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Get a new one or else clean it out with a vacuum or one of this spray cans for keyboards. When my keys start sticking especially the spacer bar, it's usually a sign that it's ready to be replaced.

It's amazing how much junk you find between the keys. Slide a little business card through your keys and see what you come up with. LOL

...on the other hand the June Cleavers of the past had no alternatives.  The liberation of women over the past half-century has given us the strength and self-reliance to walk away from an abusive or dead relationship or marriage.

The FBI has consultants over there.  There have been search teams from day 1 and also a search team from Texas.  These people have cooperated with US government.  They are also conducting an investigation of one of their citizens who more than likely has rights not to be interogated by a foreign government.  You seem to think these people are illiterate and stupid.  You have preconceived notions from the media and Mrs. Twitty that the Arubans are protesting, which is this country is like a third-world country run by idiots and keystone cops.    So open your mind and think things thru.  Our government has messed up so many things in its own right (sex offfenders lost in the system or set free for example) why would you think they could get this right?

"Can you believe there is trainee from India, living here in the U.S., who has been training on my primary account for the past TWO months at least....the problem is all she wants to do are the good American dictators and she is ALLOWED to skip, pass over, cherry pick past her own countrymen's bad dictations."

You have a high up source in your company who told you this?  Why?  And this issue has not been discussed with those in charge?  Why?

What platform is this Indian in America working on that she can cherry pick past her "countrymen's bad dictations"

The only reason I question this is because it would be very ethical for this high up source to be telling you this and if you get mad enough you could blow the whistle.  But since I have no dim-witted unethical high sources in my company who will actually tell me there is an Indian MT who is living in America and for two months has been "allowed" to cherry pick I couldn't fathom how you could possibly have this info. 

So you knowing this is probably not good for your blood pressure or your high souce informant's job security.  What's the point in you having this info? 

I'm not afraid of my kids, and I am their parent, not friend.  I just don't want to completely isolate them from the world.  I don't think controlling behavior is healthy because it can backfire and cause rebellion.  (Personal experience.)  There comes a point when you have to turn your kids loose in the world and hope that all of your parenting sticks with them.  Meanwhile, I was just wondering if there were any nice kids left in the world, or if I'm just overly anal or judgmental.

I let these kids on my property, but I'll admit that I'm tired of having to watch them so closely.  I correct their bad language, call them on their lies, check pockets before they leave, or hide things so nothing gets stolen.  My kids aren't the Hitlers, but I don't see why I have to be so diligent with other peoples' kids.  And no, my kids and I are not perfect.  I just don't know where to find "nice" friends.

but I think another requirement at the Wal-mart here is that you have to hate life and everything about it.  I swear it seems like it would kill these people to smile.  When they hand my kids the sticker I wanna hand it back and tell them they apparently need it more than we do. 

Come to think of it though...I think that's a requirement for alot of jobs..fast food places..customer service...the DMV.  Go figure

This is very similar to what is going on in the MT world.  Hospitals are cutting costs by shipping the work overseas and Americans are losing jobs.  Wal-Mart does business the way they are doing and they are taking jobs from Americans by forcing companies to lower their prices and then they can't afford to make those products in the US anymore.  The two industries are very similar--am I the only one seeing this????

I have friends who work at Wal-Mart, too, and I also have friends who work at another local grocery store, Kroger.  The difference is that the Kroger employees make a LIVING WAGE.  That's why I shop there.  Sure, I'd like to save money and not pay a little bit higher prices, but I choose to support a store that actually pays the majority of their employees a living wage ($9 or $10 as a bagger, $10-12 as a check-out person vs. minimum wage) and doesn't force companies to rockbottom their prices so low that they have to have their products made outside the country.

Honestly, we can't solve all the world's problems on this forum and I understand that. The problems with outsourcing and what is going on in corporate America are so much deeper than this issue with Wal-Mart.   Everybody is free to shop wherever they want, but I just want to try to make my point as to why I choose NOT to.

because when it comes down to it - they just hire, hire, hire and re-hire until the MTs remain quiet.  Well, I for one am not going to be quiet anymore.  Here's a sample - "The patient has be on a wheelchair for 3 months."  If the doc doesn't know the difference between "be and been" and "in and on" - that's not my problem anymore!!  It's insane.  Outta here.

Wish me luck - going to fill out an application this afternoon!

if you don't GET it....you probably aren't even an MT and probably don't even belong here, and if you are an MT or in this biz, then obviously and evidently you DON'T GET it.

Didn't your mother/father ever teach you that if you've nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all? 

I am not the kind of person to take advantage of anyone or get out of work at all life just happened for me this way and I am doing the best I can to work through it, keep my job, and still get moved.   I wish that I could do things differenly than I am but there is just not enough time in the day for everything.  I think the only thing I can do is do the best I can with it all and go from there. 

you could stop the relistening as long as you are familiar with the dictators.  The other possibility is a word Expander (which I do not use) or use auto correct if you are using word (I use this) for repetitive terms or phrases that your dictator uses so often.  This cuts down on errors as well.  I am no expert, but it sounds like you could gain more line count if you did not relisten. 

in your document/template where you want to go each time and type  Alt F9. Then, when you want to actually go to that spot in theument, just hit F11. The Alt F9 will result in a {} but will not be visible when the templates are used thereafter.

I have had only ONE supervisor who ever was an MT.  The rest have been coders, RHITs (whatever that is), once even a court reporter (!!), one librarian, you get the picture.  Then they hire whomever thinking if you can type, you can transcribe.  Then they pay you for cr@p when you're in house and nobody will fill the open positions because the pay is so lousy and they force you to work in house for 3 months (like their work is so hard?  I don't think so!) then the ones that can't type their way out of a paper bag don't type and bam, there goes the whole department.  Oh, and once the coder/librarian gets behind the big desk MTs are no longer people, we're some sort of subhuman beings that have to be dealt with.  I have heard this straight from a soop's mouth, though I refer to her as an evil witch. 

Those of us who stink don't mind because they don't care; those of us who are truly good DO care because it's not just a job, it's a passion that we happen to depend on to pay the bills and feed our families.  But the librarian or whoever the supervisor du jour may be doesn't care or have any idea about MT, so "Well, I guess we'll just let you all go."  Single parent?  They don't care.  No insurance and can't go to the doctor and can't get your Rx filled?  Sucks to be you.  Bills to pay?  They don't care.  Worked over and above the call of duty?  You're a sucker AND you're out of a job. 

Where are the good MTs?  They're here, they're just all being paid peanuts while they who must be obeyed expect perfection and those providing the perfection (and keeping within appropriate TAT) should just be GLAD you have a JOB no matter how badly it's being managed and messed up. 

Oh yes, I'm in this mood because last night I ran into the supervisor for whom I bent over backwards, worked weird shifts, fixed other reports MQ had done and messed up, and here I sit hoping for another fraction of a cent and waiting for scraps while SHE is livin' the good life (she got a big fat promotion and raise when she canned us).  I am going to our community college tomorrow and I am going to get myself out of this mess.  I will not be at the mercy of people like that again in my life, even if I have to take one course a semester. 

Sorry this is so long.  Back to work.  Thank you for listening. 

The majority of VR companies I have checked with pay only 0.03 up to 0.045 per line.  So when multiplied by even a 3000 per day line count, it's not a good wage and seems to be the direction that transcription is heading.  You apparently make more and so do I in my job (when I even get VR) so obviously the drop in pay hasn't hit us yet.