Okay, I hate to be the one to scream law suit, but this reeks of discrimination.

I would seriously check out the descirmination laws in your state because that is exactly what this is....  Oh as a Large and Lovely girl myself, I am furious along with you.  Okay not that I would ever want to work for a company who had the moral ethics of a flea, but they need to learn that they cannot treat people like this.   Man the nerve..  

• Oh boy! I am fed up! - fatgal
  • Come to California and you'll fit right in (sm) - No. Cali MT
  • Self insured - MT maven
  • Yes this has happened before, not a new thing - Ok with my bod
    • need to clarify.. - fatgal
      • This sounds maybe like you are a little sensitive - Ok with my bod
        • I thought when you started a job - Margaret
  • Hey honey, you can work at home and no one will care about your physical appearance. sm - ME
  • Okay, I hate to be the one to scream law suit, but this reeks of discrimination. - mammamt
    • i agree - fatgal
      • You have to have lots more with discrimination - Ok with my bod
        • yes but - Margaret
        • No lawsuit even considered - fat gal
          • In my state you can be fired - Ok with my bod
            • Talk about blessing in disguise - Margaret
  • Amen, I say! Amen! - Okie MT
    • I do remember a program once - Margaret

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  I hate my computer.

I use Windows XP and type in MS Office Word 2003.  My voice files come through VoiceWave Player by Digital Voice, Inc.  I type for several different facilities and each uses a different font, from courier which shows up thin letters to arial which shows up bolder and larger so it drives my eyes crazy to swap back and forth between accounts.  That said, when I am typing my screen shakes. The words literally shift on the screen, not the screen shaking on the desk (which it also does).  The letters also change while typine from regular to a bolder type and back.  Screen otherwise works fine, it is only about 2 years old.  If I shut down the voice wave it works fine, so it seems to be bewteen word and the waveplayer.

Anyone had this problem or have any solutions.

Do you ever just want to scream - Normally line count is around 1200 or so (depending on which system I'm using), but they put you on an account where the dictators are so bad that you end up with a 400 line count for the day.  And the dictators whose primary language is not english and they have very strong accents seem to just speed talk and the whole report sounds like just a few words when it is actually an 8 or 9 minute dictation.

Does anyone else have these days or am I just in the wrong career field.  Been doing this for 8 years and this is bad.  Yesterday at the end of the day I had such a headache and my line count was just over 400.  I quit working for the day and figured I'll get a good nights sleep and start fresh in the morning and sure enough I'm getting the same as yesterday.

Just curious if other MTs go through this too.

I thought working from home would give me more "flexibility" to be with my family; little did I know that I actually have less time with my family now than I would at a job in town. 

To take time off, it must be scheduled months in advance.  An emergency has to be cleared in advance.  I'm so bored that I'm eating to keep myself focused and awake at night.  I would cut back, but I don't earn enough to go part time.  It is harder and harder to force myself to go to work, and harder and harder to stay focused, particularly when I have a bad dictator which is more often than not.  

I think I'm so burned out I'm crispy around the edges.

why do companies hiring MTs as ICs/employees ask for that information, plus two forms of ID. In order to work in this country, you must prove you are a US citizen. 

I have had several occasions when applying for work as an IC that I have been asked not only for two forms of ID but a birth certificate as well. 

I am doing my very best to keep a positive outlook that something else will come along.  Anytime I see something in my local newspaper I apply.  I have also registered with agencies, but it seems like all they want to offer me are more transcription positions. 

I'm tired of looking up information because a dictator only gives you "partial" dictation, such as addresses, etc.  Do these educated human being know that there are more than one William Smith and many different ways to spell Smith.  This takes time AWAY from my fingers typing - and if that happens, I'm not making money.  I'm about ready to send it to QA with a blank and let them figure it out.

I cannot wait to get out of this business!  How do these ESLs make it out of med school?  How in the world can the professors understands them -  Oops, I'm sorry --- the professors are probably from another planet too!  

My husband is a student there. Each class is 5 weeks. He has had the same students in his class since the beginning. The whites are always working hard on projects and presentations. The blacks do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but they are passing the classes. All of the whites who have them in their group have complained about this. The reason is, the students pass on the basis of groups rather than on an individual basis. If there are 3 whites and 1 black, the black does nothing but is considered part of the group and passes.

THIS IS A FACT!!! 

You can customize IT to better suit your needs.

For marker selection, you can select what marker keys you would like to use from a list of options in Instant Text. Right-click on the phrases advisory and go to Options and Marker Selection. There, you can select what word marker and phrase markers you would like to use.

You can also adjust the visual feedback. If you find the advisory lines difficult, you may want to start off with using just a few advisory lines. To change the advisory lines temporarily, right-click on the words advisory and select the number of lines you wish to have. To set up the number of advisory lines to a permanent number, you can do so in the Linking Options.

You can also work with zero visual feedback if you like. Simply hit "Alt-"  (that’s ALT and the "-" hyphen key) to hide IT's visual feedback.

You may want to try to do straight typing for X amount of hours per day and just use IT for an hour or two and slowly build-up your time each day.

You can always email the Instant Text tech support if you need any help.

I've seen enough Judge Judy (I love her, too!) to know this. If you have no damages, you get no money. With no PROOF of damages, you basically have no damages.

You would need to take pictures of any scrapes and bruises that you have as a result of being dragged, falling, the leash pulling you, etc. You also need a doctor's report.  A judge won't just take your word that you were hurt. Good luck!

If I hear this one more time, I will scream.  "There is no masses."