Not OP - I wish more grandparents and uncles/aunts would worry about doing things wrong - sm
Posted By: xxx on 2005-08-18
In Reply to: Aren't grandkid's the best? sm - twin gram
My in-laws like to play mind games with our kids...which is the cause of a lot of "parental headaches", thus we curtail visits to about once a month, supervised for about 6-8 hours (they live 2 hours away). We plan to never let them have the kids overnight, etc. though DHs mom constants asks....so through guilt my DH is now considering it (which I won't allow so I will be forced to go and stay too which I don't want to do but will) but he wants his brother to stay too as a condition (he's winds the kids up like crazy). So we have 3 winners who love to spoil the kids but don't care about the consequences of their actions after they leave. It has gotten better now the kids are not so nuts anymore after a visit, though grandma and uncle are always saying they want the kids to visit, stay , etc. If they had common sense then I probably wouldn't mind the break (no near relatives) but that is not the case. I just hope I learn enough from them and remember and don't make the same mistakes when I have grandchildren. Yes, my kids love them, and their other grandparents (now just my dad) but you just can't have the attitude we can do what we want because we are the grandparents. Parents have there way of doing things and unless it is harmful to the child should be respected and followed.
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Many things went wrong with current job this week,
such as:
Found out with the new office expansion, some employees will be pushed out of this building and moved across the street! Because of this Mgmt has decided to do away with the paperwork that allows TX to catch many, many errors caused mostly by our dumb software. It also helps us communicate issues between departments. But let's do away with it without any discussion. (duh)
But the good news is that in two weeks I can put in my NOTICE and in one month I start a different job. Yippy! Now I'll miss all that construction dust and annoying problems and the illogical OM with ADD who is driving us all nuts. Oh, and my plan is to find new jobs for all my co-workers! [evil laugh]
Half the time they spell things wrong anyway! NM
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Don't worry about it. In 5-6 years you'll have plenty to worry about!
A 10-year-old is never in a situation where anything can "happen," and they don't understand anything "happening" anyway. At this age they're only capable of "having a boyfriend" because that's what they see on TV - that's what the world "expects of us", to pair up and "like each other."
Her friends aren't talking about adult "things" to do in a "relationship" yet, and she doesn't even have those feelings, hormones, or needs yet so don't worry about it.
At 10, having a "boyfriend" is the equivalent to playing "dress up" or "make believe" and is just "sitting together in the cafeteria" at best.
Plus they move on to a new "boyfriend" in a week, a few weeks tops.
Relax, Mom. The part to worry about is yet to come and I wouldn't want to deal with that again for anything!
Best of luck and enjoy these years while you can.
Grandparents
 You didn't give specifics on what they do with your kids, but as a grandparent, I find that the kids (without spoiling them) understand that there are different rules at different places. It's a relief for them to be allowed to stay up a little later, get a little more one-on-one time, be wrestled with, etc. etc. They know how to behave and understand that their parents are the true disciplinarians. Don't cheat yourself out of some alone time if they want to keep them overnight because you're afraid they might not eat a green bean for a day or get too much attention. I do respect their parents' wishes on diet, health, and rest, but I don't think they can get too much love from others.
Grandparents
Thanks for sharing and clarifying. I understand completely. Kids go through enough ridicule and put downs from others in society. The one constant positive in their lives should be a grandparent. I sympathize with your daughter who is tall. Our granddaughter is off the chart on height. She's 8. There is no one who meets her who does not say, "You are so tall." This is said in a way that sounds like it's ugly or something, and she is getting really self conscious. Life is hard. Kids need support and unconditional love. Sounds like you're doing a fine job.
The grandparents thing.....sm
Those kids are your responsibility, as you obviously very well know, whether you're physically with them or not.
You're right. Hubby and grandma are WRONG. Do not let anyone bully you or guilt you into thinking otherwise. 'Nuff said.
I'm sure your grandparents would be ashamed of you
maybe that's why you hate successful whites so much - you're jealous
not all kids go through the no grandparents stage (sm)
my son is 18 YO and guess where he takes his g/f on Friday and Saturday nights? To his grandparents house! He and his friends love to hang out at their house...dont' know exactly why, but I'm glad! At least I know they aren't out getting into trouble. If you start out building a strong relationship with your grandkids, they will always want to be with you...and don't act too much like a grandma to them, more like a good, um not friend, but just a good person! I think that's why my kids love the most about their grandparents. Kids are a blessing...at any age! 
cigs took out my parents, grandparents, aunt
Unfortunately, I still smoke though - it's the worst drug habit I have encountered in my many decades. For me, it's the only drug habit I have had. It's tough, so I sympathize with the ones who are trying to quit and KUDOS TO THE ONES WHO HAVE!!!!!
I think that grandparents who babysit for free are just making their kids dependent on them
Maybe stop babying her and she'll respect you more.
I doubt this generation of kids will grow up to watch their grandchildren - they're way too selfish.
Just a suggestion.
wrong, wrong, wrong. work is being outsourced because of $. period. not because of unqualified MTs
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I typed a report on the wrong patient as the doc keyed in the wrong info, SM
He later said the correct patient's name and I SWEAR to this day I made the changes but somehow the report when through without the correct patient and changes made. I still remember that incident.
Bad things? what bad things? people's being petty and small?
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Fantasia wrong??? Haven't seen the OP's CD, couldn't have been too wrong.
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It's about morality - not censorship! Right is right and wrong is wrong!
nm
Please do not worry about it.
Sometimes, it seems as if we do everything the way we know it's right, but they nitpick about everything we do. I have proved my use of proper grammar documented with my college English books, but they come up with this, "That's how the client wants it" stuff. OK, so why isn't it on my account spec sheet?
I think the trick is to find a smaller MTSO, one who believes as we do style-wise. For example, I learned to use commas quite often. At one national I worked for, it was NO commas period. If you had two independent phrases connected by a FANBOY, you broke them apart into two separate sentences. I worked for two other nationals and a hospital, and they never had a problem with my work. It was just this one certain person at one certain national. You should see some of the other things I was corrected on. I wound up quitting because this person went against everything I learned in my MT course, at college, and in all my years of work experience. This was not a good QA person, and other people on this board have worked with her. (PRINCIPAL vs. PRINCIPLE)
However, the MTSO I currently work for gives me rave reviews. I don't have to relearn everything again. We evidently went to the same school of style! LOL Keep looking. You'll find your fit. It's no fun working in a constantly negative and nitpicky environment.
Of course, you don't worry. Don't want to get
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Not to worry.
When my husband was in the military and deployed, we had tons of "discussions" over finances. It's a control thing. He's gone and can't add his input into your decision making, so he feels a lack of control there. I kept spreadsheets and quicken files to prove where I did or didn't spend money. Then I'd send printouts to him so he could feel like he was part of it. Granted, you shouldn't have to prove that you weren't blowing his money at the mall! With my husband and I, our roles are reversed. I'm the critical one when it comes to budgeting, bills, and finances. My husband is more, shall we say, impulsive? He'd be deployed and go sight seeing and out to eat because he'd never left our state before joining the military. I'd be at home juggling the kids, the broken down car, the bills, my job, and everything else, so I'd get mad at him for having fun being the single guy. Granted, some trips were definitely not fun for him.
Let's see, you two are married, therefore, his money is your money, your money is his, etc. We had the whole his money, my money, our money thing going on as well. Have you thought about a joint account? Remember, he's responsible for supporting you and any kids you have, as well as for paying the bills. DO NOT let him make you feel guilty about spending money on bills or the household or about not working. I think the women of today have that problem. Women of the '50s were expected to stay home, clean the house, cook the meals, and care for the kids. Now, we're expected to do all that, plus work on top of it. I tried being SuperMom for the first 8 years of our marriage before I snapped. It's not worth it. Don't feel guilty because you DO contribute to the household even if you don't have a paycheck. He couldn't pay someone to clean the house, cook the meals, care for the kids, take care of your personal finances, and everything else that you do.
:))))) oh don't worry, I have
 
this ol girl has left the room
MQ kept wanting every year for me to invest more into providing profits
for them and yet never ever reacted to my inquiries of additional monies for
a line I produced. Well, I'm a business too. I need to increase my income to
meet my overhead and my cost of living goes up for me just as it did for them.
Yet all they could offer was "let me give you another account".......well, honey,
I told her--------there are only 24 hours in a day! or haven't you noticed.
 see ya
Don't worry. We all have to go through
the dreaded learning curve with any new job or account for that matter.
The more you work on the same account the faster you'll get so with you being full-time should help.
Oh and make sure you get plenty of samples for those difficult dictators and that you follow up on the blanks you have to leave them.
Is there another MT on the account that can give you some pointers?
Why worry.....
If you're going to get it, you're going to get it, and all the fretting in the world ain't gonna' change that. I mean, when you go out to check your mail, a car could hit the curb and run you down; are you going to worry about that, too?
I don't think you have to worry about any
subcontractors knocking down your door to work for you. You're generalization of "them" is what makes your posts so rude. We do not all look for excuses to not work. I work my shift every day unless I have an emergency. I do quality work. I do not bother my supervisor with stupid e-mails. After all, there are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. While I would agree that good MTs are hard to find, we are out here, and willing to work for a good company (which can also be very hard to find).
Don't worry. sm
Most of these little abnormalities are minor, not cancer. Don't lose sleep over this. Just follow your doctor's advice and don't worry!! This happens a lot, believe me.
Don't worry
It do believe that ADHD is real, but you need to exhaust all other possibilities before you go there. It is a possibility that she has just not matured enough to go to school and would maybe do better if held back a year. During that time you can set her up with a predictable routine and practice focusing on different activities for a period of time. A friend of mine did that and it worked. No one accuses her son of having ADHD anymore
Don't worry, not just you...
I have heard things being mentioned here and there that it is ridiculous and that things we really don't need to know are on the test. I took it around 5 years ago and it was not like that, I passed it easily. I also saw some sample questions in the JAAMT a while back. We type it, we don't diagnose it for crying out loud! I have not tried this, though. Where did you find the sample test. Is there a website? TIA!
Don't worry.... (sm)
 where one goes to EMR, there is another waiting in the wings for just the right transcriptionist. It sounds like you are good at heart, and good things come to good people! Maybe something even better will come your way!!! We are all rooting for ya' and hope something spectacular comes your way! 
Thanks - don't worry -
Yeah, I think it warrants a doctor visit. I'll get it checked out and get a real ibuprofen dose. (600 mg b.i.d.?) Okay, I'll stop doctoring myself!
WORRY NO MORE
I hear you! I am worried about my future also with transcription. I have been doing this for over 20 years, but found HEAVEN recently in a travel program. Go to www.teamresult.com and watch the short video, you will see what I mean. E-mail me if you would like me to call you to answer questions.
Michelle
manzotravel@gmail.com
I had this - nothing to worry about!
I had it about a year ago. It's called alopecia areata (I think). I didn't know what it was and I happened to see my hairdresser and she told me what it was. She said it can be caused by stress, or it come on for unknown reasons. Mine has grown back, although I have some nice short hairs there now! Not to worry!
No need to worry
MT is definitely not phasing out, but it is changing. MTs are now becoming editors like I am. I work for a hospital that uses EditScript, an amazing speech recognition program. Imagine putting out 500 plus lines an hour. That is how good it is. All the MT Editors use the same style and corrections and it remembers them and each time it recognizes the dictator better. Of course with that much production, we did have to layoff some MTs but because of the cost savings, accuracy and physician friendly program, this will be the future of MT. We will always be needed!
Should not be a worry
As long as the blanks are "good" blanks, you should not have to worry.
The company I work for would rather have us leave blanks than to guess, so even if we are "pretty sure" we know what they are saying but NOT sure, we are to leave blanks. - The same if we cannot verify something from a reliable source.
I have blanks every day. Some more than others depending on account and how well the dictators happen to be speaking.
Just do your best and don't fret unless they bring it to your attention.
we have to worry.
because of TAT, many companies are now outsourcing, not just for the price, but for the quick turnaround. and we also have to be concerned, as it impacts the amount of work available for the MT, when companies hire heavy for an account to keep the TAT and then the MT runs out of work.
yes, the eating while they dictate is my biggest peeve too.
Don't worry
Usually if you don't hear much about a company it's because there isn't anything to complain about.
Good luck with your interview.
don't worry about it. I take the sm
negativity and let it fly over my head!
The MTs that have been in this business for a very short time haven't had the experience to realize what you can do. It takes yeras and years and you really have to be a workaholic sometimes. They have already shown their attitude by the whole "I am not working weekends, holidays, nights, blah, blah blah" They don't understand this is what the job is.
My employers appreciate me also and let me know the same. It will never stop. There are always going to be MTs who rip the profession apart, say we don't what we are doing etc. etc. I would like to work along side of some of these MTs for a day or two and show them exactly how its done. I started when I was 22. to me that was pretty young starting from scratch and learning my experience.
Congratulations on your new job and I hope you love it!
And not like we don't all have enough to worry
about, but I keep asking myself that if this happens, what happens to our jobs? Will the government hire their own transcriptionists to do the work? Will they phase out all of the MTSOs (which in some cases may not be a bad thing, lol)? Will things stay pretty much the same, the MTSOs get grants from the government for doing the work, our pay go down even further (not like any of us can afford that either? Just things that I have wondered about since all of the talk about the government taking over healthcare. 
Don't worry -- they are the unhappy ones...
doubt they will ever find satisfaction with their attitudes.
They should be pitied for their woeful disposition.
They are embarassing themselves.
Not to worry! You met my expectations!
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Don't worry about it. I used to cook like that, too.
I'd be so tired from working all the time that it was Hamburger Helper, fish sticks, or chicken nuggets. Our grocery bill used to be cheap, too. Hubby and I trade off cooking now. Honestly, we're trying to eat healthier to lose weight. It's a "hobby" that has helped bring us together more in our marriage. We find new recipes on the Internet all the time. Gotta have variety somewhere.... LOL
I wouldn't worry!
I was the same way in HS!! I am sure that she will grow out of it..it will just take time!
I agree - nothing to worry about. sm
But I did not find it faster than typing in the long run. When the doctor speeds up, the software starts skipping words, especially articles, and that takes a long time to stop every third and fourth word to insert a very short word that the software missed.
I don't want to worry about the IRS showing
up on my doorstep, so I have my taxes done by H&R Block. No guarantee that you still won't have problems with IRS, but it makes me feel better. I don't claim my house/utilities. I don't claim nickel and dime stuff either.
When my mother died exactly a week later I get a letter from the IRS stating she owed $25,000.00 - no explanation. I was freaking, not only was I grieving but having to worry about this. I wrote a very nice letter, sent them a copy of her death certificate, and said I thought the issue was a roll-over of an IRA. My mom didn't have much money and I knew that she had rolled over one so I was just guessing. They sent me a letter a couple of weeks later saying the situation had been resolved and no monies due. I don't know what the problem was, but 5 years later I still have that letter.
Don't worry, though I know that's silly to say.
About 20 years ago, I had an abnormal Pap. You probably will have what they call a punch biopsy next. Donein the office routinely. Just a little biopsy for further study. I actually had the idiot OB/GYN doctor call me at work as I was on my way out the door to tell me it was cancerous. Nearly died on the way home. It was nothing in the end. Normally if your punch biopsy is atypical, they will simply do a cone biopsy or LEEP procedure - done in same day surgery under anesthesia. Simple, painless, fast. They basically zap any abnormal tissue - very common in women, and normally simply the HPV virus. I had the procedure 20 years ago, was convinced that I would be dead by 40, but have had nothing but normal Paps for years since. Think positive. Hope I didn't freak you with details, but it sounded like you wanted to know what the next steps might be. They also will probably do a repeat Pap first, as LOTS of labs turn up false positives on Paps. Try not to worry - very common and the cone biopsy is not only diagnostic, but normally curative as well. Feel free to email me if you would like to talk more about it. Praying for you. Please keep us posted.
I almost wasted away with worry.
We probably should have run off to get married and forgone the big wedding, even though it wasn't all that big by today's standards. Just a church reception.
Don't even worry about it, Patti. There are still a lot
and as many MTs transcribing them, but not too many will want to admit that now just because of a few shortsighted people here who think THEIR way is the ONLY way.
As long as you are happy and the clients are happy, no need to justify it here. You don't know these people, have never seen them, and don't even know if what THEY are saying is true.
Make money however it suits you and don't worry about the opinions of others because that's all they are -- opinions (and you know what they say about those!) ;)
I thought of the guy from Sat. Night Live, Chris Farley?, who always said "I live in a van down by the river" when I read your floating home comment. :D
Let your doctors worry about this....
You'd be an utter fool to buy sticky paper for them. It is far to expensive, and they would not pay you enough per line to charge for your work plus the sticky paper. Remember, doctors make about 30 times-plus what you do. If they want to use sticky paper, don't be "used." Let them buy it, or you buy it and add the cost of it to their invoice, plus your time and travel costs involved. If you keep buying things for them, next they'll expect you to buy their other office supplies, computers and digital recorders! You're running a business, not a year-round Christmas party.
Don't worry about it. It just means that sm
somewhere all these records are available digitally, on a computer. The thing to worry about is voice recognition, and MTs being turned into editors for this crap.
Don't worry about a thing - as soon as
you meet your quota, go above and beyond your quota, the company will present you will new dictators and/or clients, and BAM you're right back to the start. That way the money goes in their pocket - not yours. Seen it happen time and time again. Good luck.
I was told in the 90s, don’t have to worry because
I would never see in my lifetime some machine that actually did the work. Ok, here in 2007 I work on VR. My pay is cut but I still am able to, with the straight and the VR, able to make what I want. I have to just put it on fast forward and do not take time to answer the phone, take care of the kids, do housework, have coffee breaks - but hey, it can be done- you have to really set your mind on it. If I continue like I have done already done, my line count should be over 3400 for the day today.
Don't worry about estimated
Look at your last years taxes add in $3600 (minues any deductions) figure 15% for at least SS on your NET amount and see if you withheld enough from you and your husband. If you received a refund - you are probably fine. If you used Turbo Tax or any of those programs you can do a projected estimated income for next year which takes off your deductions, etc. You can always have an extra $25 to $50 per pay period taken out of your employee position. The IRS does not care what source the money comes from as long as the taxes are paid, they put ALL your and your husband's income into one combined income and you are taxed on that amount. And, $3600 won't add on that much except for the Social Security that you will pay the 15% on and again, it is all paid to the IRS and so if you overwithold from your employee position they don't care as long as they get their money.
I wouldn't worry.
The boy and his family were on the local news here in WA. So SNL could have picked the story up anywhere.
No need to worry - some ask for it at tax time. sm
That has happened to me several times. No big deal really. As for a contract, well that would be poor business management on the MTSO's part. You should have signed something for patient confidentially for HIPAA.
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