Exactly what my DH used to say till he hung out with me for a while. - nm

• Now I know why MT's will never get the respect...sm - Marie
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    • toolittle, toolate - anon
  • Exactly what my DH used to say till he hung out with me for a while. - nm - Debbie in NY
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I need shock absorbers for my upstairs floors while they listen to their RAP downstairs.

Don't ask why I put up with it. I do because they don't drink or drug. They write and record.

gotta pick your battles.

It is so easy to convince yourself you cannot make as much money at a different company  or on a different account, or never find anything better, so you stay where you are, taking all the abuse in the world.  In management, this is called the Golden Handcuff, and they rely on it to keep the same employees, never give a raise, never give respect, and just continue to walk all over you.

In this profession you are very mobile if you can transcribe at all.  It may take a month to get used to a new system, a new account, or whatever, but your self respect is worth it in the end.  There are a lot of companies out there that actually do appreciate employees, and it certainly does not seem to be any of the companies who are mentioned frequently on these boards.

I changed jobs about a month ago, thought I would never learn, but in a week I was making far more with a small MTSO than I ever did with a large company.  Treat yourself to a new beginning and a new year. 

I tell you I thought I died and went to Heaven when William Hung sung that song, Shake your bon bon!  

Ricky Martin, MOVE OVER!!!!!!!!!!!

now, but you just wait until you have the traumatic amputation. It's not a death. It's losing a part of you. It feels so horrible as to be indescribable. I was wishing I could get married again after a month, just so I'd have something else to think about.

Of course I got over that pretty quickly, but it sure made me understand why people do that.

Never say never.

my friend hit the charts. I know people do it. I never have because I'm just not that much into music.

High horse or no high horse - you can't just say you're "owed music" because you've bought CDs in the past. You can't say it's not stealing, because it is.

Now if you don't mind stealing, that's another thing, and most people don't appear to think this is stealing for one reason or another.

But even if you think record labels are greedy hogs and you resent the amount of money they make when you buy a CD, it still doesn't make rationalizing your theft right. No matter what you say.

I do a LOT of things wrong. I am so NOT on my high horse it isn't even funny. But I have strong feelings folks working and starving for ten years just to get picked up by a record label, only to have their work stolen. You can call it what you like and you can say I'm not a cool person all day long (I'm really not!) but you can't say you aren't stealing what doesn't belong to you.

phone not my clock to ring. I get about 5 hours every night, have for years.