Ohhh, ty. So it WASN'T an insult {;-)
Posted By: Renee on 2008-01-21
In Reply to: Its line from Airplane. When things look grim, - guy says" Maybe I picked the wrong week to...&#
I've seen the movie, didn't retain that part (obviously). Maybe I should start sniffing glue; it might help!
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Another one from back when it wasn't an insult to be called Secretary
I actually went to a secretarial program at the local technical school. AND I learned Gregg shorthand, but haven't thought about that in a number of years. Boy are you all bringing back memories.
Now everyone is an administrative assistant. Secretary is much easier to say.
ohhh
I have seen situations where I felt the doc was being cold or clueless, but then I would find that there was more to the situation than I knew about--the whole picture. It's nice of you to worry about her. ~:-D
ohhh- I'm with ya there. Nothin's better than
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Ohhh and the CHAIR ! sm
Around here, you SIT on mom's chair and you die a slow and PAINFUL death! I gotta have the monitor right in front of me and my chair exactly positioned in front of the monitor. Lotion before I start, always. I laughed...back scratcher? A MUST. Kleenex? A MUST. I like old movies in the background while I work, but this week I have not even turned on the tube.
I gotta have Q-tips for MT's ear which I always seem to have.
ohhh...Rich Man Poor Man
Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte...I loved that show. Never could decide who was cuter - Strauss or Nolte!
Ohhh how nice; do you have a website?
Just curious. That must be a nice way to express yourself. 
Ohhh, I see. I just couldn't imagine insurance
being dropped from their plans period!
When MTs consistently don't make their quota, the company isn't earning as much from your work either and so they have less funds to pay for their half of your insurance.
Putting a quota on production to qualify for insurance makes sure they are earning enough to pay their part of the MTs insurance premium. That's why it is structured like that. Most companies do all they can to give you opportunities to make quota but when it is consistently below, then it starts costing them as well and so they have to make adjustments in the form of dropping insurance privileges.
No Insult taken
You guys really have my sympathy. What a mess. Best wishes to you all. Go get 'em!!
How is this an insult?
Yes - insult us all! Go for it!
Although your posts are getting more amusing (and more full of typos) all the time, I'm still rather shocked at your opinion of MTs!
Keeping it realistic? How's this for realistic - its is obvious that you are both sick with jealousy at anyone with a decent line count AND ashamed of the work you do! You have referred to it as slave labor, manual labor, working like a horse, and rant on and on about how its going down the drain, blame the doctors, blame technology, blame anyone with a "stupid" idea, blame everything and everybody. Take a look in the mirror the next time you blame! Good grief, woman, if you hate this work so much go do something else for a living! 
Those of us who enjoy our work and find it profitable really wonder what you think you're accomplishing with all this negativity! You sneer about expanders, you are outraged at the thought of sitting still and working a whole 55 minutes - well that actually works for MANY of us! I take pride in my work and my swelled head matches my swelled paycheck! All the insults in the world from the likes of you can't take it away one bit of my pride, my work ethic, or my whopping line count! So go ahead and "stay down to earth"....your attitude isn't dragging down anybody but YOU!
Truly an insult
You really have no right to interfere. Do you have a psychiatric degree? If so, where is it? You are just a Transcriptionist and have no right to judge a doctors patient or anybody for that matter. You certainly do not get the big doctor bucks, do you? You are no more than a common person on the street calling someone "sick", when you really do not know the facts. What if she was indeed okay and you interfered in her care.
insult to women
Some women ask for it?? What an insult to all women. What never blame the guy?? This young woman was acting like a young woman and partying and meeting guys. In no way, shape or form was her demise/disappearance her fault or her parents fault. get real.
The insult was probably not directed at you then.
You are a "mobile home dweller", not "trailer trash" or a skank. There's a big difference, one you can tell by looking at the home and the person. We have some very nice mobile homes on our block nestled amongst the stickbuilt houses. There used to be four "trailer trash" houses. One of them remodeled and it looks quite nice. Another one moved out, someone bought the lot, sold the trailer, tore up the old foundation, and now they have a really nice big yard. We're still trying to get rid of the other two. If they'd only clean up the junk littering their yards, mow and water once a week, and paint the exteriors, they'd have nice properties. I don't understand why able-bodied people would not maintain their properties to keep or increase the value. Instead, their dumps make the entire neighborhood look trashy. Ironically, there are city laws here that they must mow and they must clean up their junk and abandoned cars. These are the people screaming drunk in the streets at 2:00 a.m. Other people have turned them in to the police repeatedly. Thus, true trailer trash. If I had only known 10 years ago what I know now, we never would have bought this place.
I can somewhat relate to your taking offense. It's the same thing with the dumb blonde jokes. However, I just tell myself that I'm not dumb or dyed, so the remark isn't directed at me. You aren't a trailer trash skank, so the remarks weren't directed at you. You are a very nice, intelligent mobile home dweller.
career insult
Thank you! I have an aunt with the same name . . . Louise. She is my favorite aunt and always in my corner. I just had to say that. I hope your daughter is able to cope better these days. Cerebral palsy is not an easy thing to deal with. And you! To do this type of work and care for another with CP --You deserve a huge pat on the back, hug and so much more. Thank you for your support. I have gotten so much from this board. Bless you!
Not to insult you, but also make
in the trash. I always put a note when returning to the doc that the tape is defective. Another thing though - from the old school and working with tapes so much, is that it could be the actual dictation machine the doc is using. You may want to have that checked out as well or he/she may need a new one. All equipment wears out eventually. I have had this happen.
TOTALLY! (It's an insult!) nm
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Oh no, certainly not insult. Like the line and
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not ALL. You doi not know me well enough to insult my integrity
like that.
Ever experience pride in an honest day's pay or a job well done? Fairness? Respect? and don't look at others - these are things you give yourself.
It's called ETHICS...got some?
insult to injury
It is just the Pits! I would not want to work for them if I had any other choice at all. If no one works for them, they will have to change or do it all themselves! Yahoo.
you sure went a long way to insult someone's opinion
Hey this lady didn't ask you to insult sm
her. She asked if anybody had anything that would help her. Obviously she does not agree with what her niece has done, but the crack you made was totally uncalled for. Why can't you have a little compassion for this lady. She just wants some friendly advice, not nastiness. Have a heart will ya?
Family insult about my career
 I need to vent. Hope that is okay. You know we take a lot of abuse from bad dictators, the impossible to please QA, but from family is just too much. I called home to my parents -- big mistake. I was feeling great this week. I have one MT job that I hate and another temp job -- may be will go full-time that I absolutely love. My father asked why I don't get a job! I challenge anyone in my family to try and do what I do! I finished school in 6 months! Had a job before I even finished the course. I have worked my buttock off for the last 2+ years! Yes things are slow now and money is tight. I hate my one account. But heck! Get a job??? I work three jobs, plus take care of two kids and a disabled spouse. Did I deserve this? I cannot work outside the home because I think my family is priority. That is one of the reasons I worked so hard to do what I do. There are days I would love to throw in the towel, but I stay in the game because I don't have any other options right now. There are up sides. I don't spend money for gas. I don't have to drive in bad weather. And I am here for those who need me. So am I such a horrible person? I spend the last two hours crying. I feel like I just got kicked in the gut by a horse.
Family insult about my career
Hi, I know what that feels like so don't feel alone. My daughter (who is now 20 and able to cope better) has cerebral palsy and I opted for this same career for the same reasons (to be near at hand and have grown to love this work) and my late mother always referred to it as "Louise's tin-pot job"!!! Hang in there and write me if you would like to. There is nothing worse than someone denigrating our work. With best wishes: Lou
It's a seafaring insult, though both are similar
guess I'm not so far under the rock after all. Just Google the term... you'll find it.
And adding insult to injury,
I have a few that dictate like they're trying to keep it all a big secret; ironically, it usually sounds like they are trying to keep their voices down so they don't disturb the people having the LOUD conversation 5 feet away! Hello, get a clue! Gaaaah!
Adding insult to injury,
it's IC (independent contract) work with an insultingly low line rate. If I were going to take THAT big a pay hit, it had BETTER have one KICKER of a benefits package attached to it. No, thanks. Don't call me and I won't call you.
In addition to the various fees charged if you don't jump through all their hoops (and they were a bit fuzzy about whether those fees would still be assessed if the failure to complete the required work was THEIR fault not yours, there was also some verbiage in their contract that sounded like they might require you to use a dedicated computer--i.e. you can't use the computer you use for their work for anything else. Naturally, they do not supply this dedicated computer. Excuse me, if I own the computer, I can do whatever I bloody well please with it.
For every US MT insult, there is a position offshored to India
...think about it.
You are so hateful to MTSOs, you drive them to offshore.
When I deal with rude US folks, it reinforces the fact that I don't want to work with those people.
Thanks for the reinforcement! :)
Might be public forum but you don't need to insult people
in "just kidding" or not. Now drop the subject. I accepted your apology, now move on. I will not argue the point with you. It is fruitless.
slinging insults? "grow up" is an insult and antagonzing
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Good luck! I just got $0.0010 which means and extra $1 for every 1000 lines - Whoo hoo! Very insult
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If it really isn't you or wasn't you...
I would check out the posts made by MQMT under "Straw that broke the camel's back". Maybe I'm seeing double....who knows anymore at this stage of the game!! Have a good day.
By the way, I did have a complete burnout on MTing after about 30 years so took a two year break; Glad I'm back now but the break was a "good thing"!!
Maybe the CEO wasn't (sm)
addressing students who were kicked back in their easy chair with time to surf the internet. Maybe he only meant it for students that had evacuated and would eventually find their way to a computer where they could go online and contact the school, since they didn't have the phone number in their pocket when they ran.
I know it wasn't
my post. I just get tired of people who seem to be looking for a reason to jump all over some one. You are the one who needs to take a chill pill. Unlike you, I am perfectly calm.
Actually it was. I wasn't trying to
say your kids are perfect angles or be a smart ass. Maybe I should have worded that better. Sometimes you/we come across different in emails, internet or whatever then what you/we are really trying to say. Maybe we all did. Enough said.
No, that wasn't one of them.
You mentioned below that it was a local company. I'd give it a try. If you find out down the road that it's horrible, you can quit. Otherwise, you might miss out on a good thing because some person on an Internet message board had a bad experience with some other company. We are all seeking different things in relation to work. Don't let our experiences scare you. One employer, one MTSO or one account doesn't set the standard for the entire industry.
Thanks, wasn't sure how I was going to keep up with it
moving that fast. Looking forward to next week and trying to sort it all out.
I said I wasn't going to do that
so I'm not sure why you felt the need to be arbitratary but that's your choice.
No, I wasn't.
And you pelase stop with your diva/gangsta/pushy tone? It got old the first time you played it for us, and it isn't giving any credence to your stance.
No, wasn't them. nm
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Thank you all for the help. I wasn't able to
recover but at least know where the folder is so I can back it up in the future.
See, I wasn't going to say it because it was
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When did I say that I wasn't doing it?
I never said that. I don't get all of his reports. I work for a national. I am not the only MT on the account. This was the first I had heard him request this and I did what he asked. Had I known beforehand I would have done it before. Someone else dropped the ball on that. I let my supervisor and QA know about his request. Apparently the MT who got the request originally did not do that.
Thank you, I wasn't looking at it that way.
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Too bad there wasn't
a way to make these people in India aware of how they are being ripped off only making $27 a day, when some of us make that in an hour. Maybe then they would demand more money from these US companies and the MTs in the US wouldn't look so expensive to employ. I almost fell out of my desk chair when I read what they make in a day.
I wasn't asking what the
company pays. I was asking what you consider good pay
This wasn't sm
TransAm by chance? They are scam artists and always have been.
I think you have been had and I am sorry for it. This is NOT what you signed up for and I think you have been taken advantage of. Please cut your losses and look for a real job.
I would love to tell you that no company ever charges a "setup fee" but that is not strictly true. I know that I have been asked to buy a pedal or Docushuttle before. I have been asked to upgrade to XP Pro, but I declined that job offer. There is still one major national who expects you to pay for transportation to their New Jersey facility and pay for your lodging. They reimberse you for part of this if you stay at least 6 months. I personally would not do that.
All companies are in this for the money (so are we) and that means they get you set up to MAKE money, as much and as quickly as you can.
I wasn't disagreeing with you...sm...
I was just elaborating on the positive aspects which give us freedom of choice. I agree with you 100% about the negative aspects. That's why I've been "happily divorced" for 8 years.
and if her mom wasn't on television (sm)
she'd be criticized for NOT being there. So she's damned either way. She needs support, guidance, and prayers. She should not be held responsible for her emotional outbursts. Honey, if my daughter was missing, you'd see a lot worse out of me!
I never said I wasn't a great MT.
It does take teamwork, however. That's something I've noticed is SORELY lacking in this industry. Everyone complains about everyone else instead of looking at their own contribution to the problem. And garbage rolls downhill, so it's the MTs who get the brunt of it for EVERYTHING. Everyone else thinks they're superior to the MTs, so there's no accountability whatsoever. Instead, the blame is shifted to the lowest person on the totem pole, AKA the MT. Righty oh?
No, and I wasn't whining either.
I just made an observation that you hadn't responded yet. And I was working myself, so I was trying to be brief. Like I told Endiqua, it's not that I, myself, don't believe you or anyone else who is earning really good $$$ at MT. I don't really care if other MTs believe you or not. That's their problem. I do believe it can be done, but I want to know how I can do it, too. Honestly, I appreciate the advice and sharing of experiences. I'm not trying to come across as snotty or trollish.
My last (? ?maybe?) question for you is how long you have been on your particular accounts, and are they low, mid or high level accounts? I worked for both MQ and S, but I left for greener pastures because they kept bouncing me from difficult ESL account to another within a week of the last one.
I made more in the past year doing MT than every other year combined since I started several years ago. I'm not working a part-time job as backup any more either. I've also tripled my expander stats in the past month. I could be satisfied with that, but I believe the potential is there to do so much more.
No, I wasn't trying to be ugly to ANYONE. I truly was
trying to make some peace.
Goodness gracious.
Sorry folks.
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