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Someday, though, the tide is gonna turn -

Posted By: Topaz on 2009-06-18
In Reply to: This is why the MTSOs have gone so low - Jen

and we'll all have THEM by the short hairs, instead. I can see it comin'.


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Think I saw a blip about Red Tide in N.O. yesterday
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Red tide was so bad in Panama City Fla yesterday, everybody everywhere was coughing. But

and not talked about on the news.


I find this unbelievable.  People living on the beach are coughing, going to the doctors, doctors doing testing thinking they have a dread disease, residents having no idea the red tide is in the area unless somebody tells them.  WHAT IS OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR?


Literally as I sat on a deck outside of a restaurant EVERYONE was coughing.


But you cannot SEE, SMELL, OR FEEL red tide.  And it comes in waves.  It was amazing to sit there and watch people cough in unison and then stop coughing again in unison.  But because you couldn't see or smell anything, you thought it was just YOU.


I had called the health department last week inquiring about red tide and if there can be neurological effects (many many of us are having dizziness, unexplained diarrhea up to 10 times a day for now explainable reason) and they just sort of went, ho hum, don't know of any studies done on neurological system of human effects unless you have eaten shellfish that have been exposed.  Of course I know I have not EATEN shellfish because I am allergic to fish. 


Doctors are making hand over fist in this community with people coming in with these neurological complaints, dizziness, gastric complaints, coughing --- and NEVER ONCE considering the red tide that is so bad this year most of us can't even dare get out of our houses, let alone go to the beach. 


I tell you what, if you are thinking of plunking down loads of money to "live" at the beach or vacation in the panhandle and even down to St. Petersburg, be sure to consider the RED TIDE.  And if you get sick, think about the possibility of RED TIDE, because your doctor sure won't and your real estate SURE WON'T.



Just turn it off and wait for the electricity to dissipate and then clean it and turn it back on. nm
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Someday they won't be; we were there, once. nm
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Maybe someday you'll be good enough
to be a QA, since you obviously have no idea at this point what the job entails.
Someday my prince will come only works if you're a princess.
You cannot expect perfection in a partner until you, yourself, are perfect. That's not going to happen. I still believe my husband and I are fated to be together because of a bunch of weird stuff that has happened over the years.
Agree wholeheartedly - have to learn to be responsible someday - hopefully already know
nm
It's horrifying to think that this company may someday transcribe my medical records. nm
nm
I HAD one of these! Her email now goes to my Trash file without my reading it. Someday she'll
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Turn down such low low offers, turn industry around. sm
The way to figure is how many lines an hour do you do. There are 13 lines characters in a line (65 line length)
So say you TRY to average 4 pages an hour say 34 lines a page equal 139 lines, times your line rate.
139 X 4 cents a line = $5.56 an hour

and what if you don't do 4 pages even less.

MTing hourly hourly output is not very predictablel, so ya never know and predict what you can put out each hour.
THE WAY TO TURN THE INDUSTRY AROUND IS TO SPEAK UP, SAY 'NO' THAT IS TOO LOW AND GIVE SHORT EXAMPLE.

If the MTs continue to accept, that is what the going rate will continue to be. Yes, Yes, it will. Just keep looking. Email for general lowest to highest line rate prior to testing and resume, just say it saves time on both sides and it DOES. Why waste time. Soon, the message will get out there.
Turn off puter, wait a min, turn on with delete key pressed down, then hit delete key NUMEROUS times
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Well if I'm gonna dream I'm gonna dream big! hehe

Okay, I'm gonna try to help

First, you can't be all things to all people.  Not meaning to sound nasty or hateful, but with 3 kids under 5, you can't possibly do a good job either as a mother or as an employee.  With 1 kid under 5, possibly; with 2 under 5 maybe, but 3, no way, no how.  I know this because I raised 4.  1 was okay, 2 would be okay but you add the 3rd one (any 3rd one) and POW.  Constant.."he hit me....well SHE hit me first....I hit him because he looked at me,"  I'm sure you know the drill.  If you don't know what I mean yet because of their age, trust me, you will.


You can have the best of both worlds though.  Either hire someone to come in while you are working or put those babies in daycare during your working hours.  You will be there when they need you and you have the flexibility to attend school functions, take an afternoon off to spend with them and just take them to the park, etc. etc.  Plus you can devote full attention to your job during those hours.....well, as much as anyone can, since the majority of people who aren't in the know think we stay home and some nice company just sends us a paycheck every couple of weeks because they like us. And they want to "work"for the same company we "work" for.  :) 


Just to add a funny, I moved once to another state and later learned that thenew neighbors were gossiping behind my back, they KNEW I was having an affair with the UPS driver because he came to my house at the same time every day. hahahaha


Now I'm sure there are going to be mom's who say you CAN do your job with the kids.  I say that if you wouldn't consider taking your very young children to the office and do your job, don't expect to do at home what you can't do at the office.  Adding to your stress at home, who stops and fixes lunches?  Who stops and changes diapers?  Who settles arguments?  dtc. etc. etc.


I told someone before you could work with children underfoot and I'm sure someone will remind me of that so I'll go ahead and explain.  I said you could work with the kids underfoot and you can.....provided you have some help.  Even with help, as the Head MOM you'd still have plenty of interruptions but it wouldn't be continuous.


What's she gonna do if U don't have one?

Call the Spelling Squad on U?


911, this is an emergency...I have an MT who....


Now, this is something I'm gonna try!! Thank you
My mom and dad always take my boys to the beach for a weekend during the summer.  My son's trip can hinge on whether or not he decides to start pooping in the potty - - great idea!!!  What an incentive.  Many thanks!
was gonna say Fl but you say no FL...lol..nm

I'm gonna have to check into this
If one is looking for extra. I do wonder about finding the distributors.
gonna get worse

Check out this email I got:


 


Don’t overlook this ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CULTURAL EXPERIENCE!  Transcription Relief Services, one of the leading medical transcription services, is seeking an INTERNATIONAL TRAINER and an ASSISTANT MANAGER OF PRODUCTION for overseas assignments.  Both positions require a minimum 7 month commitment to live and work in the exotic country of Trinidad.  Great compensation package!  Ideal candidates will have the passion to learn a new, exciting culture while training and mentoring eager MT students or new graduates.  Both candidates will be extremely self-motivated and able to work independently, have the proven ability to positively and professionally work as a team with different personalities to achieve the same goal, possess the MT expertise and creativity to create training curriculum and the technical background to train MT students and graduates on computers and MT-related technology.  Ideal candidate should have a CMT certification, must have a minimum of 5 years Acute Care experience.  Previous training and/or mentoring experience required.  Management and/or QA experience a plus.


 


If you are interested in becoming a key part of a dynamic, growing company and the 2004 AAMT “Employer of the Year”, send your resume, salary requirements and cover letter specifying the position you wish to apply for to:


 


Transcription Relief Services, LLC.


Attn: Recruiting


PO Box 3136


Winston-Salem, NC 27102


Email: recruiting@transrs.com


Fax: 336-274-9502


I'm gonna have to ask that question.
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Definitely gonna try that!! Hungry already!
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OK. I'm gonna go for it. I still have the book, so
I'm going to read it again thoroughly and then start after I've finished it.  I remember how great I felt and I also remember my BP going down.  This time I have to stick with it though.  I noticed on their web site that they now have classes and chat rooms, so that should help, too.  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.  If you have any more hints or input about it, please feel free to clue me in.  Thanks again!
Heres-a-what-i'm-gonna do
I just went to the bank and took out enough money to last me a week away from home.  I am leaving tomorrow - pills in hand - just enough OxyContin to wean the way someone suggested and enough other stuff to help with the withdrawals - phenergan and xanax - plus my blood pressure medicine, as it tends to go up if I wait too long between the OxyContin pills.  I am going to drive to a place about 2 hours from my home and check into a motel - it is right next to a large teaching hospital - so if I get in trouble - I will have a place to go.  This is all hurting me and my family so much that the only way I can do it is to do it without them.  They won't miss me for at least 3 hours and by that time I will be settled in and ready for the fight.  I will post again to let you all know how it goes.  Thanks for everyones input and help - I really appreciate it.  Hopefully by next week I will be able to think clearer and be able to remember what happened five minutes before.  Thanks to you all.
Think I am gonna throw up! ugh! nm
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I'm gonna seem picky here...
Anybody have any ideas for appetizers that are simple, quick, and relatively cheap?  I know I'm particular, but I'm not a good cook, don't have much time or money!!  This is just for a card game, so I don't want anything extravagant anyway.  Thanks bunches!
Well, then I am gonna be more demanding
as some of these posts seem to be. There is not 1 single person that I know of, have ever known of, probably will ever know of that has a company pay them to come into the office to work. If a traveling salesman, I could see that but more likely a company could hire plenty of others who are glad to show up and have a job rather than thinking it was their place to pay for gas. I still find that post AMAZING.
I am gonna have to get to work
so will have to make do until hopefully someone can helpp me. I know how to zoom in and out with control and mouse so will use until later. Thanks!
ever gonna be fast enough?
Oh boy!  I can only hope to ever move so fast I burn up a keyboard!
I'm gonna say no. I tested by...
running adaware, superantispyware and spybot, cleaned everything out and then came only on this site. Clicked around for a while, posted a couple times and ran my scans again. Nothing came up, so I'm going to say no I guess. I always have Spyware of some sort when I run my scans, but I visit so many sites a day I have no idea where they come from.
I'm gonna go crazy!!
I've been typing all day and I told my boss i would for sure finish these last two reports tonight. I feel like i'm gonna go crazy typing! I just don't want to type anymore but I know i have to! does anyone else have days like this? I have to think about the $$$$$ and how good I will feel when it's all done!
im gonna doubt it
I can't tell you for sure, I am assuming you mean editing? If that is the case, Who KNOWS how much stuff you will actually have to change and what your line rate will actually end up per hour you know? Unfortunately these things have to be done and then figured out...
I'm gonna say what the clients say - oh, boy, ANOTHER one, ick. NM
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No, someone that's posting that sounds like its gonna be bad! Not you!!
And its not me!! Who is it?
Still laughing my ... off and now im gonna work
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Just dont bait them. There are gonna

translator...I LOVE it...that's what I'm gonna say
from now on!!! Sometimes I feel like that's what I am...
I'm gonna do all of them! Thanks for letting me vent!
:-)
Very interesting. Thanks. Gonna research
to see if there are any natural/alternatives remedies to help battle them, as I suffer from chronic RSI problems, as well as malaise. 
so whos gonna be the new Apprentice?
I place my bet on Randal
i have some, my daughter has eczema, so im gonna try it right now.
thanks.
He's not dead. He's gonna be fine.
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I hope you are!! :-) Sorry, but you're just gonna
have to wait!! I know the agony and excitement and worry and excitement....I remember seeing on TV a brandie new preg tester that says it can detect pregnancy even before you miss your period. Can't remember the name, but I would haunt my pharmacist for it!! I want to say, based on my experience, that you may very well be pregnant. Whenever I saw a faint anything, which was always how my turned out, it meant pregnant! I remember my husband and I so excited, holding the things sideways, in the light, in the dark, with a magnifying glass, etc. We SO wanted it to be positive!! And every time it was even a faint something, it turned out that I was pregnant. Just had to wait a few more days to get a more positive positive! We went thru so much $$ buying those precious testers!! Hang in there!! Let us know, OK?!
Gonna pull my hair out!

I am currently working on a 20 minute dictation with an ESL who talks like a 3-year-old.  I can't even figure out where she might be from.  Words like....tweatment, twying, reawy, downwite, etc.  Plus, there is about a 2 second pause between every word!!!!!


The real kicker is that she is dictating this for another doc who I know for a fact speaks perfect English.


Sometimes I just wanna cry!!


Gonna be hard to choose! nm
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I thought the same thing!! Then was gonna
look up old posts, but realized I was right, and it also wasn't worth the effort! Great minds thinking alike again! Something way fishy going on with this whole story!
Probably gonna get blasted but just my thoughts....
My thought is do you actually know that the story your husband is true. Maybe the woman was actually calling him and this is just a story he made up to cover his tracks.....maybe that's why he doesn't want you to call her and why he says he doesn't want his friend to know you know b/c it isn't really the friend's friend but actually your husband's "friend". This is just my way of thinking b/c this sounds very suspicious. Then again, I'm just a suspicious person by nature though I have to say I'm usually right about these kinds of things. (hope that isn't the case but I think this is what you suspect too and that's why you're mad). Good luck to ya.
thanks for the affirmation...I'm gonna take your advice! -nm
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Thought I was gonna pee my pants!

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End of year...anybody gonna clear over 50K?
If so, how much? What is your secret?
Not gonna happen. My clients

use me because they have had such horrible quality from national services that they refuse to use them anymore.  That includes national services with American MTs and national services with Indian MTs.  I am surviving and thriving while you are whining.


To all, what are you gonna do when your company goes to VR totally?
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Aint gonna happen..if and when - sm
they do pass any laws against sending personal / medical information overseas, they'll just leave out any identifying information and instead cross-match reports with assigned numbers, much like SS# over here.