A very humble "thank you" :)
Posted By: JoH on 2005-09-18
In Reply to: this board and world could use a lot more folks like you! nm - thank you (OP)
a little kindness goes so very far 
Complete Discussion Below:  marks the location of current message within thread
The messages you are viewing
are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select
the boards given in left menu
Other related messages found in our database
Just smile and say "thank you"
If you would like a "thank you" send one to them
I have always sent a thank you even if they don't go with my service. I have also taken in cookies along with a note. That is just me and it has gotten me accounts that treat me the same -- with mututal respect and appreciation. I never treat my accounts so cold as only "providing a service" and that is what I have emphasized in my brochures, flyers, etc Must be doing something right as they have come to me and stayed with me from 5 to 20 years. Have not had to go out and get a new account for the past 6 years. They have also stuck by me through a horrible divorce, illness and getting behind and not treated me as "just a service" that can be replaced. So I say, yes -- treat them as you would like them to treat you.
Do you ever get the ones that say, "Thank you, operator". (sm)
I always picture Lily Tomlin with the "one ringy-dingy" with the earphones plugged in.
That should say, "Thank you, dear; however,"
s
I have one that not only says "Thank you" but then he says "have a nice day."
He may be difficult to understand at times, but the fact that he says those little words, makes a difference.
You can "thank" the offshore competition...sm
Like it or not.... it's driving the prices down in our industry. We have customers now demanding price reductions as contracts come up for renewal and tell us that if we don't meet their new pricing they'll send the work offshores and pay 4 cpl for transcription, 1.5 cpl for editing work.
More and more clients are willing to take the risk of sending work out of the country for the cheap labor and getting the work done 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The overseas companies truly work 24/7/365 and their English skills have improved dramatically.
Gone are the days of high line rates for everyone. Stinks, I know.
Just my humble opinion.....the man had a lot more to be
worried about than someone finding out he had visited porn sites......! This isn't a crime and a lot of married men do that. If you look at all the forensic evidence along with all the circumstantial evidence I definitely believe this guy is guilty. As far as the porn stuff, it was more than looking at porn; from what I've read he was running a scheme with porn sites, taking people for their money....
Btw, it's easy for me to be humble cause I am
x
10-14 cpl. In my humble opinion. nm
x
We went to a wedding and received our "thank you" a year later! so there is hope.
x
I actually have a couple ESLs who say "thank you for transcribing this report"
^^
Silly question, I know, but do you have "Thank you" at the bottom of your invoice?
Seriously, I am making up an invoice template and need to know if most people put "Thank you" on the bottom of their invoices. I cannot find any on the ones that I have recieved from other companies, but then again, I only have a few.
Thanks~
Lori, This is just my humble opinion... sm
but if this was me (and I agree it isn't) I would not rule out getting to know the retired people in your community. It may be through them that you meet other people your own age. For me, I have met friends that were originally friends of friends. I agree it may be hard to find something in common with someone who is not your own age, but if the retired people there are like my next door neighbors, I just listen and they do all the talking. It's a pretty easy conversation and sometimes pretty interesting.
OK, take this little piece of opinion for what it is worth. If it doesn't work for you, that is okay.
Lori, This is just my humble opinion...
MTHubie,
I do actually have 3 retired friends, but they are pretty busy with their families and being grandmas - so we do get times to chat now and then, but just not on the level I am needing I guess. I also visit with my landlord as well, as she lives across the lane from me, but she is hardly ever home. I probably sound pretty backwards and I honestly have never had problems making friends - but I am not backwards and I have many interests - just not living in a location that is plentiful with organizations or functions that I can embrace and therefore meet people. I appreciate your thoughts and ideas and I thank you for your input!!
lorlyn
....in my humble opinion as you're not in and out with the
s
OK, this is in my own very humble opinion...smCindiRI
...but if I could buy only one book, (and this is after continuously updating and expanding during 20 years), I would still buy my big, old, heavy, but worth-its-weight-in-gold Hardcover Dorland's Complete Medical Dictionary. It is not only one of the most comprehensive dictionaries in terms, diseases, syndromes, anatomy, tables GALORE, etc., but the cross-referencing is superb, there are wonderful tables like musculature of the body (illustrated) to be sure of terms in your report, list of things like common abbreviations, eponyms, drugs, weights and measures, just sooooo much, I use it constantly. I have ALL the Stedman's wordbooks, Saunder's, Mosby's, HPI series, Medical Phrase Index, etc., but if I were stranded on that desert island (I wish!) with my laptop and only one book, yup, it would be the big ole Dorland's! Worth the price, what an investment.
Yes, very high in my oh so humble opinion....
I am making 10 cpl and was told how much they are charging. Not a good move on their part I think! I may have gone on in misery and not even questioned it had I not known that little tidbit. I am pretty much exhausted now and think I have had enough!
"Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home" nm
nm
Many great entrepreneurs had humble beginnings (sm)
You have met many challenges head-on and been very successful. Right now you face a challenge - the challenge is almost like a game with your own mind. It is an obstacle that will be difficult to overcome, but once you do, you will benefit from it forever. Many great entrepreneurs began as a janitor, waiter/waitress, many humble positions. You already realize your intellect and the capacity you have to soar above your peers. Your challenge is to learn to first work with people, side-by-side, to be able to know that you have greater abilities, but humble yourself to do less, while in your time off from work, working on your businesses, until you no longer need the "job". It is truly a mental game you are playing with yourself unknowingly and you are allowing your own intellectual mind to defeat "you" with too much pride and self-imposed rules. You have to re-think all of this and challenge yourself to be able to be humble, knowing that you have great capabilities. On the other hand, many people who are very intelligent have found that they can be much more happy in simple tasks that are "beneath" their mental abilities, but find great value in seeing physical results. Physical labor gives immediate gratification. Your body is worthy too, not just your mind. Use both. Do not lock yourself into a mental prison. Step out into the sun and set yourself free
In my most humble opinion, I think credentialing is a crock. SM
You hit the nail on the head - its a test created by a group that requires you pay $100 or so for membership (I haven't checked what their fees are for a while), $80 for their rule book, and then $300 to take their test. And for what? A penny more per line, maybe?
Not to mention, the organization which is supposed to be setting the tone and the standards in the medical transcription industry continually and consistently subverts the interests of the American MTs that were the life's blood of their association at its inception back in the good 'ol days. Without us, their little club would not have grown as it did. Instead of focusing on the needs of the American MTs and championing causes that would improve our industry and our pay checks, they have embraced offshoring, calling it the globalization of the workforce and say it the wave of the future and its progress. And as they ride this wave of the future, they leave the American MT in their wake betrayed and alone and poor.
I have have a deep moral objection to giving one cent of my hard earned money to the AHDI. They can keep their credentials and their membership dues. Seeing "CMT" behind someone's name doesn't make me respect them anymore that them not being a CMT. Quite the contrary, I start thinking their $300 sold out another American MT. Good Job! You're a CMT, yay! 
In my humble opinion, it is a classic of modern literature. sm
The Stand is about the end of the world as we know it, wherein mankind are drawn to the good and bad forces to make their final stand (thus the name). The bad are drawn to Las Vegas, the good to Boulder, I think. It's been awhile since I read it. They made a TV movie of it but it was ruined by Molly Ringwald. Gary Sinese saved the say, though! At any rate, the book starts out with a virus that been set loose on mankind and goes from there. It is not King's usual fare and you will be missing a wonderful experience it you don't read it!
|
