My rant re: "a match made in trailer heaven - two skanks in a crud"
Posted By: Oh, no you did not! on 2005-08-03
In Reply to:
Let me FIRST say that I do not usually rant, I am not a ranter, if something bugs me I take a deep breath, look at the offending item in the grand scheme of my life and realize that most of the time it isn't that big a deal. However, these condescending trailer park references that I run into are a bunch of crap!
How can you make a derogetory referrence regarding people who live in trailers? If it had something to do with race or sex you have been flamed by the whole board. I am sick and tired of generalizations directed basically towards me! I live in a trailer in a trailer park and I MOST CERTAINLY am not a skank. I have heard it all, white trash, trailer trash, skank, etc. when people talk about parks. My town even named it a "Manufactured House Community" and hid it where you can't see it! I am here because I can afford it here. The average price for a house in my town in Maine is $250,000 ++. While we do just fine, I cannot afford that on my MT salary (been MT for 6 years) even though my husband works his butt off at 3 jobs. Oh sure, we could probably get a loan for a $300,000 house but I refuse to get in over my head in debt just to convince people like YOU I am in your league! I also LIKE it here. My neighbors are the best I have had. All of our homes (trailers) are well maintained, the lawns are spotless, and there is not a single car up on blocks that I can see anywhere!! Don't even bother to tell me that is not the norm for parks because there are 300+ trailers in this park and they are all just as well taken care of!
Another thing that irritates me is the word "skank". I have never understood why women have to tear each other down using trashy descriptions like that. Of course I am sure there are those out there who DESERVE the title but most of the time women seem to judge based on the look of the offending party.
You may think your comment was tiny and I am blowing it out of proportion, but I am not! It is comments like that that makes people like my neighbors ashamed to even tell people where they live.
I have said my piece and I await the flaming. When you drive through my park (yah right) and see me standing on the nice, green lawn in front of my pretty trailer with my 7-year-old in the yard, my toddler on my hip, looking very pregnant in my cutoffs and tank tops, you can THINK "skank" all you want. I KNOW that I am a strong, educated, well-employed woman with a nice little family who refuses to put all our happiness and our hard-earned savings on the line to prove that I am EQUAL to people like you!
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Agreed. I always found them to be a match made in trailer heaven
Trailer's and trailer parks
Saw on the Travel Channel the ones in Malibu...I HAVE a home appraised at 239,000 and only wish I could sell it, get rid of all the sniveling neighbors and move into a nice trailer & park, where I could actually have the time to enjoy me neighbors and live, rather than work  my butt off for this "brick house"
Keep your attitude, and enjoy your home. My bro lives in a fantastic "mobile home estate" and has just the best community. He had emergency surgery,quite unexpected, but you can rest assurred there were meals at his door, which was swept off and his yard and garden well tended.
So did a lot of people, but they didn't grow up to be skanks.
She's gross.
Crud
It is going to take some getting used too. I sort of my pedal working the way I want. Kind of. lol.
I sure do appreciate my eScription accounts even more after this. :-)
A lot of people who grew up without privilege ended up skanks too
Money or lack of money has nothing to do with it. It's whether the person has any value system, lines they will not cross, and standards set for themselves regardless of financial status.
crud, that'd put us out of work ...
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Crud, E Floriday- will get it right soon
NM
rich skanks dress better and have nicer cars and homes.
Got my margins out of wack, crud
Can anyone give any assistance? My left hand margin with every report I am typing shows up with what looks like a small picture of what I am typing. I have to automatically take with the arrows and move the margin all the way back over so it will not show what looks like a book on the side. My page is divided in other words, instead of 1 page it is showing up as 2. I hope this is making sense and I hope someone can assist this damsel in distress. Thanks!
Just the usual clerical crud that temp companies have. nm
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No, usually it's just winding up as all the kids bring home crud from school.
The 4th of July is slow. Christmas is never slow for me.
to match............*LOL*........nm
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It was a good match
I agree with you....Venus most definitely over-reacted!!! I felt like it was a staged display! Of course, if you remember back four or five years ago, both Venus and Serena had very terrible and negative attitudes. Quite honestly, I don't think they have changed. I, of course, was hoping Lindsay Davenport would win....I'm all old tennis pro from the 60's and "grunting" and "squeeling" was not even HEARD of! I know Sharipova is good but I don't watch too many of her matches because her noises make me sick!!! Venus is certainly vocal enough during play...do they check for steroids of tennis players???? Maybe they should! 
I think though with SE the employer has to match the SS but IC is not that way. I rather like SE
status and I know there are some companies that have that but I dont know which ones.
I tried them and when it was not a good match, they were
very rude to me and ignored my emails. Not a good company
Hubby is a CPA - I try to match him in pay :)
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Do you mean things like Match.com?
or do you mean sleazy type stuff that is advertised during the Jerry springer show at midnight?
My mom met her hubby online. She had a profile set up and a coworker of his saw it and said - this woman sounds perfect for you.
They met, hit it off immediately, and were married within a couple of years. Shortly before they got married, she was diagnosed with cancer, and now it is stage 4. She has been through chemo multiple times, radiation, surgery, blood transfusions.....and he has been by her side through it all. He is a real gem. 
She had to kiss a lot of frogs she met IRL before finding this guy.
I don't doubt married men use these sites though. Remember the story of the guy that was deployed to Iraq and got engaged to multiple women in the US online? They found out about each other before he got back I think. It was in the news a couple of years ago.
No - My employer does match (sm)
The SS tax, so I guess I'm technically a statutory employee with the added benefit of a very flexible schedule that an IC would have.
Match maker
I tested with them. They then called me and said I would be hearing from them within a week. Called me back to say they were busy and would get back to me real soon with the company's info. I never heard from that again and that was months ago now! As far as I am concerned how can they possibly help you ifnd the perfect job if you dont contact me. Forget it, it is not worth the time for the test!
The match that employer would pay just 7.xx%.
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E-MTS has 401K plus match and benefits. Try them.
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When it comes time, i will match what they earn.
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I have done that. Found my match. Moved up
Before any asks: MQ.
Before any complains: Every company has those who love it, like it, have no opinion, don't like it, hate it. Every single one of them. It has worked well for me and I wouldn't leave it for anything.
And that's my story, I'm happy to say!
you know as couples go, angelina and billy bob were perfect skanks for each other. perfect!
i suspect they may get back together because they are both so skanky no one else can keep up. that is unless she decides she wants her brother more which is skankier.
Just a little rant
 One ARNP on my account is absolutely the most aggravating person! Obviously she rants all the time because we've gotten memos saying to be extra careful with all her work because she is the "squeaky wheel". You have all these particular things to do to hers for 8 lines, 9 lines, etc. etc., reports taking about 10-15 minutes to be sure everything is done right.. for 8 lines, 9 lines..and so on. .Very frustrating. But then, half of the time, she doesn't even give the name of the patient. So we are to be "extra careful", but she can't even remember to dictate the patient's name! Very frustrating! Nobody's perfect. We all get in a hurry, but only THEY can make the mistakes! Thanks for letting me let off steam..
Rant -well said - sm
I have felt as you do for sometime now, but you said it well for all of us who feel this way. The caring and dedicated physicians in this world are few and far between. I firmly believe what goes around comes around, and I only hope to be there when it does.
rant
APPLAUSE!! APPLAUSE!!!
You are just so right on!!!! They give us little thought or consideration, but expect us to cover them and "make them look good" for pennies!!!
A RANT!
Does anyone know of a company that REALLY handles the problem of cherry picking?? I makes me so mad . The people who skip hard jobs get paid the same for doing easy work, and the ones who don't cherry pick have to work harder!! Most companies say they have a policy, but in my experience the supervisors don't really enforce it. AARRGGHH!!
Just sent in my little rant! nm
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a reply and a rant!
I suggest if you want to stay in this occupation, just keep looking and be persistent, and concentrate on getting experience in acute care. Personally I don't think the work is drying up, I think the gist of the problem is there is more than enough work to go around, and not enough experienced people to do it. The "solution" of voice recognition has not taken all our jobs like they said it would. Offshore transcription has not taken all of our jobs. I don't believe EMR is going to be totally successful either.
Even if they find a good transcriptionist, some of the powers that be are unwilling to pay a decent wage even to well-rounded, seasoned transcriptionists. I have seen lately on this board several examples of people that subject themselves to nearly unbearable work conditions, extremely long hours, working on little sleep, etc. I certainly understand keeping up with one's standard of living, but is it really worth it? We will continue to be treated like doormats as long as we're willing to let others do so.
MT is a profession in trouble. The wages have been getting lower and the workload keeps getting higher, and it's no easier now than it was before. What young person wants to get into a job like that? I made the decision to work my way out. I'm bloody tired of the shrinking wages and the lack of respect from suits and the like who have no freaking idea what this job takes.
Sorry for the long diatribe but I had to vent my 0.02.
go ahead rant!
One of my dictators smacks gum in my ear constantly and it drives me crazy because it is rude!!
I have been wanting to rant too
When they start talking before the system is recording. Is it REALLY so difficult to turn it on BEFORE you talk?
Quick ER rant
I swear, it seems like the network TV seasons get shorter and shorter. There will be one new episode, a month of reruns/specials, another new epi or 2, more reruns, and so on until the season ends in the beginning of May. And if you miss an epi, forget about seeing it during summer reruns. Seems like they stuck a new show in the time slot.
And that's why I love my cable, especially FX. If you miss a show, they'll be replaying it 500 more times during the week and sometimes even repeat the whole season of episodes.
Pundit's rant
Ah, my favorite -- a long proselytization that sounds vague but is in fact meaningless.
oh man I could go on a rant right here with y'all but DH just got sm
home from work so I am afraid I would get caught!
Rant away, Girl!
It's GOOD you got all of that off of your chest!!
A Major Rant
A rant letter to a couple of doctors:
What has happened to the medical profession in this country? Why is it that doctors forget their Hippocratic Oath? Why is it they forget the purpose of their career choice? I've transcribed this week on numerous elderly patients who have been with their doctors for five, ten or even fifteen years, but they have to seek care elsewhere because so many doctors are refusing to accept Medicare. How would you feel were if it were your own mother or father being refused care with their established physician just because they became classified as "elderly" and qualified for Medicare? If it weren't for your "connections," your parents would face the same dilemma that other elderly people face.
Why is it that when a patient comes into your office complaining of feeling fatigued and achy that you automatically assume they're depressed and pop out a prescription for them to pop a pill? Why not LISTEN to what the patient is saying and realize that while some MAY be depressed, others have a legitimate medical problem going on? Why not do some labs on them to check for anemia, hypothyroidism, etc.? Oh, I get it -- let them wait two hours to see you after their appointment time and then spend two minutes with them... after all, time is money. By the way, I guess that kid who came several times a couple of weeks ago complaining of abdominal pain wasn't just trying to get out of school since I saw his obituary in the paper this week. Even when his mom and dad brought him in a second and third time, you brushed them off. I hope seeing his obituary hurts your heart at least half as much as it hurt mine. I can't imagine the pain those parents are enduring right now, but I doubt you've stopped earning money long enough to let it bother you. And, no, I won't cover your butt if I get a subpoena when his parents sue you for medical negligence.
Why is it that you cringe when I tell you I need to raise my rates when I've not had a rate increase in three years or longer when in the mean time you've raised your rates at least three times a year every year? Oh - ok - your expenses have gone up? Do you think they've discounted my electric bill, gasoline, supplies and everything else?
Remember that last check before Christmas that I asked about when you were late paying me? You know, the one where you said you didn't have the money to pay me until after the 1st of January - although my contract with you explicitly explains payment arrangements? That was hard to swallow when your wife was standing there while I was waiting to talk to you and making out a check for $8200 to have your home decorated for Christmas? Yes, it ticked me off that you had the money for that in your budget but not the money to pay me my measly little $702. It also ticked me off when you took your three-week vacation to France and left me waiting for payment.
I do understand - its all about the money. Of course, that is why I work. But, if I ever get to the point that I'm so cold-hearted or money-oriented that I cannot try and give the best of my abilities in my transcription for every patient I type on, I have common sense enough to know its time to get out of my profession. Yes, to you I'm just a "typist", but how many times have you picked up the phone and called me asking, "Do you remember the names of the tests that I need to order for Lyme disease?" Or, what about when you can't dictate a proper letter and you say, "This is what I want to say - can you fix it for me?" What about those times when I've flagged a lab result and said, "This patient would be dead with a potassium of 988." Regardless, I remain just a "typist" in your mind.
In spite of all your faults, I do my best for you. I give you accurate work every day of every week because I know one typo (on the transcription work you don't review) with a drug dosage could mean the difference between life and death of your patients. But in the end, does it really matter to you?
EMR rant - lengthy
Hey, everyone. We have all been so worried about VR and India taking our jobs that I think we may have let something slip by that is so very much more dangerous.
My uncle had to have a procedure at the local VA last week, which was an education in and of itself, but what was perhaps most interesting was that I was able to watch his doctor work with the VistA EMR system. For those of you who are not aware, VistA is the EMR system the VA uses. It was created by them for use throughout the VA system, and basically it is a click and choose transcription system, minus the transcriptionist. It uses templates and normals, and if the doctor needs to add more specific information, they simply type it in. As I sat there with my uncle and watched his doctor type a few words, click some boxes, ask some questions, and do a completed preop report in the time it would have taken him to dictate the darned thing, I was astonished. It is a very slick system, very impressive to see up close and personal. From the perspective of patient care, it is wonderful. The doctor pulls up the report with a few clicks, the patient signs off on it with a little electronic signature pad, and a nurse approves the whole thing with a code. Very slick.
So why should this scare us? Here is the kicker. The VA/Government/Medicare system is giving this program away. That is right, GIVING it away to any doctor who wants it. The problem is that it is extremely difficult to install and set up for proper use, and hard to learn to use initially. It is also hideously expensive, both for the equipment used to run it on and the installation, though for a large practice probably no more cost prohibitive than paying a team of transcriptionists (2-3) for a year. Okay, now add to this equation that Medicare is encouraging doctors to learn and use this system, and the date 2014 has been thrown out there as a target. Skeptics say that 2014 is not reasonable but I am not convinced. Here is why. I think we can all admit that the transcription workplace is most definitely not what it once was. Part of the reason is that it is getting harder and harder to find decent, qualified transcriptionists. I know there are many, many hard-working transcriptionists out there who know what they are doing and take pride in their work. I also know that there are many folks out there who like to call themselves transcriptionists, people who think the job is nothing more than typing and see no need to further their educations and stay on top of things once they have obtained a job. This is not a problem that is confined to our profession; many other areas of employment are suffering the same malady. However, most other areas are able to weed out the bad seeds, if you will, before their business has been harmed and find the hard-working people they need after searching at length, but medical transcription is not one of these areas. Because of the nature of the beast, the seriousness and responsibility of the job, if a Transcriptionist messes up people have the potential to die. With wages decreasing over time and companies becoming more desperate to hire anyone who can type, experienced transcriptionists are moving away from the job, not being able to support themselves on the lousy wages companies are paying. The dwindling experienced work force is being replaced by a new generation of transcriptionists whose only experience with doctors' offices is when they visit their own primary care physician. They are educated online, and while there are some schools out there truly committed to producing qualified workers, most are fly-by-night operations. This is why, in part, doctors are trying to find other avenues of getting the reports they need. Two of the VR perks that are pushed by companies are cost reduction and accuracy. The companies that are promoting VR are using our inaccuracies and poor performance to tout their new baby, and they are succeeding. Because they still pay us a minimal pittance to edit the VR after it is dictated, the doctors never see the product beforehand and therefore are under the impression that we are, in fact, inept, and that VR is a much better system than using humans.
Now, imagine this if you will. Transcriptionists are already on the hot seat and so, when the government starts promoting its EMR VistA system, it appeals to doctors. Not only does it eliminate the need for transcriptionists, it costs about the same overall as they are already paying in wages/fees. It gives the doctor complete control over the reports they produce, and they have immediate gratification because in the time it takes them to dictate the report, it is finished and in front of them. The impression one gets from reading all the articles and forum posts pertaining to transcription these days is that doctors are becoming frustrated with the services they are being provided, and are ripe for being swayed into something else that is more productive. This is the perfect time for doctors to begin transitioning to EMR, and the proliferation of companies out there who have developed EMR systems is testimony to that fact.
Do doctors look at the EMR as a potential end to the careers of tens of thousands of workers in the United States? No, probably not. They only look at how this is going to affect them, their practice and their patients. Congress is supporting and pushing this initiative, as are certain presidential candidates. The concept of losing this many workers to EMR is apparently not something they are concerned about. Implementing this sort of system will make them look good, and the importance of image to politicians is a given.
While there can be no doubt that outsourcing has hurt medical transcription, as has VR, I strongly believe that our biggest threat is coming from our own government. I think the EMR system is, within the next 5-10 years, going to put 80% of transcriptionists out of business. There will be holdouts, and I am sure not all types of reports will be producible from this system, but if a doctor is given a choice between paying for a transcriptionist to possibly do a report correctly and perhaps get that report back within 24 hours if all goes as it should, and using that same time they would be dictating to produce the report themselves, with very little actual work on their parts, which will they choose? I do not know if there are any answers to this problem. I do not know if there is anything we can do to save our jobs. There are so many problems in the transcription system that one would be hard-pressed to know where to even begin a revamping. There are nay-sayers who think the EMR system will never get off the ground, and they may be right. I hope they are. However, unless something drastic happens, such as complete and total destruction of the computer-based infrastructure of the country, I fear that the EMR system will be the end of the profession we all love. It is a gamble that was initiated many years ago by our own government, and it looks as though the pay-off will be exceptional for them but most definitely not for us.
Electric motor repairman. I'll never match his pay.
But the more you make the more you spend.
Hey! I saw that picture last week on Match.com?!?! better check his email
just kiddin!
Have you considered asking your current employer to match the new offer?
Of course before you do that, you would have pretty much decided to take the new offer if they say no.
Make your life easier, pick which name to go by and have EVERYTHING match. sm
yes, it's a pain to stand in line at the SS office, adn the DMV, and you have to fill out forms, but avoid all confusion which WILL arise in the future with a little effort now.
7th Heaven
I am really going to miss it too! I love 7th Heaven!
7th Heaven
Hard to find good shows the whole family can watch. We will miss it.
I would be in heaven
Lordy, I would be so thrilled if I could make 200 lines an hour!
Obviously in whatever was said about trailer parks,
nobody was referring to you and you seem to have taken it too personally. No flames here. Just understand, trailer parks got their bad name long before you came along. Yes, there are some nice ones out there, but the majority that get into the spotlight get there because of bad things. So, don't take it personally unless it applies to you and hopefully now that you've had your rant you feel better.
Trailer "trash"
I also live in a mobile home but not in a park at the present time.We have our own five acres of land. We get this slander type of talk all the time. Half of my relatives live in nice double wides. Who cares?? At least we are not paying big bucks per month for a house payment just to keep up with the Joneses. When some of the people who live in fancy houses lose their jobs, their house will be the first thing to hit the auction block. We owned a huge house in a nice neighborhood but since being retired, who needs all that upkeep plus the high taxes???
I say live and let live. I personally like mobile homes, trailers, double wides,manufactured housing--whatever you want to call them.
Trailer parks
My neighborhood will allow it, but they have a lot of obstacles -- fortunately. I don't even thing trailer park developers or landlords care about the folks they sell to. Trailers DEPRECIATE in value, unlike standard housing. Banks won't even lend money to finance or mortgage them. You have to finance them through other means, usually with high interest rates. Not a smart investment.
Trailer Parks
Where the heck have yu been? I know may peple with great educations.. problem is the job market is pathetic. You sound like a person from SNOBSVILLE.. you ought to me up with my ex. There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed about living a mobile park. and for your information lady, you bettr have good credit and a good recommendation or else the will not take you in some of the trailer parks. You are a snob and an arrogant woman. Where you from NEW YORK? Have you ever lived in a a mobile home park. Most low income could NOT afford it, after all when you have to pay 500 bucks a month for lot rent. you are so full of it....I live in a mobile home court and Love it. it's clean, with security, and there are no old mobile homes in this court. Get off your high horse...GEEZ.. THEY DO REQUIRE CREDIT CHECKS MS SMARTY PANTS.
Don't need to be cleaning no trailer.
Y'all can jist haul it off and git you a new one iffen it gets dirty.
I would rather have someone haul it than me with a trailer (sm)
We had to rent a trailer to put behind out pickup one time to go pick up some jet skis. It was only about a 90 mile drive, but it was a horror. We went through a lot of construction and the lanes were narrow. I wasn't driving, but if I had been, I would have crashed. DH was even amazed that he got them through without scraping the sides. Even if it costs a little extra, I think it would be well worth it to have it hauled for you. They will insure it. I know it has "special value", but I'm sure it will be fine. Good luck. Let us know how you make out.
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