Have a remote garage door opener?
Posted By: AnnieM!AnnieM! on 2007-09-25
In Reply to: Solicitor knocking on garage door - Stumped
Could have scared the bajeebies out him by shutting it while he was in your garage. Only thing is, you'd be cleaning up bajeebies off your garage floor.
I have a dog that does a very good Tasmanian devil impression, spitting included, when people knock. The people can see her through the door and they usually leave a card or whatever they have and move out pretty quickly.
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Solicitor knocking on garage door
Yesterday afternoon, I had a solicitor walk into my garage. The garage door was open because my girls and I had just gotten home. Instead of parking out front and knocking on my front door (which is obvious), the man parked his car by our two cars, which were just outside the garage, and walked into the garage and knocked on that door. He knocked softly, and it was a kind of knock that you would think is from someone you're familiar with....the you...the one that goes something like dunt,dunta, dunt, dunt.......dunt, dunt (hope you understand that!). My 13yo opened the door thinking it was her older cousin (who maybe was locked out), but found this insurance salesman standing at the door. I should add that we live in a rural area, too, and we don't get a lot of solicitors or unwanted visitors. When she realized it was a stranger, she said something like, Oh! Just a minute...., and shut the door in his face and came and got me. I went to the door and asked him what he was doing in my garage and proceeded to tell him that I found it highly suspicious for him to knock on a garage door for his solicitation purposes. He was friendly, in spite of me being hostile, and said that he approached the door that appeared to be the most used. I feel like he was way out of line to walk into my garage. That would be like opening your front screen door and walking into your house just because you had the main door open. Kinda' the same, you know? What do you all think? He was selling cancer insurance and had handed me his business card right away. Needless to say, even if I were interested in cancer insurance, he didn't make this sale. My husband wasn't home. It was just my girls and I.
I hear such mixed thoughts regarding getting accounts by going door-to-door soliciting yourself.
Is it worth it. Are there many people out there that have landed new accounts this way? Most MTSOs that have been in business for a long time say it is by word of mouth, but what about MTs like me who have been doing this five years. I feel I'm ready for my own accounts and am not sure if this is the best route.
Any opinions?
Hey, my old cable remote had a remote! sm
We called it the flipper box.
BOS. Here's an eye opener. Or is it eye-opener?? sm
The following is a post from the archives. I couldn't have said it better myself.
"I don't belong to AAMT, never have, never will. When I worked for a hospital (in the 1970s) they sent around post cards to get membership - FREE MEMBERSHIP. Then they came out with the FREE NEWSLETTER and had transcriptionists send in words, phrases, new meds, new surgical instruments, summaries of new procedures and the like. Then, the newsletters and membership were no longer free - they claimed publishing costs - which I could understand - but I still did not join - much to the dislike of my supervisor who thought it would be a good idea if all the MTs joined.
Well, shortly after that the gals at the AAMT - I forget their names but you would all recognize them if you saw the names - started publishing books and charging big bucks for them - NOT IN THE NAME OF AAMT but in their own names. They made a fortune! And they made that fortune off the backs of the MTs who sent in the word lists, new instrument lists, new procedure lists and the like FOR FREE. That's when AAMT started to really change. The greed just went to unspeakable levels and the next thing you know the certification fees went up, the dues went up and so did everything else.
However, you will remember that this was supposed to be an organization to HELP TRANSCRIPTIONISTS do a better job and MAKE MORE MONEY. So, a bit longer down the line, AAMT sold out to big business and started sponsoring AAMT meetings around the country (COSTLY MEETINGS) and they published BOS - the biggest bunch of ******** to ever hit print - and they expected us to fawn all over it and just follow what they said - whether it made any sense or not and which obviously flew in the face of conventional grammar, punctuation and English language skills in general. And some people did fawn all over it - like the QA editors with no education who use BOS as their bible. What the heck ever happened to a conventional book of style or medical dictionaries for that matter - BOS/AAMT tried and are still trying to get us to use their screwed up book - which is crap and it costs a lot of money - which goes to the money suckers at AAMT.
That wasn't enough money for them. They started training and certifying offshore workers so they could collect more dues and sell more copies of their book and anything else they could do to get more money.
The MTs in the good ole US put them in business and what are we getting as our reward - NOTHING - we are being sold out by a bunch of money hungry, greedy people.
AAMT needs to move offshore and take their books and everything else with them. They have a new crop of people to rip off.
Here's an eye-opener...
Of the following cars of the same class, only ONE is built in the U.S. Can you guess which one?
Hyundai Azera (SE)
Ford Crown Victoria (standard)
Dodge Charger (Base)
Chevy Impala (LS)
Toyota Avalon
Chrysler 300
Answer below ...
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Toyota Avalon
I just bought a new electric can opener at Wally World
and, get this, it comes with a "Users Manual."
This is the el cheapo $6.74 can opener and I'm thinking "hmmm, am I missing something here?"
My take on this is that if you don't know how to plug in and use a $6.74 electric can opener, there is a very good chance that you probably can't read to start off with.
It's 4 pages!
HOW TO USE: (Page 3)
1. Raise lever, place can under the guide bar and against the geared wheel (See DIagram A to identify parts)
2. Press down on lever to pierce lid of can (Daigram B). This automatically starts thye cutting action. the can opener will continue to cut until the lid is completely severed from the can.
3 Grasp the can, then raise the lever to release the can.
4. Carefully slide the lid away from the magnet, using caution to avoid being injured by the sharp edge of the lid.
I'm sure they do this so some stupid bozo won't sue the company because they weren't instructed on proper use of the can opener. 
As soon as I drive into my garage
before I ever get out of my vehicle, I am lowering the garage door. In my community houses have been broken into just the way you have stated, by leaving the door open. It matters not where you live but safety should be upmost in your mind. I never open the doors to anyone. My workroom is situated to where I could see anyone entering my property and my front door has glass to where I can see and talk through to people and not only that solicitation is not allowed in my neighborhood. I had a person to come to my door 1 day and asked them if they read the signs saying no solicitation. Guess not. You should be more careful as a mother and you should also teach your children not to just open the doors, no matter who they might think it is.
My pimpin' ride is out in the garage.
It's a 1968 Ford Mustang. I had a mechanic friend build me a racing motor and transmission so I can race it at the car shows. It's going to be way more cherry than my Mercury Cougar ever was. I picked up some chrome Cragar wheels for it. The paint was going to be blue, but blue Mustangs are so cliche. I picked out a really wild, feminine metallic color and ghost flames for it. It's going to be a girlie car with an attitude. 
Garage sales, consignment stores, coupons
If your income for the prior year is below 24,000 in Calif., you are eligible for 20% discount on gas/elec. Also, if your income is less than 12,000/yr, you are eligible for food bank visits once a month which total about $120.00. It has been six years since I went down this road, so the figure may have changed.
After a divorce, major surgery and no job, I found myself penniless. I had yard sales daily. Went to swap meets and sold my things there. Also, took my finer clothes to a consignment shop. Used coupons to determine what I would be eating. Thank God, I had no children.
I think when you have kids, you really need a nest egg of some sort that is absolutely untouchable.
This sounds like a temporary situation if you price your home to sell.
I have two artificial flame resistant trees in my garage. Too bad you're not closer!
DH has to have the real thing, which I don't care for.
Yes, it says remote.
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Remote Control
AND you can keep the remote control right next to your keyboard to mute it when necessary. I think it sounds great. I might try it!
Remote PC connection
One of my clients allows me to remotely access their computer to obtain patient lists and transfer files. I have high-speed cable, but there is some delay when I use Word on their computer. I imagine other programs would be a bit slower as well.
If you have Windows XP Professional, you can give this a try yourself by setting up a Remote Desktop Connection. A Google search for this will give you step-by-step instructions.
remote transcriptionists
Go to mtjobs.com. There are plenty on there.
Probably best to do remote training overall. sm
I realize you probably needed several MTs right away, but most are going to agree to remote training faster than flying somewhere. I am looking for a new job right now but I'm also still working at my old one, and need to make a living in the meantime, so it's hard enough for me to find time to test online for other places. I make the time to do so, but it often means working longer hours. There's no way I could up and leave my family to train elsewhere since my DH travels a lot. Granted, I would not have agreed to that in the first place if I knew it was not feasible and definitely wouldn't have backed out without notice. That's just wrong on the part of the MTs involved. Yes, MTs complain about MTSOs a LOT, but many don't realize just how bad some of what the MTSOs put up with can be. I've often had to fill in for others who just flaked or went missing without advance notice. IC or not, that's just bad business. If these were in-house jobs, they'd be canned.
In my job search, I've noticed a whole lot of ads now want on-site MTs and specifically say not an at-home position, and I have to wonder if it's because they've been burned by the flakes. If that's the case, then it's hurting ALL of us who wish to do this from our home offices. Whether you are MT or MTSO, you have to remember the golden rule. If you use respect and act professional, more times than not, you will in turn be treated with respect and professionalism. There will always be bad apples, in any profession, so you have to take your lumps and just move on without becoming so jaded.
Yay for this board, I don't feel so remote
I admit I leave this page open all day (addicted) and refer back, just because knowing there are fellow MTs online makes me feel like I have coworkers again! Sometimes I do get cabin fever with the only souls around me all day being my cat and dog. Wondering how everyone copes with being remote and getting cabin fever once in awhile...has anyone gotten to the point where they were either too lazy/scared to leave their house??
Remote hospital transcriptionist
Hi, I work for a 270-bed hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO and have been with them for 14 years. 9 years ago we went to at-home typing and it's been great. We have health insurance (family plan is only 105.00 a month) and you get 50% employee discount for whatever insurance doesn't pay. We get 11 cpl on a 60 character line. We can work our own hours, just have to meet a 5000 line quota per two weeks to maintain health insurance. We go on-call for a week at a time where we are available that week to type stats should there be any during the night or weekend, but we receive on call pay (an additional 220.00 that week). By looking at what some others offer I feel very fortunate to work where I do. Right now they are not hiring as we don't have a turnover. One of our girls has been there for 25+ years. Hope you find what you are looking for. They are out there if you just keep looking. Take care.
Hospitals that will hire remote MTs
Thank you, Linda. I'll check them out. :o)
Remote hospital transcriptionist
I definitely will! Thanks!
Lanier Remote Station
Can anyone send me instructions on how to program an older Lanier remote transcription system? I think it is an LX-128? I just don't remember. I took my out of the closet to see if it works and have lost my instructions. Everything is all plugged in and works. HOwever, I get a double tone and not a dial tone. I remember having to program it but it has been sooooooo long ago. Any help would be appreciated.
Lillian
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no but these remote companies have a habit of pulling the
Tell you one thing and do another once youre under lock and key. I don't trust them anymore, so I'd rather stay right where I am.
Tell that to certain tribes in remote areas of the world
Body deorating has been around about as long as man has been around. Your opinion is just that, yours, and I'm glad not to know you in person.
I live in remote area - no cable or DSL
and Clearwire is also not available. I have the satellite service. It is expensive - you have to purchase the equipment and pay for the installation ($600 and up). The service is expensive too ($65). The speed is not quite as fast as DSL, but I download and upload jobs with no problem. Some MTSOs won't allow satellite service, citing security issues, which is dumb. It's like any other wireless service - you have to make sure your signal is secure, which you do through your computer (not the service itself). Even this is ridiculous in remote areas for 2 reasons: 1) I really don't think anyone is going to bother camping out on my land or drive down my mile-long driveway with their laptop just to see if they can pick up a signal and 2) even if they did, they can only gain access to the internet itself - they can't see what you are doing online. So this security issue thing is baloney! Also, in 2004 when we were hit by Hurricanes Charlie, Frances and Jeanne, there was no phone or cable service for nearly a month, but I was still able to work by just using our generator for my computer until the electric came back on - those that had dialup, DSL or cable were outta luck.
Hospitals that require remote transcriptionists
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to find hospitals that hire remote transcriptionists. I've been googling all morning, and I'm not having any luck. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it!
That's a typical hourly rate for remote
I personally wouldn't drive that far for it.
Meditech remote workstation 3? Shorthands?
The company I work for will only pay hourly for Meditech remote workstation 3 transcription becuase you can't use any shorthands in it. Is this true? It seems like an awful program that works like an old DOS-type program. I've seen other posts about Meditech and ShortHand but I'm not sure if we are just using a terribly old version or what the deal is. Can you offer any help? Thanks!
Remote 008Keylogger found constantly on my spyware.
Everytime I log onto the server for the company I work for I run my spyware. Everytime I open a job lately I have re-run my spyware and it seems to me that "008remote keylogger" is constantly on my PC. This spyware enables the "server" to see everything I type, every email, and where I go on my internet. Would anyone else be concerned?
Which TASP companies allow remote users to transcribe online?
Does anyone send Christmas cookies or presents TO your office, if you are a remote employee? sm
Just wondering if that's a weird thing to do or not.
Swiss Army Knife, steak dinner, anything remote controlled
maybe a toy remote control car or a new universal remote?
So you can work completely remote on a laptop and access your home PC with this program
please e-mail me with more info if you can. thx
how do you even get through the door with --sm
that big head of yours?! keep up your attitude and one of these days someone is going to adjust it for you. then we will be LOL
door--sm
I do woodburning as a hobby and when I bought my woodburning tool, it came with a *hot knife* attachment, which is a small blade that screws into the woodburning tool and heats up. It cut through this fairly thick plastic quite well. It took about a half an hour, which was less than having tried to cut it with a utility scissors or knife. worked for me! :^)
What's behind door #3?
I'm in it because I have an interest in the medical field, but I'm too squeamish to do the hands-on stuff! :-P I won't get rich doing MT, but so far it's paying the bills.
AT&T is going door to door here trying to get
for cable, internet and phone. They knocked on my door and told me how much less it would be per month if I went with them. No way. I don't trust AT&T back from the days when they were a monopoloy and I had no choice but to use them for my long distance. I swore if I ever had a choice I would NEVER use them again. Time Warner may be more expensive than AT&T, but I'd rather pay more for Time Warner than give AT&T any of my business. And I don't trust them not to jack up the prices. I've been a happy Time Warner customer for many years now and unless they jack their prices up drastically, I'm staying with them. My internet is NEVER out more than just a brief period, and that rarely happens. The phone service is cheaper than AT&T and the cable is fine (DH uses the TV part more than I do).
West Florida Hospital is hiring for remote MT - must train on site for 90 days though. Where are you
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And one more I told the LDS at my door (sm)
I do have a question! At the end of the earth when God meets us in the sky, how do you think we will get there, in spaceships?
(They haven't been to my door in a long, long time.)
Best Buy does it too- was 2 feet from the door, guy saw me pay, still had - sm
to show my receipt, which I had already put away in my wallet. Pain in the butt!
THE SIGN ON MY DOOR
WE ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER THE DOOR TO UNSCHEDULED CALLERS. PLEASE PHONE AHEAD. No soliciting. No trespassing.
I may peep out the window to see who is out there, but they cannot see me and I will not answer it. Later on you can always tell them you were in the shower, bathroom, phone conference, etc. and did not hear the door or could not leave your meeting.
Ask yourself -- would people let you walk into their office building and interrupt them on their job if they were at their desk on the phone with the boss or a client? NOT.
Just curious - how did you cut the door out? nm
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Last year I purchased a Lasko 30" tall digital ceramic pedestal heater with remote for under (sm)
$80.00 at Home Depot. Features include: Automatic temperature control, oscillate, timer, and high (1500W) and low (900W) power settings. Assembling the base took less than 5 minutes. Kept me very warm last winter, and plan on purchasing another one for my upstairs. Cut down on my gas heating bill significantly. Great buy.
Could one more person slam a door?
Could one more person talk in the hall right outside my office?
Could you turn your music up a little higher?
Could you come in and interrupt me one more time?
Doggie, could you whine a little louder? (has to stay in my office -- long story).
Could ONE more doctor dictate from a speaker phone?
Sheesh... now I know why I work the red eye!!
Anything that "The Girls Next Door" say
Sure, go for 12 cpl IF you want to get laughed out the office door!
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My next door neighbor cleans ....sm
every other week and charges $70 to do my entire 1800 foot house. She does a great job, too - and is trustworthy. Before that I wouldn't trust anyone because of the stories of services/people not cleaning or stealing from you.
Sometimes I need a *Do Not Disturb* on my office door
I can't break myself from being always available to my kids, and I guess I shouldn't complain because they're 25 and 18 and both still love to stop in my office door and stand there and talk anywhere from 20 minutes to 1 hour in the afternoon, but it really makes me so unproductive in the afternoon. This is especially rough when I know I'm behind and need to be pounding the keys, but HEY, I know the day is coming when they don't stand here and talk to me, so I try my hardest to listen when they want to talk. It's really tough though. Anyone else have trouble with this? When the talk dwindles I do tell them I need to get back to work and they're generally good about letting me, but I can't stop them when they feel the need to be here talking to me. Guess I wish I had 2 sets of ears so I could work while I listen to them too.
Gevalia - its the best and delivered to my door
monthly by the UPS guy! Amaretto is the best and regular is #2. Great coffee and prices are better than buying premium in the supermarket. Keeps me going...
It can be hard to get a foot in the door
but when I was starting out even though I didn't have the experience I would ask them to at least let me test for them, and once I did I was almost always hired. I have never worked as an IC, though- I have only worked in clinics and now 2 hospitals.
The hospital I work at now has a mentoring program where they will hire students just out of school and let them learn on the job, starting out as MT I's. Of course, they have to demonstrate some ability, but that is the way it should be. It seems to me if you are good you should be able to find work, especially with the all the complaints these days that there are not enough good MTs out there.
Something PORTABLE... while I'm running out the door! - nm
;)
door in preparation for getting a different horse
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Over the door lock boxes
I pick up work from a local family practice and our schedules conflict a lot of times. It is hard to be there exactly when the doctor finishes his dictation and they forget to give me a 30-minute warning since I am about 30 minutes away. Sometimes I have to make a trip every day to fit his schedule. Does anyone know where I can buy an over the door lock box (like what Lab Corp uses to leave blood work, etc.)? I would love for him to leave the transcription tapes, etc., in the box and I pick up and drop off on my schedule so I can get to the work faster and also pick up after office hours. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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