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Posted By: Amanda on 2008-02-07
In Reply to: Sounds like me on Saturday, when I get done in 3 hrs, - what usually takes 6. Men are inspiring!

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I'm divorced because my ex-husband cheated. Simple as that.

I trusted him and he took advantage.  I don't appreciate you insinuating that my mistrust issues are the reason I'm divorced.  My ex's dishonesty is the reason I'm divorced.


poll: Would you forgive your husband if he cheated?
Assuming you have children and assumming he seems remorseful, would you save the marriage?  
I don't feel cheated. I don't think you owe an
I think you should be careful about slinging such words around.

I've never been paid more for my MT work in my life and I've done this more than 20 years. I've never been happier.

:) I hope you will be, too, when you've had this many years in the profession.
You sound exactly like me. I'm working two jobs and my husband is going to school..

I have a 13 and 10-year-old.  I need to make a chore list, but that takes time too.  I seriously do not have five minutes to myself.  I'm working from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. and taking the kids to dance and baseball in between. 


This weekend should be slower for me.  I think I'll make my husband a chore list too (I bet he'll love that).


Just wanted to let you know that I totally understand what you are going through.


It IS the perfect arrangement...no kids, no husband, and working at home...priceless!
:-)
Thank you very much for laying it out like that! NM
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Anybody else not feel like working today?
You know how you're sleep deprived, then when you catch up on your sleep, you feel even more tired than before?  Ugh.  I slept for 10 hours last night.  I've got a killer headache.  All the work coming up on my account today is lousy.  I'd rather be doing anything else right now.  Time to set the timer and get 'er done.
Working for a national, do you ever feel you can't ask for

an increase in pay because you're concerned you'll price yourself right out of a job?


I make 9 cents a line IC.  I get my line count pumped up to where I want by hard work on the accounts I'm working.  I get pretty efficient in that account and then I get pushed to different work where I have to start all over again and work really hard to make a decent line count.  It's seemed to happen again, so I'm thinking about requesting a pay increase but then I start thinking that I'm already at a "better than most" pay from what I've seen posted here and elsewhere.  What do you think?  I'm interested in opinions if anyone will share.  Thanks.


Does anyone else feel like you're always working
i feel like i'm typing constantly!! my whole life is type type type type type
I feel like I'm working my @** off for pennies
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Lie, lay, lying, laying
Can anyone recommend a website or reference for these words to clear them up once and for all in my head? TIA
Actually, no don't feel weird working at home.. sm
You make a life outside of MTing too. Your message was "who smiles at everyone way too much and tries too hard to make conversation." I'd say, how nice, how kind, how interesting to be around. As opposed to the years of office toods (attitudes), back-biting all the time in offices, no thanks, no thanks ever again. Just tell others you meet you work at home making a living and look at their eyes (they wish they could too, oh yes) the longing for peace and some measure of tranquility. You CAN be a very interesting person to be around.
Do you think you would feel isolated working at home?sm

I do have children and I have worked at home for the last 7 years, the whole time they were both infants.  I have one in school now and one in preschool.  You are right.  There are benefits to being able to pick them up or staying out with them, and I hadn't really thought about the costs of clothing, gas, etc. - good point.  Thanks for your input.


Laying down on the floor with my feet on the
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anyone feel weird working at home all the time?
Who smiles at everyone way too much and tries too hard to make conversation? 
I know how you feel. Working at home can be distracting, just having other things on our minds (sm)
like dirty dishes in the sink, piling up laundry, a bed right across the hall to take a nap in. What works for me is tune everything out including internet distractions and e-mails, phone calls. No more than a 10 minute break every couple of hours, 30 minutes lunch time and just hit those keys. The end result can be pretty rewarding.
One week of working on a new platform and I do not feel it is user-friendly
Editing itself is not bad. It is the documentation of the changes I made, I think for purposes of feedback to MT, which I have to do on Word (outside of the platform) that is driving me crazy and is eating up a lot of time. I do not think I am being productive. I am paid an hourly rate but I am almost embarrassed with my production. I think doing QA without going the through the MTing using the same platform presents a lot of difficulty. Is it too early to decide whether this is a good fit for me?
YES!! Love 'em! Lots of fun, doesn't feel like working out. :)

There is a 2 lb. baby chihuahua laying at my feet while I work today. So precious. nm

U cheated!

LOL! I'm afraid this poll is exclusively for male celebrities who are ALIVE! LOL


PS:  But he did have a sexy way about him, I agree!


She cheated me out of over $150...sm
lame excuse was that QA had to retype the reports due to blanks. Bull.......i left a few blanks in each of those reports because the sound quality was so horrendous, but the reports were typed. I even saved the reports I typed as proof, she still did NOT pay me.
wow - someone is getting cheated on hourly - sm
Let's face it, a facility will do their darndest to start out an employee at a low rate and then slowly bring them up. But for the Lafayette area, the pay should be (AND IS EXPECTED TO BE) around $12-13/hour.

Opelousas - a while back there was a hospital in that area that had an opening for a transcriptionist.
I can be a royal ***** when cheated :)
Keep in mind this happened a while ago - have no idea if same people, etc. But I found out the owner's name or at least a top dog and asked for them repeatedly until they spoke with me. Explained that THEY had not been paid... Don't know what the real deal was but I was lucky. Pay was only delayed (don't remember how long) verus not paid at all.

I'll tell you what I'd do if they had NOT paid pretty quickly - and I've posted this many times. Some think it's mean, others suggest I'd be sued, but before I spent MY money to sue to get MY MONEY, I'd do this:

I would let them know very politely that you will be contacting their client(s). NOT FOR PAYMENT. But just to advise that *they* (the client) and THEIR RECORDS will be involved in a lawsuit if you are not paid within 48 hours, or an negotiated time period.

I rather doubt they want their client to be contacted, much less subpoena'd to court.

That's what *I* would do, but I strongly suggest you run this by an attorney before you take my advice - don't want to make it worse for you.

Good luck!

what is the name of the company that cheated you?
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wonder how many lines we've all been cheated out of??
One of two things could happen, more MTs stepping forward, MQ going under, we all go to the wolves (Spheris) OR  there is a settlement, we're offered 20K each.
I signed yesterday! :) They say Jen cheated! LOL NMd
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Really? I've been punched in the mouth, cheated on, and shot at
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DH is dear husband or any number of colorful adjectives preceding husband. (no message)
;)
I totally understand but if your husband is like my husband... sm

When it comes to something like that, that I usually take care of but for whatever reason I can't, I will tell my husband exactly what to do, but when he comes back - to use your case as a "for instance" - I will ask him, "Did the doctor look at his foot?" 


Him: "No."


Me: "Did you ask the doctor to look at his foot?"


Him: "No."


Me:  "I told you to have the doctor look at his foot!"


Him: (shrug)


etc., etc., etc.


Your husband may not be like that - I sure hope he isn't. And yes, they should have checked his vitals and checked his foot without being asked. But sometimes you have to be assertive with people. And while my husband attained the rank of major in the Air Force and had no trouble ordering people around, there are times when he should be assertive but isn't. And he is not intimidated by doctors - he started his AF career as an x-ray tech (that's how we met). I dunno....(Rad MT wanders off, mumbling....)


don't type double spaces. Type single. Then no one will be cheated.
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if you feel like that after 12 years, and I feel like that after six months
what hope is there?
I feel people who feel like this post
needs to a) either be a stay at home mother and not work or b) realize that she is no queen bee and I could care less about a degree. What company out here that you know of compensates for having a degree? Means nothing to them. Your working and being there when they assign/need/require/whatever is what you should do IF YOU WANT A JOB in this field, otherwise get out and do something else or become that babysitter.
You get more working the evening or night shifts and working w/o benefits. And producing like a mad
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Ditto....granted I am not working much these days, but am currently trying out a new way of working
when I do work which seems to be helping.  I am timing myself and keeping a log of how long it takes to to type however many minutes.  I am averaging anywhere from 13-18 minutes of dictation an hour now doing this.  Granted the time fluctuates between who I am typing, and if I have to look up names, addresses, etc., just depends on the division I am doing at the time.  But work that used to take me 3 hours to do is now taking me under 2 hours, I am also trying to put in more macros as I go along, which slows me down initially but pays off in the long run of course.  I was working "all the time" before but took forever to get done since I was not applying myself. This new "attitude" has helped me a lot.  My goal, in the Fall, is to do 90 minutes a day consistently at 6 hours, and then maybe get up to 120 minutes a day at 8 hours, still while having at least half of the day free (do 60 minutes at night, and the other 60 by Noon).  Thereby doing 1200-1400 lines a day.  I have never really buckled down and done more than 8000 lines per pay period, so it will be a nice change.  Maybe you can do something like that and have a specific knock off time as was suggested below. 
Working holidays? Out shopping in stores where someone IS working

that holiday you refuse to work?  Grocery stores, food joints & seems any store is open on holidays and you expect them to be fully staffed, so why shouldn't we?


Yes, I took off for the first time on Christmas day, in 18 years and it was great, but I worked Christmas eve and this whole past weekend.


Someone has to do it!


No need to feel badly for me - feel badly for an adult who has no control of his/her own life!
I hope these people didn't produce any daughters! Bad, bad example!
working IN A HOSPITAL is different than working at home.
Someone can steal you identity from the internet if they want to. Why would you go to the time and trouble to jeopardize a job that requires some level of skill to steal someone's identity or medical records? You could get a job as a retail clerk and get info easier than going through the testing required to become an MT.
Somehow working at home translates into not really working
My in-laws are the worst. Whenever they plan something last minute and my husband says that I had to work, they say, "but she works at home!". When I one time mentioned I had a "schedule" and basically punch a clock and work full time, I don't think they believed me. They will sometimes call mid-day during the week if they are in the area to see if I want to go for lunch, etc! The best is, my husband doesn't make all that much money, so where is it coming from, the money fairy? I am ready to strangle someone! So I know how you feel and I'm sorry it upset you. You are not alone.
I daydream about NOT working while I'm working.

There are so many other things I need and want to get done.  I've been working way too hard lately, and summer is just slipping by again.  Well, I'm outty.


LOL husband
But you have your husband all the time, think out of the box (smile)..who else would you want?  Sure hubby or boyfriend is the best but.....
Not me...husband. nm
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At least I have a husband...

The word on the street is that your husband left with the better-looking, better-smelling, thinner girl next door.  POOR MOLESTED YUCK!!


Yes, my husband and I had our
we chose our wedding date (go ahead and laugh if you want) so that we would have an auspicious start to our marriage...has worked so far, as we've been married for 23 years. People tease us 'cause we act like a couple of giddy teenagers around each other and (try not to throw up) it's really true.

Historically, centuries ago, physicians also were trained in astrology and wouldn't perform surgeries until the stars were aligned properly for the patient. No void of course moons and certainly no retrograde mercury.

Remember all the confusion with the 2001 presidential election? Election day was held with mercury retrograde.

And, yes, I believe what you've said. And, yes, listen to your intuition; it's never wrong. As Einstein said, "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."


my husband does that, too
and he drives his truck. He's been thinking of getting him a motorcycle but with him using that at 4:30 a.m. in country roads that have no lights, do you think it is safe for him?
My husband is the same way SM

He mumbles and grumbles, rolls his eyes, etc.  He says I spend all my time on the stinkin' computer.  He wants me to stop working whenever he calls, whenever he is hungry, whenever he wants to go somewhere, etc.  I feel so stressed out too.  It is a regular argument in our home as well.  I routinely work to 2 to 3 a.m.  I get up at 6:45 to get the kids dressed and fed (big struggle as I am dead tired and they are generally uncooperative-not morning people-so I'm yelling, he's snoring (can you say "resentment??").  Finally, about 7:30 I wake him up and tell him to take the kids to school.  He thinks he's so great because he spends 10 minutes dropping them off...ugh.  Then he has the gall to throw it in my face that I go back to bed for 2 hours.  Geesh...he comes home from work each night and crashes on the couch until it is time to go to bed.


Well, he certainly doesn't mind spending my paychecks and complains that they are not as big as they used to be (when I worked in house).  Sigh...Men!  Can't live with them, can't....nah, just can't live with 'em! ;)  Waaaaahhhh!!  I need a wife!


LOL....well, at least you know you're not alone!  Hugs to you,


Chickadee


Husband's a CPA......
says you can work as an IC or SE, for different companies. You just get different forms from your companies to file with the IRS. As SE, they will pay some of your taxes, you then pay the rest quarterly, and you can still deduct your expenses. If IC, you pay ALL your own taxes quarterly and can still deduct expenses related to your business.
Husband
Well, first of all, I don't believe that it is babysitting if it is your own kids, it's called parenting and more husbands should try it. I think I would look into counseling. No way would I be married to a man who "let me" or "didn't let me" do anything. Good thing I have a great DH.

Good luck!
about husband won't let me.....sm

Wow - I feel like we are back in the Dark Ages....with the neanderthals...."husband won't let me go back to school" and "husband will not babysit the child" - or words to those effect.


Father's are not babysitters if the children are theirs!  That's a crock.  A babysitter is someone the parent(s) hires.


And as for "husband won't let me" - I'd have gotten rid of him DECADES ago.  *lol* but not really laughing.  Any man who will not let  (allow) his wife to better herself in any way, shape, or form is a terribly INSECURE man.  Get out before it's too late for you to save your own life and become your own HERO (heroine)!!! 


feel very bad for the poster(s)........pitiful actually (the controlling husband)


Take my husband, Please !

 Why does he put his clothes on the bathroom or bedroom floor two inches away from the basket?    Why does he take his plate to the sink with food on it when he knows he hasn't installed a garbage disposal?  While I'm on that subject, why does he take PAPER plates to the sink?   This is not helpful.  


Yes, please tell us how your husband

Some people are sooooooooo incredibly stupid. Some people are also plain ol' bigots and will attempt to lump everyone in the same category based on their race.  How in the heck does your husband know the race of his classmates if he takes classes over the internet.  Did his classmates tell him what their race was?


I am a black person and am extremely offended by your statement.  Did you think that only white people visited this site?


this is my first husband.
My son was born out of a very short immature teenage relationship, which I ended 2 weeks after I told him I was pregnant. He proved his immaturity very quickly in his actions and I decided one baby would be enough to handle, I didn't need two. That choice, I feel, was very responsible and smart. I DO NOT regret keeping my son as he is a wonderful, smart, loving child who has a lot to give to this world.

I am done defending myself to those who choose to bring me down rather than offer some of the pros/cons of staying married or going single again.