That's because NE has the 2 biggest complainers on this board daily! MQNE and MQMT!

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I know a lot of us now come here since MTD decided to institute fees, but that board is so valuable that it makes it worth it--only if other transcription company owners keep it active. It's definitely not what it used to be but those who have stuck with it sure have great camaraderie and help one another with issues just like this one you are facing.

They weren't raised by parents with good work ethics and expect to be on easy street instead of giving more effort and trying to find what they can do to better themselves.

Fortunately I didn't teach my kids the way most parents of 20 somethings have.  My kids have always worked their tails off.  They show up for work, don't complain and do the extra mile without being asked.  They have also received raises and promotions since teenagers working at McDonald's.

It's sad the work ethics slipped for a generation, but I see a new generation with the younger kids who want to work to be compensated for their efforts rather than waiting for a handouit.

All you can do is your best, go along with what you are hired at and knock em dead, so to speak! 

Keep the positive attitude and don't worry about the complainers.  Sure, I wish(hope) I get 9 cpl, still at base of 7.5, but you bring a positive vibe for us all

It must be nice way up there in the clouds where you sit.  I don't check out these boards often, but in reading today's posts and your comments, I felt compelled to make a few statements.

Your replies to several posts 7/12 and 7/13/05 made me cringe.  There was a cartoon strip a few years back, Charlie Brown and friends, with a little dog named Snoopy who would sit up in a tree like a vulture and peer down on the rest of the pee-ons down below him.  You come across as Holier-than-thou as my late grandmother. 

Do you enjoy calling people lazy (or worse)?  I bet there would be several who would like to take your inventory.

I've transcribed for MQ since they were TLF and have been with them throughout all the changes that have come down the pike.  Some I have been frustrated with, but bottom line is I like what I do and it hasn't been bad enough (yet) for me to look elsewhere. 

Go ahead and flame - I've got my hose ready, too. 

office I work in in the NE so check out those offices and I think you will find a lot of unhappy people.

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Nice to talk to and can give you info regarding MQMT lawsuit so you can decide if it is something you are interested in pursuing.

As long as I get the work done, I can do it when I want to without being chained to my computer. 

Plus, I don't know why you think ICs net 50% less than if they work on an employee basis.  I've worked as both an IC and employee and, although I don't have benefits, I make much more as an IC.

to watch cars go round and round and round and round for hours, days, weeks, months, years.......I get the gambling side of NASCAR but I don't get that it truly is (and IT TRULY IS!!!) the biggest spectator sport out there.

I volunteer for a local food back through United Methodist Open Door.  They do not provide money for rent or anything, but they will give you some food and a referral to other agencies that provide assistance. They do ask for proof of income, but if you are experiencing a short-term situation, they will help you.  They never turn anyone away hungry.  I am sure there are such things in your area as well.

I hope you find some help.  I am sure it is very scary right now.  I will keep yo in my prayers.  Good luck to you.  Hope you heal quickly.

I would buy the newest editions of Stedman's Surgical Word Book, Stedman's Medical Equipment Word Book, and Tessier's Surgical Word Book.  Those three books will be your best friends in hospital transcription.

I would also invest in Stedman's Lab and Pathology Word Book too because you'll run across a lot of lab tests you've never heard of and would probably never hear about in the clinic setting.

I've been at this a couple of years now and still too slow.  Aside from my own issuse of looking things up, getting my Expanders accumulated, etc., I am wondering how to sort out some of the technical issues.

I hear a lot of talk about platforms, but I think the one I am using is ok (what excactly should I be looking for to determine that?).  Also, I noticed the computer seems fairly slow in general.  I use the Internet for searches, but it seems it takes longer than it should if I put a word into the dictionary search or acronym search, and so on.  (I have some books but just as slow with them and need different glasses right now so have trouble reading them.)

I am certain we need more RAM, but it also seems our connection has slowed down as well.  Connecting to the server takes longer than it used to and the e-mail opens up more slowly.

On top of all that, the data screen slows me down.  There is always something that causes trouble, like, if they don't say a certain thing, then delete something else and check a box ... Or, they will enter a doc's name, but it needs to go in a different field, so we have to move it.

Any thoughts on these things and tips on how to work around it the best I can?  Thanks a bunch!! 

This is my biggest problem.. Every mother within a 20-mile radius thinks I am their emergency backup babysitter.  I lost a friend over this.  She asked me to babysit, I said no, she showed up at my door anyway and begged me to take her kid, and I refused.  She hasn't spoken to me since.  Several other mothers have expected the same thing, some that I don't even really know, and I have had to be very firm and stand my ground. 

is the use of Pull-Ups.  Ever since they came out with absorbent (and now humungous sized) disposable diapers and Pull-Ups, kids are training later and later.  What discomfort do they have to endure wearing these wonderful dry feeling comfortable garments?  No more Pull-Ups and no more diapers.  Tell him that the law is that they won't sell diapers to people who don't have children under the age of 3.  That takes care of the visual of diapers in the store. 

Just go cold turkey.  Put him in underwear (and not thick absorbent training pants either) and get ready to do a lot of laundry for a while.  Take him out for some really cute underwear with the character of his choice on them, and just be positive.  If he has an accident just say "uh oh, you forgot to go to the bathroom" and just hand him clean dry clothing to change into.  He'll get REAL TIRED of all the changing after about 2 days.  There is no way on earth that a child of 3-1/2 has no physical control over their toileting, unless there's something wrong with them physically.  So it's just a matter of him taking the initiative.  Good luck.

the dreaded words "obese female" and "looks older than stated age!"  UGH!!!!

with the majority of the blanks being unnecessary and due to just plain laziness.  They don't want to pick up a reference book or they don't own any reference books and they are too lazy to Google it. 

It's almost as if I've transcribed the entire report myself!

His piercings and tattoes are somewhat distracting but........ he's okay.  Bruce?  Back in the day.

www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/

This site lets you type in three or more letters of the drug, and it pulls up everything with those letters.  It's great for when you only hear part of the drug.

Daily work is exactly what the word DAILY means --> work that comes in on a daily basis.  No days pass by without an empty queue.

I must be with the wrong companies then.