Not big headed?
Posted By: MTmtmt on 2007-07-09
In Reply to: Trying to keep this discussion near the top... SM - QALady
Maybe you need a dictionary - get your head out of BOS for awhile - because you definitely are arrogant.
I'm an "old timer" as you call us - been doing this for 30 years, started with a Selectric, carbon paper, and plastic belts. My first dictation was an Indian neurologist whose own secretary couldn't understand him. That was it - no training, no MT school. I was an intelligent person who could spell, type and had speak articulately. That's the kind of person who used to be hired in the "old" days to do MT. They paid us a real wage with real benefits while we learned.
I'm very computer literate and probably know the BOS as well as you do. I remember when we were able to transcribe an excellent report without the BOS because it didn't exist, and the MDs were very happy with our work and they treated us with respect.
The Book of Style is NOT carved in stone. As its name intimates, it a style guide, and style is up for interpretation.
BTW, people are defensive when they are attacked. It doesn't necessarily mean they are the ones in the wrong. Try being less offensive.
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It's headed your way.
Have a good afternoon! 
I'm hot headed, but not that hot headed! :)
I know what I have, and I am keeping them FOR NOW. However to make myself try to do the work right now (the day after this happened) is very, very hard. I have SPOILED them for seven years. what irks me the most is that I skip vacations, i skip girls nights... simply because I HAVE TO WORK for them. That was my choice yes, but what happened to loyalty? I would expect this from a big company, but not from a close-knit group that I thought it was. Apparently I was wrong, and like my dad said, it's a business, they dont care about you.
How sad
And I'm now actively seeking other career opportunities because I refuse to be taking advantage of, maybe that's too much pride... but i DESERVE better. :)
I need help........email headed your way! nm
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I'm headed back....
for chemistry (pre-med). It's gonna be a long and hard several years, but it will be worth it.
Good luck to you on your new career! :)
Well, at least you are headed in the right direction! sm
I have no clue what to even get started with. I had thought about accounting, but I'm really not all that great with numbers. And to tell you the truth, it would be nice to have some sort of job where I can physically move around. I think the sitting is really getting to me! I swear I'm developing ADHD in my "old age".... ha! Old at 39! But regardless, I know I need to have some variety and movement in my job.
I have considered becoming a P.A. Would need to take some upgrading on my physics and again, math is a weak point and I would have to work extra hard on that point.
Otherwise, I'm clueless for ideas. I have horses and really love working with them, but it's pretty hard to make a decent living with horses. I also enjoy horticulture, but I live on the prairies and horticulture is rarely do-able when it's blistering cold outside unless you've spent millions on indoor facilities!
Ideas? Thoughts? Help! 
Coding's headed offshore too, isn't it?
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Well, I have 3 rambuncious (sp), bull headed boys. sm
Of course, they knew everything then and know everything now. I couldn't pick their friends but boy I sure pounded into their heads that as long as their friends were at my house, they abided by my rules and my boys were responsible for their friends' behaviors. If their friends acted out of line, my boys were responsible for telling them to get the hell out--didn't have much trouble when I gave the kids that responsibility. Sometimes their friends weren't the cream of the crop or came from not very well to do families, but they always acted appropriately at our house, then and now. Have earned a lot of respect from my kids' friends that way. Sometimes, they spent more time at our house than they did their own. My kids weren't angels but they didn't turn out to be felons or junkies or drunks, either.
It's headed for the potty if anyone accepts rates like this. By saying NO sm
you make a statement and all those who say NO stand up for their rights of earning a decent wage.
Your DUTY to say industy is headed offshore.
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