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Thank goodness you caught it and not QA

Posted By: mammamt on 2007-08-13
In Reply to: Monday blooper - ER MT

 thanks for the chuckle


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I see you are caught in

already.


In some offices you continually run out of work - and MQ gives you


no policy in writing as to what your rights are or what they will


provide in the way of "buffer".  All they do is say "we can give you more


accounts".


Well, sitting in front of a computer 24 hours a day and still not finding


enough work on dozens of accounts is not being a good business


person.


Having an account or else built in protection for times when there is no work


is BEING A GOOD BUSINESS PERSON.


Even if you are an employee, and there is no work, suddenly you find you


are RESPONSIBLE for the huge medical insurance bill - for several pay periods "because you didn't meet your line requirement"


I'm telling you, this company needs to either standardize it's politicies and


be up front with what they do, or forever go through the system as being


utterly slippery and underhanded, and deserve the reputation they so


deservedly have right now.  Of course they have their own agenda and could


care less about posters like me who have been through the drill until I was ground


down into the ground and broke, because they are "using" MTs to position themselves into the world of VR.  And it will have been done on the backs


of many MTs who lost it all thinking at some point MQ would finally "do right"


They haven't and probably will never.


So my advice is, if you can't get some policies in writing from whereever possible


(New Jersey just flips you off, so don't waste your time there), don't invest too


much in this company as you will be at their mercy and feel like you are never on solid ground financially.  It is not a company to work for if you need the


money for a living.  It is merely to pick up pocket change.



What caught my eye was sm
"it's a teaching hospital". Been there, done that. Get ready for ESLs that change every year. You might like it, but you'll earn every cent. On the plus side, you'll learn so much more than with a nonteaching hospital, which is good. Let us know what you decide.
AVG has caught several
viruses. I also run online scans on sites like Trend Micro, Panda, etc., on occasion just to double-check the effectiveness of AVG & make sure it hasn't missed anything. I've been using AVG free for about 10 years I guess and, like I said, AVG has caught several viruses and I've never once had a crash or lost anything in all these years due to viruses, and I've turned all my friends and family onto AVG free & they've never had any issues with viruses, so I have to say that I'm extremely happy with it, especially considering it's free... Doesn't get any better than that! ;)
Absolutely, because if they are caught twice, they've probably done it
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Maybe I caught him at a bad time or maybe he is
going through some personal problems in his life that he is carrying over into the workplace.  In any event, I could not foresee a good working relationship with this individual in the future.
You are offshore and got caught.
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Missed most of it but what I caught was fun!!
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My son is only 7, so he hasn't caught on yet
that I'm not talking to him. He still says "what" all the time...lol. So, I'll look at him and say, "do you know what flagginationalization means?" Cracks him up every time.
caught off gaurd

I started with a new company about 40 days ago - I trained on one account for about three days and the was given two docs to do with really no training only a manual.   I have been doing them for about 35 days.  My first QA score about ten days or so after the start of these docs was 96%,  my second on 5/20 was 98%.  I really have not gotten any negative feed back other than some format issues which were worked out quickly.  I have been meeting my TAT, proofing and covering what they asked.  There has not been any complaint that has been brought to my attention that I can pinpiont.  This past weekend, I got sent a whole bunch of work to help cover someone on vacation, my work was pushed back by my QA and supervisor.   Needless to say my accounts were not very happy and were not told in advance.  This evening I get a call from the supervisor saying that due to a call from the docs office about poor TAT and quality she was removing me from the account.  I have an email this same supervisor sent me from the docs office dated June 5 saying the account was finally looking up.   I asked the supervisor to pinpoint the issues but she was not able to at this time and told me to hold tight until she gets some more info.   I don't know what to think. Any opinions or suggestions???


 


 


Okay, I'm caught up to the posts below
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I have no idea about his being caught but
working from home I kept my eye peeled for the report and checked every so often. You know the time frame as far as dictating- what 24 hours? This was 8 months later. If he did to me, well you know the rest. Like I said, he personally called me from another sister hospital 2 times and very incensed that I would even approach mediation at the hospital. Of course when I took my story there along with the documentation, he refused to comment on it, denying all. I at that time could not afford to lose my job so I could not press on with it. Called several attorneys and each one said no one would be on my side being as this was an elective procedure I chose and a face lift at the same time so dead end for me.
I don't think everything is caught - like the job resumes
with addresses like Mumbai, Hawaii.  Could it be a name, not a place?
Sweet. Someone caught it ;-)
All is write with the world now.

Seriously, though, can we let the poor woman vent without picking on her grammar?
LOL.... caught me off guard...
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I hope she's caught too...
I'm also 40-50 miles from this woman. I hope she's caught and put away for this. Thanks so much for warning us that this is going on.
It just caught me off guard. I really wasn't trying to
criticize. Sorry!
I only caught bits and pieces of it, but sm

I didn't see anything offensive that should generate such a stink.  My BIGGEST gripe is with people who come out hating something, expressing an opinion about something they have never even SEEN!


The little bit I saw, it looked like a man dealing with "normal" family situations -- let's face it, it is not unusual nowadays to have a gay son, or become addicted to prescription meds, etc. -- ministers are not immune.   I am a Christian and love the Lord, and I was not offended by anything on the show.  And even if I was, it is not my place to tell others what they can and cannot watch.  We all get to "vote" with the flick of a channel.


Thanks, will do. About 3 nights ago my Norton caught
Did you notice the Feb 3 date?  That would be this coming Friday.  Wonder how our various transcription companies are going to fare?  ugh.  I hope they don't crash. 
My husband caught a doctor...sm

actually dictating in a hospital and heard him say at the end to scratch all that and started over! He felt so bad for the poor MT who would be doing him. He also was an extremely slow dictator, so it probably took her forever! He's also heard some fast dictators and would let them know after they finished that someone has to actually transcribe that. Go hubby!


Like a good MT, I caught MY mistake and
x
She took the safe way out. Rocky was fake and got caught
while the average joe is head over heels for this girl.  Could go either way, he might enlighten her in that a good guy doesn't have to be a total hunk.  Then again, she may be so shallow not to see that.  I think her mom did make an impression on her decision though.
hahaha! I've been caught red handed!! lol
NM
Caught a bit of it on Fox ticker but no live coverage..
yet.   Where do you live?  How horrible for you and all the kids to have to go through a nightmare like this :(  Our thoughts and prayers are with you all!
Food/medicine caught in throat
This very thing happened to me while eating pizza one day - I ended up in the ER because I could not get it out or to go down.  The ER doc ordered a chest x-ray (do not know why) and then sent me home with some Prilosec saying that I had esophagitis.  It was a rainy day - two dogs chased my car home and I was afraid to get out - plus I had my sister's four children that week, besides my own two.  I took a Prilosec and then had to have my husband rush to the pharmacy for some Benadryl - I was allergic to the dye - then, and I don't recommend this, I got a long-handled teaspoon - bent it and stuck it down my throat - retrieving the pizza dough.  I still had esophagitis because my throat was now inflamed from the pizza and the spoon handle - I put the chewed up dough in a ziploc and returned it to the ER for an explanation - of course they thought I was crazy - but you do what you have to do.  I have found that many doctors are either incompetent or on drugs (cocaine, meth, and others that they either sniff or smoke).  That is why there is such a high malpractice rate (but that's another story).  In fact, I see a doctor now who is a drug-abuser - but he prescribes what me or my family needs when we go to see him and we get well - but boy is he high - nice, though.  That's my take on the ibuprofen in your throat.
Thanks, MOMT. I have been known to sometimes get caught up trying to make my point, but... SM
I didn't think I was being rude.  Thanks again, I was starting to take it a little personal, but some people are just sensitive, I guess.
There is a $150 fine if caught working at home-sm
w/o business license. From 2002-2005 the fee was $50. Then city changed it and now have to take copy of tax return to City Hall and the fee is based on previous year's income. Woman in my Chamber of Commerce group was turned into the city by a rival and was fined.
If your child was caught cheating at school,
x
Out of her dress today (instead of out of her dressing) but I caught it when proofing.
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Same here. Do a load a day. Wash in the morning. Dry it after dinner. Always caught
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My line count went from 1200+ to <800 and I never caught up. I did change jobs ;) nm
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I have had pills get caught going down from not enough water and they have left a residue that burne
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One time I typed "Tp and his wife are retired and travel in their rectovaginal." Caught it tho
x
LOL! Hush woman, I caught myself typing "the incision was thoroughly irrigated with normal swelli

when I'm just too pooped to type everyone gets "prepped and raped in a sterile fashion" (that one I already got on autocorrect just in case!



 


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!
I almost thought that votefortheworst.com website was working!
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!
I tell you, the day I have my belly button pierced will be the day I get my nose pierced, with a big thick gold ring through my nostrils like those women in the Indian tribes in Africa have!  hehehehehe!  And at the same time I do that, I'm just going to go completely for broke and have them pull my bottom lip down below my chin and stick a gold ring in that, too!  
Oh my goodness
Honestly I don't think they did all they could do as the spokesman says. Because if these 2 girls had an "uncanny resemblance" then the officials would have known that from pictures/ID of the girls....and then someone should have said "Hey, they look A LOT alike, maybe we should confirm the identities".  Sounds like the truckdriver may not have been the only one "asleep at the wheel".  Very, VERY sad.  But happy for the other family.  I can't even imagine. Thanks for sharing the article.
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.