Does anybody else get tired of the rude negativity on these boards?
Posted By: I'm out of here on 2006-01-04
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Do your research. open your mind. Get a clue. Hello, McFly! It's always the same old people spouting the same old nonsense with nothing to back their statements except unsubstantiated personal opinions. No facts, just blowhard opinions. I've had it with the constant negativity. I'm not helping anybody any more on the Word, Drug or Style boards. I'm not helping newbies or the technically challenged. YOU WIN, TROLLS! You can have the boards because I quit coming here PERIOD.
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I get more tired of the denial on other boards
If the people reading MTStars realized how lucky they were to have a free service that gives them VALUABLE information that the companies don't want to disclose, and that posters on other boards allude to but won't name companies, any perceived rude negativity would be considered as a type of expression that different than the reader. I think the Moderator here has to remove VERY LITTLE postings, so I don't think they are THAT bad.
I am sorry. I meant boards not broads. Now those darn boards have disappeared again.
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I get tired of daily grind. I get tired of having
horrible dictation/dictators and not able to produce lines, which directly affects my paycheck. I don't mind doing the difficult stuff, and I pretty good at it, but it is stressful and I find it very hard to budget when you never know what your paycheck is going to be. I hate being tied to having earphones on all day. I have children at home (I homeschool and don't have toddlers running around) and my DH works third shift so he is home during the day. I try to work around all this, but can't always. If I had a "desk" job I could be part of conversations at least, but having to have the earphones on you can't do that. I get tired of being sedentary, my feet swell, my shoulders are tired, my elbows hurt, etc.
I stick with it because of my children, and also because I like the flexibility. I don't have to be up at 5:30 to get the kids up and ready for school, I don't have to fight traffic to get to work at 8:00. It is a trade-off. Sounds like you just need a break.
A lot of negativity here
Newbies can get jobs..it's not impossible. I was taking the Andrews course, ended up applying for a job through an ad on the school board before I even finished Module I! I passed the test, got the position at .05/line, which was quickly raised to .06, then .07, and finally .08 within a few months. I watched the job boards and inquired and passed the test with 2 more companies, one who paid me .09/line. That has been almost 3 years ago now. I've moved around a little bit and for the last couple of years have settled in to where I feel at home where I am. (I've actually been so busy working that I haven't even finished my course with Andrews!) I'm an employee with one company making .0085 for acute care work, and work with three other smaller to medium MTSOs making .08 to .095 a line. One of those MTSOs is one of the first ones I started with with. I started this before my daughter turned 2. I was able to work and care for her at home and I've never regretted it. She has hydrocephalus, and I couldn't bring myself to put her in daycare. Now, I help babysit my 5-month-old grandson as well. It can be done if you have the right combination of skills, and are willing to put a lot of time in front of your desk. Yes, it's hard, but everyone has been so negative here and so discouraging, and I just wanted to say that it's really only one side of the story. There's always more negativity here than there are positive thoughts.
Negativity
I'll second that.
Negativity
I too am also tired of the rude remarks/answers given by some. The midset here is sometimes extremely juvenile. Some of you lash out, making a fool out of the person who asked an honest question....then, you MAYBE apologize because you've had a bad day, had a headache, etc, etc. The fact of the matter is, you need to THINK before you answer in a rude fashion. Just because you apologized many times doesn't make it better for the person you lashed out at.
sorry about the negativity--sm
I answered below as to what and how much. In my defense, after working 7 days straight and some at 14 hours, one can tend to be a little irritable when first getting on line at 6:30 a.m. Guess I am crabby and easily irritated. again, I apologize. nothing personal.
RE:Negativity
I agree with the negativity about the MT profession and people should get a new profession if they are no longer happy with it. But this board is nowhere NEAR as negative as another popular MT board! In a LOT of jobs, people are being laid-off because of cheaper labor, not just MT. Maybe it's time to go back to school for some people who aren't making enough. I mean, complaining really isn't going to solve your problem, so do something about it. 
Negativity and reality......
are 2 different things. We all have difference endurance and tolerances for things. It's like my 30-year-old nephew. He got his girlfriend pregnant when he was 16. They married 3 years later, have had 2 more kids, and are still happily married 11 yrs later. It that the norm for a couple of teenagers? No way. It works out occasionally, but it's definitely the exception and not the rule.
Sorry negativity and honesty are same in this
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Truly WELL said. Negativity can be contageous but it
doesn't have to be.
Just don't hold that quicksand against the board as a whole.
Why is there nothing but negativity on this board?
Do all of you hate your jobs? Does anyone actually enjoy and like medical transcription? With every post I read, all I see is complaining about how horrible this field is and that it is getting worse and worse. All of you make me feel like suicide. I can be in the best mood ever and then come to this depressing board and feel so depressed b/c of all the negativity. If you hate MTing so bad, then do something else. Quit complaining! Does anyone agree with me on this? 
Such negativity....how pitiful. Too bad you can't...
be happy for someone once in a while. Well, misery loves company, guess that's why you all stick together. It is a 'tude honey...a GOOD one...not one that wallows in self-pity. If a job doesn't fill your monetary needs get a different one, find a differnt line of work. No one said this life was easy or fair...you go around once, why be so miserable? Yeah, I have a great DH who provides for me, something wrong with that? Kind of feel sorry for you!
Brace yourself for a lot of negativity...nm
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It's really strange that you post this when there is no negativity here,
as I perceive it anyway, for the recent posts. Why bother when the recent posts seem so positive and helpful? And, as I scan down through all of today's posts I guess I missed the negative ones, cuz it all looked pretty positive and helpful to me.
but boards will be dano's boards and that's the issue. no one dare disagree with dano.
yes the boards will be boring with just one-sided opinions but we need to please dano. isn't that the purpose of MT Stars?
Poor thing, your negativity is showing
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Keep in mind you will find lots of negativity here
Take it all as a whole. Don't put too much stock into just a few negative people. I've gotta tell you, there are a lot of bitter people here. Sure, I understand that MT wages have gone down over the years, according to the long-timers. However, I quit a very good paying job 5 years ago as a government employee to stay at home with my daughter. After about a year, I decided to pursue MT, researched all over the place, and eventually started the Andrews School course. About 3 months after starting the course, I replied to an ad for a student to do SOAP notes. I got the job, and long story short, I never did finish the course because I've been too busy working the last 4 or so years. I now make about $22-$25 an hour. If I have really quiet, uninterrupted time, I can make more than that. I work as both an employee and as an IC. I'm a team leader and an account manager. If I was only making $10/hour after 3 or 4 years, I'd consider switching fields because that's just not good, but if you have the right combination of skills, i.e. excellent grammar, fast typist, good researcher, good memory, ability to roll with the punches, then it may be an option for you. I guess my point is, the MTs at this particular site can be very negative, so look around before you just say forget it. The old "I could make more working at Walmart" argument is one of their favorites.
You are the one who started this negativity calling people fools. You are the one
who started this whole discussion. Now you are surprised someone disputes you? OMG! If this wasn't so funny I would be genuinely concerned about your mental health.
Previous posts seem to have generated a lot of negativity about these companies.
Also, on one previous post, it stated that Transform wants you to purchase some "error" insurance of some kind. I am not even sure what this is, but someone stated there was a lot of fine print and told not to sign their contract. It would really be scary if they actually wanted MTs to purchase insurance to cover any mistakes/errors they make.. Obviously, I am perfect and that would not apply to me...NOT... I just do not get the concept and maybe it is not true. Anyone else out there with anything more to add.. 
Not so sure if it is rude...
A lot of these places just seem extremely disorganized, a real mess. I had 2 places "hire" me for part time work and never got employment papers, contracts or anything until I finally had to ask. Ultimately I did not take either job, cause I figure if they cannot get this together, what happens to the paychecks? 
How rude!
You'll be one of those "old, half crippled" MTs one day, young whippersnapper.
yeh thats rude but if you know she's like that
Thats someone I would not want in my life because it would be a roller coaster. Friendships are rare and you need to try really hard to preserve them and if you're doing that, then you deserve someone who will do the same back. I know, hard to find. I also sound a little "short" on the phone (i've been told this several times by dif people) and I explain to them nicely that I do get in this weird zone in that I want to get my work done and i'm still in that zone when the phone rings.
not to be rude, but where are you at that you are able to
Is this someplace you can stay? Just curious.
You don't have to be rude.
If you don't want to help that's fine, but you don't have to be rude. Working late and in a hurry. No time to switch from board to board. I rarely ask for help anyway but I am in need tonight. I have spent too much time already looking for it myself.
YOU ARE SO RUDE!
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Well, I think YOU are trying to be rude...
and I don't appreciate it. PEEP = People. Obviously U R not up on 21st century slang!
You are rude.
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that was a rude way to put it
I understand what they mean, but that was rude. I tried to train a lady in her 60s and after 40 solid hours of just trying to teach her to save files, I gave up. In the process, when I asked her what was on her desktop, she hesitated and said "uhhhhh...my coffee." You'd think everybody would have a basic fund of knowledge since we haven't used typewriters for at least 20 years now, but some just cannot grasp it.
Are you always this rude?
You can have degrees coming out of your ying yang, but it doesn't make you better than any other person. You've failed miserably at learning the most important lesson of all along the way: How to treat people.
So get over yourself. Someday you're going to slip off your self-erected superior pedestal and break that special finger that you flash at everyone.
Why are you being rude?
I don't understand. Haven't I been through enough?
Not trying to be rude. It is just sad that this
person has this much experience and does not know these simple rules. Obviously they have never bothered to stay updated, which in our business is mandatory.
No one has been rude to her.
Again, you really should stop trying to start flames. It's very juvenile of you. Don't you have something to do, like transcribe, or maybe you could start an early dinner, your favorite, burgers on the grill, chips, and root beer!!! Or maybe you could do something you've needed to do for a long time but keep putting off: TAKE A CHILL PILL AND CHILL OUT before you pop a vessel! GHEESH! 
Maybe they were rude, but DH should have
told them not to come and the problem would have been eliminated before it started.
So sorry. That was rather rude..sm..
and unprofessional. Don't take one person's opinion. Get more experience in-house where someone can mentor you. Then branch out independently on your own at home again. Good luck to you.
Did not mean to be rude
Did not mean to be rude but it seems like this is so often stated that as an IC "you pay your own taxes and as an employee you do not" that I just though I would emphasize that you do not pay your own taxes, you withhold your own taxes as an IC. Sorry if I hurt your feelings.
but day one? to be so rude? nm
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How rude! Perhaps you should
stick to minding your own business. She wasn't asking for your opinion of her skills. She knows she has the skills.
Please, I don't mean to be rude, but who now
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You are very rude and know nothing
at all about my situation. I left there by choice, they begged me to stay and have even called me since I left to ask that I come back - doesn't sound like I couldn't cut it to me. I do not now, nor have I ever worked as an IC, not that that has anything to do with anything.
This is very rude!
I don't suppose you ever missed a typo on anything you ever posted!
How Rude
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rude
That was rude!! I don't spell check my IMs, e-mails or posts on this board but I sure as heck spell check my work before I upload it, as I am sure the OP does... Spell check police GO AWAY!!!!
How Rude
Does that make MTs...what? typists??
Don't judge until you walk a mile in our shoes. You don't even know the C*R*A*P we have to deal with day in and day out. Especially from subpar MTs who think our only job is to fill in the blanks they are unable or unwilling to.
Not everyone is as conscientious as you seem to be. Most do not bother to transcribe the "bulk of the work" but decide to leave it to us in QA who, after all, do nothing but fill in blanks all day.
I suggest you get a better understanding of what QA's role is. QAing is a very difficult job and one that not everyone is qualified to do. Certainly not lazy MTs who can't be bothered to do their own research.
I can see where you might think she was being rude...
but I try not to take posts too personally...have a good one :)
Why so rude
Why are you being so rude to me? All I can speak about is myself, and what I am doing. I wasn;t being rude to you or anyone else. Guess you have nothing better to do or no one else to take your crap out on, I was under the impression this was a place where adults gathered.
so rude
Having a bad day? Does it make you feel better to be an ass to me?
I was only commenting on my experience which is all any of us can do.
And as far as my kids... who says YOU are good enough to even refer to them! Yep, I feel better being an ass to you.
Can we get back to being adults now? :)
She is not being rude but she is sm
telling the truth. Unfortunately on this board sometimes no one wants to hear the truth or they are offended by it. Wonder why that is?
LOL, but to the rude ones.....sm
Thank you....not! :D
So either way is OK. :D
old and tired
maybe you need the 14 bucks an hour to pay for those conference calls. i hear the editors have to pay for them all by themselves.
Thank you Tired... :)
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