If I were going to Honolulu, I sure wouldn't be wasting my
Posted By: time on AAMT! SM on 2005-07-16
In Reply to: Any MTs going to Honolulu next month for the AAMT annual meeting? - Old-timer MT
Can anyone say worthless?
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MQ in Honolulu
At least the winner of the MQ contest......... do we know who that is yet?
I agree with you. I believe the Honolulu mtg is in Sept this yr but
cannot swear to it.
I do bet I know who will have their trips paid though--maybe employees of MW (maybe BH or BM or VP). This co is practically AAMT.
Those of us on the east coast would have to take an addition 2 days in travel each way, so there is 4 days gone right there. While the idea is nice, I am with you on the fact that if I go to Hawaii, I certainly do not want to go to sit in meetings. Of course, all you have to do is sit in 1 for the writeoff, but still, that is way too far to go, just as the trip to Australia was too far to go last year. I would have loved to have gone to either of those places though for a normal reason.
I would still go if someone were to donate the money to me in dollar bills. I remember one was so bold to ask for that for the Australia trip and that took nerve, but where there is determination, are there no bounds? Gotta love determination! I was not so inclined.
In any event, AAMT lost me and probably will lose all their practitioners who have been around awhile. Let the new blood have them. They can pull the wool over their eyes. I have had it with AAMT. No more.
Anyone going to the AAMT Annual Convention in Honolulu?
Whooly Cow! Just visited the website and registration cost is anywhere from $295, member (early regis) to $600 nonmember (late regis)! Plus of course, flight, hotel, transportation. GEEZ!
Any MTs going to Honolulu next month for the AAMT annual meeting?
Are there any MTs who can afford to go? Are there any hospitals or MT companies who will pay for their MTs to attend the meeting in Honolulu?
Do you suppose next year's meeting might be in Bangalore or Bombay?
Did anyone attend the AAMT annual meeting in Honolulu? sm
If so, how was it? Was it well attended? Were the speakers good?
Not the OP, but I lived there too (in Honolulu) years ago and loved it. Definitely a culture
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Right with you but you are wasting your time here. sm
Some of this thinking is too twisted for words.
You would just be wasting money SM
My advice, adjust the line rate you are charging to accommodate their line counting method. Be prepared to lose the client, though. The problem you are having now is one the MTs working for large services fought and lost 7 or 8 years ago...just be glad you had a good run as far as money and welcome to our club.
you're wasting your life being an MT
Get that monkey outta there.
oh please - stop wasting my time
you sound like a child
you're the one wasting bandwidth.
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I think you'd be wasting your time and energy and
If you're hanging around waiting on work, you're the one deciding to do so.
When you run out of work, go file unemployment if you are working as an employee. Tell them immediately you are filing for unemployment since they are out of work and also looking for another position ... and then go do it.
You can't force companies to provide you with work if they don't have any. I don't think your argument holds any water at all. You're the one sitting around waiting on it.
a break as in wasting our time witht the BS and tell the truth.
blah, blah, blah, it's so hard with lying MTs and picking up the extra work and loads of e-mails and not much pay blah, blah, blah. You read the posts. You need a break from BS?
that is pretty much how I feel, just wondered if I was wasting time. nm
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I'm not wasting 45 minutes of my time for a 2 minute voice file.
I'm not wasting my time on a physician who can't or won't speak half way decently, English born or not. I don't have to work for crappy doctors. I found ones who are willing to make an effort if they can't speak English, they try and spell things as do my English docs. I've been an MT for a VERY long time. I'm an excellent MT and have nothing to prove to you. Have a wonderful holiday season filled with KINDNESS. Try being a little less judgmental. Sounds like you ride atop a very high horse.
Two jobs don't equal one when it comes to making money and not wasting time. sm
Recommend looking for one good job.
It wouldn't load with my Office. Somehow it wouldn't "read" my 2003 Basic, although sm
technical couldn't find anything wrong with my software. They really tried hard. I see so many people that like Escription, I'm sorry not to be able to use it. Hopefully I can get Office Pro on my next machine, and maybe use it then. I could upgrade, but I'm still not sure it would work.
Wouldn't that mean that you simply wouldn't have to print out everything?
sure she wouldn't
I am sure that you will always have control over your daughter and her behavior, even when you aren't around. And if she ever does act differently than you believe she would and has some serious consequences because of it, I guess you guys will just deserve it. Right?
I wouldn't
unless you had been scammed by her. SOunds like plenty of people have already called, that have had real dealings. Up to you I guess.
I wouldn't sm
count my chickens before they hatch. It's way hard to get a line count when you type a report or 2, sit and wait for an hour or 2 for another report to come up, etc. etc. If you get 200 lines in a day at 9 cpl, why that adds up to a whopping $18.00.
Good luck, you're gonna need it.
I wouldn't, but that's just me.
There are many ways to serve one's country. It is not necessary to be in the military to assume a role of protecting and helping your fellow countrymen.
I would no sooner turn back if I had heard the story you speak of than I would if I was a soldier in Iraq amid all the suicide/car bombings.
It's all about character. A soldier has no choice; it's his job; he has to stay. If a civilian will take the chance of being robbed of his material possessions to help those who are fighting for mere existence, to me that is a true American.
I wouldn't let her do this!
JMHO, of course, but your daughter's life is worth way more than what it will cost you to pick her up each day.
New drivers, young kids, NO WAY; recipe for disaster.
My daughter is 15, and her friends will all be driving before her, and she thinks she's gonna be riding to and from school with them---wrong! I know it's hard and this seems much easier, but right now, I'd keep shuttling her home! She's your baby, after all! 
I wouldn't want him to just because of the
I am with the poster who says follow your instincts. You have the answers within yourself. Listen to your own gut feelings. You are there watching the situation. We will only inject our own beliefs, fears, and experiences. Plus we aren't there to see what's actually happening. You wouldn't post if there were not a valid concern. I wouldn't allow it just because of the germs. Even if I felt it was harmless, I would have him shower first before bathing with a female child. Just because of the possibilty of passing germs. I wouldn't bath with my daughter because I didn't want the possibilty of a yeast infection passing to her when she was an infant or toddler.
That's just my opinion, however. You really have to listen to your own voice on issues like this one. Best wishes.
Mother2Jazzy
I wouldn't
I went with them for a short period of time. I asked for PT to make sure we had a "fit" but they said they only hire PT. I took the FT and for the first 9 days had absolutely no work, one report per day. They said they couldn't give me a backup until I was off QA, yet I couldn't get off QA until I had enough reports. Also they promise a training bonus on the first check and I did not get it and had to write to the Attorney General.
I wouldn't buy anything until I know what the
company I work for wants me to have. You could spend a lot of money on equipment you won't need. Another thing you might need is a C-phone or something like that, but some companies provide those too. Just wait until you know what you'll need for where you work.
If you are IC, I wouldn't think so. nm
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wouldn't let me put it on lol
100% agree is what that should have read
I wouldn't (sm)
My six-year-old still wears the Goodnites at nighttime. I tried allowing him to wear underwear to bed, but it just interrupted his sleep and my sleep to get up change him, change the bed, etc., etc. Sometimes boys take a little longer to be dry all night. My nephew was that way and I remember growing up my brother was that way as well. My honest opinion is why put yourself through lack of sleep for everyone involved. My son goes to the bathroom right before bedtime. Sometimes he wakes up dry, sometimes he doesn't. I would be more concerned with staying dry and clean during waking hours.
No I wouldn't.
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Wouldn't say that....
Guilt makes you do odd things and is usually where you trip up.
Thanks - I had tried that one, but it wouldn't
convert the disk for some reason. I think there is something wrong with the CD. I'm not sure.
I wouldn't use it.
It takes all of two seconds for me to type in the time I'm at if needed for a blank. I wouldn't buy software to do it for me.
I wouldn't. sm
I've been an MT now for a year. I went to one of the big schools and I have learned so much in the year I've worked. Really, you may feel completely confident and ready coming out of your course, but it is so different once you are really working. There are small details of this job that just cannot be taught 'in the classroom'.
Sorry, but it really is not feasible. Even if you didn't mind taking a hit financially I'd not want to be responsible for the mistakes you will inevitably make as a inexperienced MT.
Also, even at a lower rate I would think most doctors/hospitals are going to see your lack of any 'real world' experience to be a huge red flag.
Another thing is that though I'm not running my own MT business, I'm guessing it isn't something you can just 'do on the side'. If you can't quit your current job to work in-house you are probably not going to be able to have the time to run your own MT business. If you are a sole IC for a doctor/hospital that means no vacation, no weekends, no nothing so long as that doctor/hospital has reports to be typed. You'd be on call 24/7 for any stat reports, ect.
My advice would be to REALLY think about what you are considering doing.
We wouldn't be
We could not go into their country and do anything - so it is doubtful that the shoe would ever be on the other foot. I had a friend who tried to get work in Mexico as an MT - but she found that she had to learn Spanish - so she gave it up and moved to Alaska. Eskimo transcription.
I wouldn't have known but...
My neighbor came knocking at my door after the first plane hit and told me to turn on my TV. Just as I did the second plane hit. I moved the TV to my office for the rest of the day.
You know what, though? My DH, who works outside the home, did not have a clue until I called him.
I wouldn't do it.
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If you were looking, wouldn't you want to know
prospective employer? If you're looking for a job, you are interviewing them just as much as they're interviewing you.
I got it the AT&T DSL when it was still SBC. I wouldn't ..sm
have anything else. My internet has never been down for technical problems, only a weather-related ice storm that knocked out all power for several days. What I like about it is that you don't have to have a tech come to your house; merely make a phone call and a tech will walk you through your problem right then and there so no time is lost. Most I've waited on hold was a matter of minutes. My modem did go out about 1-1/2 years ago, but they brought a new one to my home and got it up and running the next morning, as I recall.
I have the most expensive internet, which is their fastest rate and wouldn't have anything else ($34.99). I would highly recommend it over any cable company! Good luck!
I wouldn't have said anything either...sm
Do we tell them how many employees they can hire??
I sure wouldn't. VR will end up doing most, SM
of the typing there, too, leaving document editing work. In court reporting, that would be a lower-skill-level work (while learning MT, I also had to transcribe legal depositions from tapes, which required no special training beyond standard office skills--definitely not like trying to do MT). If this turns out to be the case, it's going to pay significantly less as the current high skill level will simply cease to matter. Sorry.
No, I wouldn't do it, especially just for
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I wouldn't have had three, I would have only had one sm
I'm sorry to hear about that. I am not sure what you would do but i think I would start with the local police department, not 9-1-1 though, would look up their non-emergency number and they can probably tell you who to contact.
I wouldn't do it any other way
https://www.eftps.gov/eftps/
It's such a time saver it's unbelievable. You can only do your federal taxes through this site. Your individual state department of taxation probably has a site that you can use to do online payment. Google your state taxation and revenue and you'll probably get the site for it.
I do all my taxes electronically. Just make sure you print or electronicaly save all confirmations as backup.
i wouldn't even think about it. I have sm
a friend who is a court reporter/legal secretary, etc. She told me herself that there was no way she could do what I did but it wouldn't be hard for me to cross-over to what she does. Besides that, it isn't really a job to be doing while traveling in an RV. Im not trying to be ugly, but the schools that advertise like the ones that you are dealing with are what is dragging this profession down the tubes. You need more than an MT training module. I don't know what ":equired" tests you are talking about but they would only be "required" by the school that you are dealing. They wouldn't amount to a hill of beans to a potential employer.
I have had to tell this to many prospective MTs and a lot of them don't listen and then when they can't find a job they wonder why.
Don't waste your time.
I wouldn't do it.
Those are 2 completely different job descriptions. Is everyone else in the office doubling up? Is the receptionist doing blood pressures and taking urine samples?
I would explain that an MT needs to concentrate and can't be jumping up and down to take care of patients. An LPN has paperwork to do in her own right as well as taking care of patients. I would give notice and let them try to find another LPN that is also a transcriptionist.
What a bunch of cheapskates!
Well wouldn't steroids do this to you?
I mean he isn't fat so much all over. It does look like his skin is stretching to cover his face. And relatively speaking 51 isn't that old. Not when you are talking Paul Newman age.
I still wouldn't like her even if I WAS a lesbian.
I wouldn't say it was the stupidest
But it really doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for everyone to have to go through it twice. But to each his own, I guess. Especially when it's family, "Live and let live."
Now, that wouldn't be your opinion, would it???...
 Naughty, naughty. ROTFLMAO.
We never got such a booklet. So wouldn't that
shouldn't say what IS but just say your office or your account dictates that
you do thus and so?
By now we all know nothing about MQ is consistent - even down to
rules to transcribe by.
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