, if they want 8 hours of work out of me, pay me hourly with production incentive.  If they want to pay me on production and tell how much I have to produce in an 8 hour period, then when I hit that mark, I should be able to call it a day even if I've only worked 4 hours.

Seems these companies want it both ways and it is simply not fair to us MTs.  JMO, tho.

My office assigns work to me, and in DocQScribe, they come up with a little "R" next to the job number for "routed".  Periodically, they are nasty and were obviously attempted and jettisoned by someone else.  More often, however, they are a bank of reports for a particular dictator, who I suspect has gone through the channels and whined and wants all their reports NOW.

The pros of this situation:

One dictator for 10 reports means I can fly through because they're probably saying the same things over and over.  Or at least I can get used to their style and plug away.

Sometimes the group I'm routed is awesome: seven podiatry surgeries or consults in a row.

I like to think that things are routed to me because my office knows I will sit still and type until every one of them is done.  I'd like to think they can count on my accurancy and efficiency.

I take it as a compliment.  Maybe it's intended that way for you too, even when it sucks rocks.  My partner gets nasty, nasty dictators routed to her sometimes because she's one of the few people who can do them and refrains from whining.  Building goodwill with your MTSO pays off in odd little ways in the long run.  And again, while it sucks for you, it might your strong work ethic and accuracy that leads your supervisor to believe you are the one for these jobs.  Take heart!

That IS a rainbow after a storm now! 

I am truly happy for you and KUDOS to that hospital system for yanking those jobs out of the grips of the greedmonger MTSOs in India. 

I would apply myself if I didn't have to drive to Michigan!!

I hope all goes well with you.  Congratulations. 

I needing to find a firewall and thought I'd ask you all for opinions - Any good ones?  Any to stay away from? 

When I am on my computer, I keep hearing clicking sounds as you hear when you click on something within a website.  Am I being paranoid?  I have heard stories where people's computers have been "overtaken".  My Norton Security expired this month and just a couple of weeks ago I downloaded a free antivirus program that was recommended by my home office.  Now I'm without a firewall and I think I made a mistake in doing that.

Good for you!! It is so nice to hear a positive post.

I do not suppose you would care to share your new company?

job is Sun through Wed 6 am to 2:30 pm, since we only need 32 hours for benefits. Second job is 8-11 pm Sun through Wed. I work both jobs at home so on Thurs. and Fri. I volunteer at the middle school so I get a chance to get out of the house and deal with other people. I got lucky because both jobs pay every other week but on different weeks so it worked out that I get paid every week.

more people get out and adopt a pet instead of just talking about it.  It is really a problem and the shooting of innocent dogs is sickening.

I just adopted one and did my part. 

One is obviously an older ESL gentleman and he always says, "Thank you kindly for typing."

The other is younger and he says, "Thanks for typing this up and have a great day."

QWERTY ergo sum...I type, therefore I misspell.

I cannot claim the credit for this, but I thought everybody could use a little humor today. 

nm