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Oh my goodness! That's a lot of coffee.

Posted By: (sm) on 2006-09-14
In Reply to: Coffee drinkers? How many cups or pots do you drink/day while working? sm - Addicted to caffeine

I recently cut my coffee intake from three large cups a day to, most days, none. For me, the big reason is that I sugar/cream it to death, and thought I might lose a few pounds. I also do not think that my brain works right when I've had that much coffee.

Trying to move to green tea sweetened with honey, and not three large cups. (LOL)


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Coffee just always smells so darn good, doesn't it? I drink 3 cups of coffee... sm

in the morning (used to be 4) w/Nutrasweet, a little regular powdered creamer and a little liquid French Vanilla creamer (yes, I do like it sweet!)  If I'm really sleepy and need the boost, I'll have another cup or two. 


Then I immediately start drinking diet Dr. Pepper, and not the caffeine-free kind.  Love it.  I drink diet Dr. Pepper throughout the day and night, about 6 cans a day (it used to be diet Coke).  I've joked with my friends and family that it might be time for them to hold an intervention for me with the Dr. P. 


I do sometimes worry about the mass quantity of Nutrasweet I consume each day.  Anybody else? 


POTS of coffee? Wow...I have 2-3 cups of half-caff coffee with just milk each day. Any more and I
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The great southern coffee... Community Coffee...

People who grew up with it and have moved have it sent to them now or stock up when they visit Louisiana.


Hey, that is me too. Nothing like a cig with your coffee :-)
 
coffee
Usually 3 to 4 large cups in the morning and 2 to 3 cups of tea in the afternoon.  I couldn't live with my morning coffee ! 
Look for, not look like for...coffee!!!

best coffee

Whole bean and grind it yourself.  It blows away the stuff in the can already ground.


I buy what is on sale, because it all tastes good when you grind it yourself.  But I prefer 8 O'Clock Coffee, which may or may not be available in your area. 


Whole bean all the way. 


Oh my goodness!! sm
You don't know what you're asking for!  Take it easy?  Your aching fingers may not ache so much but I can promise you will trade aching fingers for a seriously aching HEAD.  A GOOD supervisor will work twice as hard and twice as long as she/he will ever ask of anyone working under her/him.  If you're looking for easy street please do yourself a favor and forget looking for a supervisory position.  (Unless of course you have the wherewithall to buy out Frank) maybe then you could vacation in the Bahamas and just count your cash.
My Goodness!

You are so funny.  It's good to have a laugh at these morons' expense. 


Oh my goodness sm

Yes, they're always still young 'uns, my youngest is 36 but still my baby and I'm the only one in the world allowed to call him "Billy." LOL Your post just so reminded me of my kids, I guess.  2 boys and 2 girls.  I've started Christmas baking and I guess I'm missing the 8 little hands "helping me."  Doing it now in perfectly orderly fashion with no flour all over the kitchen.  The big ones and the little grandkids are far away so I wouldn't mind a little noise, but believe me, I know how aggravating it can be with the crappy dictators.  I've been having some of those myself (it's a full moon ya know).  On the good side, I can swear at my computer screen as loud as I want and today that has been PRETTY loud.  Hope tomorrow will be better for you.


My goodness...
Now I want a housekeeper! LOL

Wonder if I'll ever be able to trust one again? I guess we have to take chances, right? LOL
Well thank goodness for that!
Nobody in the MT world deserves that much money. It's absolultely disgusting if executives can make that much at any company, considering it's the little people who do all the REAL work. The only executives deserving of that kind of salary are the ones who are out of the country half the year on business or actually doing something to better the company in a huge way. That is what is wrong with this country, they pay way too many useless people way too much money.
Thank goodness!
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Well, goodness.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to get over. You're the one using the bold font, all caps, underlining, and 'way more exclamation points than anyone really needs. That looks like someone on the edge of hysteria to me.

Oh, and the wagging finger image was a nice touch. It added just that little hint of looniness that might otherwise have been missing.

Thanks for the laugh. This thread has been a hoot.

I work with a couple of people like you who prefer to work themselves into a state of towering rage and indignation rather than simply take the one simple step that would solve their problem. They're funny, too. They provide the rest of us with an never-ending source of entertainment.

Looking forward to further posts from you. One can always use a good laugh.
Oh goodness!
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Oh my goodness
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Wow! 15 to 20? Oh my goodness! nm
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Thank Goodness No
I think I have a a well balanced life with working at home. I do activities with my two daughters when they're home from school (one is in pre-school two full days a week). My husband and I go out withotu the children as well as take them on various activities. I also have a best friend that lives across the street and we usually go do things with them alone or with their children and our children most weekends, especially in the summer. My neighborhood is filled with children and in the summertime all the neighbors are out socializing. I used to call our neighborhood party central. LOL.
Oh my goodness, I have one
just like that. She is a case manager of pysch, and tehy are always at least 20-minute dictations filled with ummm, ummm, ummm, no change that, no sorry, ummm, ummm! Drives me crazy!
My goodness
I've had that procedure done.  I do not think it would be very pleasant without anesthesia.   
Thanks goodness

Good for you, for quitting and getting a better job.  I have not time for impolite and unprofessional behaviour.  No wonder they don't have much work.  You are better off well shut of them.  If you can be bothered, I would write a letter, more or less as you wrote here, about your experience with them, sort of a let them know how THEY are doing note.  They need to learn a few things obviously. 


Glad to hear you will no longer be a slave to that company.  Hope you are getting out more now!  This work can be addictive.  We can be used and abused. Make your own music gal!  Good luck to you!


Thank goodness!
Thank goodness those things don't do a very good job. At least we will have some form of transcription jobs around for awhile yet.

That reminds me of something funny though. Have you ever had someone start speaking of something you weren't expecting (I mean in person ... just normal conversation or at a business or something), and it just totally sounded like a foreign language or something? Like, you just could not even grasp something for a point of reference to figure it out? - I used to have that happen with a girl I worked with once in awhile (both ways). It is freaky but very funny once you figure out what the person is saying. :)
Oh, goodness...
Nobody is jumping down your throat.  If you are going to fight this, you need more than basic understanding of the issue at hand.  Why don't you try visiting Public Citizen's Web site and see if they can help you?  There are already activist communities out there who already understand how to make effective changes.  Regarding HIPAA, you will receive a lot more help over at ahima.org than you will on any MT site.  Go over there and see if you can talk to somone who actually understands HIPAA and let them explain the details to you.  You can also visit the US Department of Health and Human Services site.  Anyway, it's your effort to organize, so really you should be the one who is telling us what sites to visit.
Me too!! Thank goodness that has gone up since then!
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I am sure others have goodness, plus sm
unless you have the original audio and report prior to sending, who really knows who made the error/edit changed by QA or the dictator merely recognized their own mistake and wanted it fixed for the record.

Not making excuses, not at all, or trying to make you feel better, but this is just a reality, the MT has no real protection without the above mentioned originals.
how about the coffee creamer one? sm
Where the woman is watering her grass and then sprays the paperboy when he rides by! That's how I feel sometimes before my coffee!
One CUP of coffee? Why would you deny yourself that? nm
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Three Tylenol and coffee (sm)
 of course, a massage never hurts!! Feel better!
You are right ! I need coffee. tanks

Yes along with drinking my pot of coffee! nm
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Coffee and a big cup of ice water so far...nm
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Are they coffee drinkers?
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I think I actually keep my weight down with coffee..
I use the artificial sweeteners and fat free flavored creamers or half and half. And caffeine can suppress the appetite which works for me ;)
Okay..... what KIND of coffee??
I think Duncan Donuts is the BEST!!  :o)   Although I buy their ground coffee and brew it myself...... Much cheaper that way. 
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I gave up caffeine a few years ago.  I used to drink 8 to 10 LARGE mugs of coffee a day but gave it up. 


The bad part about being caffeine free was waking up in the morning and thinking "This is as good as I am going to feel all day long."


But....I got used to it. 


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I almost spit out my coffee on your
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Kids gone, just the coffee. :) NM
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coffee motivation
ok I feel sooo unmotivated to work even when I am right in front of my computer. I am just off task, thinking about other things. I lack the focus and brain energy to type. When I drink strong coffee or energy drinks, I am super productive. I enjoy typing and get lots done when I have been using caffeine. What is going on here?
Goodness, how condescending! SM
Don't know any better? Really. Do tell.

I've worked in quite a few different jobs and fields over the years - and yes, professional white-collar jobs. I'm happy where I'm at (a large national), thank you very much.

I make good money (VERY good for where I live), benefits are comparable (if not slightly better than most), and I could not ask for better conditions. Pay is ALWAYS on time. My supervisor leaves me alone to work but is there when I need her. I have a HUGE variety of accounts available to me when work is low or when I'm bored with what I'm doing.

Why on earth would I change?
To my goodness-You can hold your own
here! Hats off to you!
OH MY GOODNESS. I would most definitely shred everything.
That is unnerving. Bless your heart.
My goodness, you are amusing. nm
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My goodness! You always have to have the last word, don't you?

I thought you were done with this two posts ago.


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And to think he was a teacher :-(

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