I'd love to agree, but I can't. I do think some doctors are aware a human being is transcribi

• Do you think doctors are generally arrogant and make a lot of money and so inconsiderate of us? - md-mt
  • Some even take the time to say THANK YOU! - THANK YOU
    • On my account almost all the doctors end their reports with Thank You. - likemydocs
    • Have been doing MT for over 10 years, - holy cow
  • money-making docs? sm - OldBabe
    • My first boss in medical records (the director) - Agree with you.
  • Not nearly as arrogant and inconsiderate and downright exploitative as most MT companies n/m - SmellySmelly
  • No I don't think doctors are arrogant and inconsiderate as a whole. - There are exceptions of course.
  • my opinion, when doctors controlled the money rathe than the insurance - empty
    • I wish we could 'edit' our posts, even after we post them...sorry, it is 6:30 a.m. - emptyMT
  • Maybe some...but my family doctor SM - Chickadee
  • Nah... - lovesmydocs
    • I'd love to agree, but I can't. I do think some doctors are aware a human being is transcribi - MT
      • Boy, do I agree with you. Except that I think (s/m) - Jes' little ol' me, again

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I'm an MT of about 10 years, 6 of which have been at home, and now I'm just trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.    I love the flexibility of being an MT (at home) but really can't say I enjoy being an MT at all.  I like working on my own and all that, but listening to awful doctors day after day just isn't too much fun!  lol   I'm forever contemplating going back to school (have 2 years of university credits from 15 years ago) but then I'd have to go outside the house to do whatever, and after the gazillion costs that go with that, probably would make less money (not that I make much now, mind you!).  Does anyone else feel the same way?  In my ideal world, when both kids are in school (I've got 2, ages 6 and 4), I'd go back to school full time to be a teacher or something.  The reality, however, is that we can't afford it.  Even if we could, would I really want to be a teacher and be stuck to a schedule every day (I'm an IC now and can work whenever, just 24 hour TAT)?

So, that's about all I needed to say.  Just very curious on what others feel about "long-term" career goals, kwim?  Thanks for your thoughts! 

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NM

People generally don't talk about how happy they are on a regular basis. They tend to want to talk to others when something is bothering them, and focus more on the negative. So I guess it makes sense that you don't see a lot of posts that say "Ladeedah, how I love my job and what a stupendous day it is in the transcription world today!" The job is just a means to a happier life, not the definition of a happy life.

Personally, I feel honored that I am in this profession.  Not because of the money or the skill and intelligence that it requires, but primarily because it allows me to be home with my daughter instead of shipping her off to daycare every day for some stranger to screw up. That is why I will deal with the lack of raises, crappy dictators, periodic lack of work, mgmt that is too overworked to care, etc. To be with my baby all the time and still bring in a paycheck, however meager it may be.

They were all probably told that is why the work is over there and they have to fix our stuff, that way it boosts their egos. 

I still believe it is the other way around.  OH...our ignorant minds.

Even when its not asked for.  Maybe some people like to surround themselves with nonsense and chaos, where as I like peace and quiet!  I think people who like working with other people are either pretending or just plain crazy! 

nm

already brought it to the Docs attention, but he doesn't care as long as he is making money (and he makes it hand over fist).  Without going into detail....should I report him?

of how much grammar rules have changed over the years, particularly when it comes to punctuation. As I said, I learned this long ago. And you are right in saying that the method I was taught is British, although I grew up in a small town in the U.S.  Here is a quote from a British grammar site:

There are peculiar typographical reasons why the period and comma go inside the quotation mark in the United States. The following explanation comes from the "Frequently Asked Questions" file of alt.english.usage: "In the days when printing used raised bits of metal, "." and "," were the most delicate, and were in danger of damage (the face of the piece of type might break off from the body, or be bent or dented from above) if they had a '"' on one side and a blank space on the other. Hence the convention arose of always using '."' and ',"' rather than '".' and '",', regardless of logic." This seems to be an argument to return to something more logical, but there is little impetus to do so within the United States. 

Here is a post buried deep down the page here. (I'm going to repost it here for us to re-read)

I too am refusing to move over to ASR.  and I too run out of work all the time

yet I can dial in and find work later - that was actually on the system for hours

before when I had dialed in earlier and been told NO JOBS! 

SO WHERE HAD THAT JOB BEEN?  WHY DID I GET A MSG THAT THERE WAS NO WORK? ..

The work room has obviously been not truthful with me - and probably others.  Whitewashing it.

So, here it is.  And I agree - Ain't that a great thing for patient care - let the report sit there and "cook" while people decide whether they will do it or not on ASR - then if nobody is going to do it - throw the left-overs to those of us out here starving to death - dialing in for hours finding no work. 

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I don't know about that, but I do know that towards the end of pay period...

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Posted By: MQite (sm) on 2005-09-17
In Reply to: An MQ recruiter told me yesterday if work is low they "cut off" the work - to SEs. And don't tell the

when we run out of work, I have to call in and have them special-assign me the ASR reports that just sit there like a lump and can't come to me automatically anymore since I don't (and won't) do ASR.  Getting sick of it, too. 

At least I do know what's going on now, after researching it via various sources. I pity the others who don't know and just assume there's totally no more work on the account at that point without checking.  Those ASR reports do "turn over" at some point and go automatically to whoever's on, but they have to just sit there for awhile first, waiting for an ASR MT to come and do them.  Isn't that just GREAT for patient care, too? 

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