That I support his lazy ass (nm)
Posted By: Disgusted on 2006-03-26
In Reply to: Reverse poll: What are the 2 things your DH loves about YOU? see msg - Reversing the thread below.
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Or she'd be doing QA because she's not lazy
Talk about pot calling the kettle...
the lazy way out
It takes more time and effort to train without pain... Shock collars, shock fences etc., are the lazy way out - and not a kind way to treat a beloved animal.
No, I don't think you are lazy sm
I have a dozen yrs in, I am an acute care MT, OP note specialist. I have been shopping for a job a lot here lately and I have had my pick, so I have been very choosy and I have not found quite what I think I would like best...yet.
In this search recently, about half the places that say they require testing have deferred testing me. I have a short written multiple choice test to do this afternoon, which I don't mind because the MTSO said that of the 100 resumes she got, mine was the only one that popped out at her as the ONE MT to talk to about this position. Okay, so I am a sucker and with an ego!
BUT, if someone thinks I am going to do more than 4 notes or use my keyboard to start and stop the dictation, they are can take a hike. I have to use my pedal and it needs to be 4 or less, period, and they need to be short.
My current IC position they required a test. The recruiter said I'll send you the test to do because I have to, but I'll call you tomorrow and hire you regardless. She said she felt she had found the right MT for the position when she read the first OP note I had transcribed, and this is as it should be.
All of you are right about this issue. I also think that anyone who hires MTs regularly can tell by talking to you whether or not you have lied on your resume, whether your English skills are adequate or whether you sound like a total buffoon or whatever else. Besides which, once you are a well-experienced, well-seasoned and high-caliber MT I think you have already proven yourself and a test is worthless.
lazy
You're not lazy. I'm old school, 53, 30+ years of transcribing, learned on the job in a hospital, took a few terminology courses and that was it. Best way to learn transcription but this is no more, alas. I believe it's the times we live in, the attitudes about actually having to work daily for a living, management in charge (younger generation?), our love in this country for excess nonsense "education" instead of common sense and experience, etc. I have coworkers who don't even bother calling in sick, they just don't show up and don't even get written up. That in itself blows me away. Nobody trusts anybody's word, of course. Okay, I'm done. I'm just glad I'm where I am and hope they don't change too much more before I can retire, ha-ha.
lazy men
why do you stay with someone like that, I would never stay with a man that didn`t bring home the money and put so many demands on me and gave nothing in return, what good is that.
because that is the lazy way out and sm
newbies are doing this. You learn nothing if you don't know how to research and find things out. Besides there are too many questions answered about stuff that folks should know...the basics....when they get out of school and start. I am not talking about bad dictators etc, I am talking about plain every-day medical terms that go with physical examinations, etc. etc. Its obvious people don't want to research, which I AM SORRY is part of the job. Shouldn't be working production if you are not expert at the profession yet.
Here are a couple lazy MTs now...
Its attitudes like this that give our line of work absolutely NO respect. Take pride in your work girls, you'd get treated a LOT better.
We're just lazy, really.
Easier to say *Oh, but you do that so much BETTER than I EVER could* - reminds me of an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond when his wife found out he was purposely feigning ignorance and helplessless regarding various household chores when really he just didn't wanna do 'em. I'm afraid once she was *on* to him the gig was up!
That sounds beyond lazy to me...
I neglected to mention in my post above that my wonderful husband helps me out all the time and on weekends, he does all the cooking...over and above working 60-70 hours a week... (My post is the one re: 3 kids, DD works PT, DS college, etc.). I am more blessed that I ever imagined...
Not just lazy...DANGEROUS
This is how patient care errors are made. I know they hate dictating, but it is very disrespectful to their patients when the doctors won't even attempt to dictate clearly so that their patient's lives are not in jeopardy. They should be chastized by their hospitals and not allowed to dictate like that!
Yes, but sometimes they are just plain lazy sm
I have a couple of MT friends. I make about twice what they do, but I "work" roughly the same hours they do. They do a lot of whining about wishing they made what I made. When the work is there to be done, they tell me about the work piled up, but how they don't feel motivated. By the time they get motivated, the work is gone. Then it is whining about finding a new job, but when contacted, they can't get motivated to test and one is always wanting me to look over her tests to see if I think she will pass (I saw that her work was very poor indeed) and I have only done it once, which was enough.
Working at home is not for everyone. It takes a lot to park your buns in front of the computer when the dishes are in the sink and the laundry is piled up, or the kids, DH or whomever wants your time. It is SO EASY to not work. I get distracted by the housework, especially today because my daughter was home from college this weekend and every single coffee cup and bowl are dirty! I did her laundry, not mine over the weekend...so I feel distracted.
The OP is right. Use the answering machine or voicemail, don't answer the door (I never do) and get down to it. If you are like me and the housework drives you nuts, you can do what I do. I type 3 reports and go do a short, under 5-minute task, and sit back down. I find I can get the kitchen 90% clean in a day by doing this and I catch up my laundry this way too. Then I can focus because I like a really clean house to support me when I am working. It is a support because I don't think about it when it is clean.
My last rant is about those $tupid TV ads about working at home as an MT. Gimme a break! It is NOT like that.
Lazy (spoiled) dictators
They're so used to somebody (like us and/or nurses, etc) picking up after them and waiting on them hand and foot, that they just don't think they need to bother. When I worked on-site in a hospital, it was easier just to get the chart and write their dis summaries for them, but of course we can't do that from out here so I guess we have to use our mind reading skills.
Anyone else to lazy to take tests..LOL. I applied for a job
but I swear when I opened up the testing and it was 6 reports including discharge summaries, right then and there, I just thought to my "NO way." I guess I just don't have the drive or energy to do testing for a job that takes a hour or more. Part of me realizes that they need this information, but the other part, just thinks it's ridiculous to expect people to spend so much time on a test. Trust me, most of the time, when you see one report, it's quite apparent if the person has any skills or not. Sooooo, I guess I'm lazy because I'm NOT doing this test. Anyone else get these feelings...Maybe I'll regret it and maybe not. Time will test because a lot of other people were sent the same test so I'll wait for their report LOL
Hamburger helper-stroganoff, I'm lazy..
nm
Lazy is what they are. I just turned down a request to type for one at the clinic.
dd
What success...she is a lazy, rich HOUSEWIFE..sounds like the
successful one is her husband.
Nope. We are all lazy bums living off welfare.
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I feel kinda lazy reading your post as i'm content just
Where I feel crazy, I set a goal of around 300 lines an hour (ha! not with these dictators but 250 is still good), every two hours make a snack to get me moving. I love juicing veggies and making fruit smoothies in the blender, coffee makes me nuts. I also do calisthenics (sp?) every couple of hours for about three minutes to keep my blood flowing and keep toned. I walk the dog two times a day for about 10 minutes to get energized from the sun and keep a good color. I take an hour break to watch good ol Judge Judy, and fix myself something nice n yummy, and after Judy I crank out my last hour called the 'power hour' where I take no prisoners and smoke comes off my keyboard! Like a race to the finish line.
I can't see how you could do the 20 and the 10 minute clean break, that would slow me down! Maybe I should take cleaning breaks, because I never want to clean when I have a block of time off and the dirt just collects.
There's nothing lazy about 'fixing.' Same thing as 'preparing' or 'getting ready.&
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why let him call you lazy more than once? also, sit him down and make him transcribe a generic note.
nm
Only a person who consistently leaves blanks because they are lazy should be docked.
Or maybe they should just be fired. The first place I ever worked docked us for errors that we should not have made. I was only docked a couple of times, and it was only a small amount, but it made me pay attention and be more careful, and I think it made be a better MT.
Your point was? You called me jealous and lazy, and suggested I work an 8 hour shift.
Now you're being "nice". I am NOT worried about others. Why would I want to work an 8 hour shift and produce 1000 lines if I could be missing SOMETHING and increase my production? How mean-spirited you are. I would LOVE to produce more and work less, so that I could spend more time with my loved ones. And to read on this forum the astonishing line counts most MTs are claiming to make regularly - well, I'm either doing some really, really wrong, which I would like to fix, or I'm not doing something that I need to be doing, which I would like to fix! Thus, my sincere question. Truly I believe it is time to leave this board, though I used to LOVE it so much, cause you just can't get an honest thread running anymore about anything - even trivial threads turn ugly by 2 to 3 posts, let alone INFORMATIVE ones like how honestly asking my fellow MTs who are huge producers HOW they do it? As in straight typing or using normals and standards? I try to hang on this board and stay "positive" despite the negatives, cause I really like it here and I really like the admin, etc, but I'm not a glutton for punishment. I know a lot of the old regular MTs who actually carried on intelligent conversations have gone to the board where you have to pay $$$ to post. Apparently, one can still have kind meaningful conversations over there - guess the $$ part weeds out the trolls? Don't know, but its sure sad. Please, don't misinterpret this as me thinking anyone would give a hoot if I left here - cause I know now there will be the normal "good - who gives a crap? good riddance" flames, but really, the MTs who are so trollish are just ruining it for themselves. Thus is their lot in life, though.
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Not always. Tongue stumblers. New dictators. Speedy and lazy dictators.
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Thanks for your support!
I appreciate it! and you are not "just" an MT...it is a noble profession. I am an MT, too, just have many years of experience. I'm still proud to say that I am an MT
she needs support
you could have left the negativity OUT!!! must be you've never been in a bad situation, lucky you
Support
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/medical_transcription_network/
Thanks for the support!
Thank you all for the support. My PCP's office called me back with the GYN appt. and I was talking to the nurse who works for him. She told me it showed ASCUS and to not worry too much about it.
Never having had anything abnormal come back before, I immediately began freaking out. It is nice to know you have the support of your online MT family to help calm your nerves. They must not be too worried about because I can't get in to the GYN for 3-1/2 weeks. I will try not to worry.
Thanks again!
He needs to support you more.
If this is going to make things better for you in your work area, then he should stand behind you 100%. I would just go get it. I just got one last week because my hands were hurting, and it has helped tremendously. I can't say I had to go through my husband though because when I said I thought I could use one, he said you should got get one. I understand sometimes income isn't always there and other things are more important and it's always nice to feel like your husband is behind you, so I would try talking to him again and trying to make him see things from your point of view. Hope you made any sense of out this! Thanks and good luck!
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When I worked for a hand specialist he always recommended Comfort Cool splints for DeQuervain. I type in them every day and they are very comfortable. Good Luck!
Thank you so much for your support
It means a lot.
support
For many of us who are working alone all day this is a wonderful way to connect not only on a work level but on a social level. I see no harm in supporting and helping each other in a public forum such as this. It has often helped me tremendously both with work issues and for general discussions to help make my day better !
Thank you to everyone for your support!
You guys reminded me what a great support system we have in place here. I really appreciate all of your advice and support in the matter and after talking it over with my husband I am going to pursue legal action. I worked very hard to get my Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and medical transcription provided me the income to do it. I am currently enrolled in the Master's program and with the 10 years of MT experience and owning my own service for four years, I feel as though I was qualified for the position (he must have felt the same way to give me the job in the first place). However, I disagree with the "seasoned" poster below who thinks that only someone with 25 years of experience can manage a team of MTs. I believe that to be completely untrue and unfounded and I am sorry she/he has such a narrow minded attitude on the subject that she/he feels as though they should be so argumentative with every poster. Thanks guys for giving me a boost of encouragement on a really really bad day yesterday when all I wanted to do was hide under the covers. I wrote that post after getting up at 4 a.m. and driving almost 10 hours all day. Thanks for lift.
do you support yourself
and pay your own bills? That's motivation enough for me ! Take lots of breaks or take a few days off if you need to. If you really don't need the money, then it's easier to let yourself get distracted.
Thanks for the support
Thank you both for writing back. I have written the BBB, but as the parent company is in Canada, I also wrote theirs - along with the Attorney General internet fraud department (state and national), the Consumer Protection Agency, the FTC, the AAMT and their school accrediation director, and my mother. I'm just in shock that they had the nerve to wipe out my grades! But you're right - I also need to contact a lawyer so they can't do this to others. The sad thing is that I'm a nice, quiet person, else I wouldn't have waited six weeks to throw a fit. Anyway, thanks for responding - I need kind words and a nice glass of wine!!
Dianne
Thanks for the support, all (sm)
You know what's funny, is that every time I post I end up getting one semi-uncalled-for response, and it's always from a person by the same name!
I had one lady email me saying that I "could be arrested" for writing a check knowing I didn't have money in the account. Ummm... No. That's why I have overdraft protection, like I said in my original post. I'm okay this morning, but I was a total sobbing mess last night and I think I made that pretty clear in my post. So someone emails me after I already said that I had overdraft protection and tells me that I could get arrested? And it's always the same person?
Geez, lady. Way to kick someone who is already down. (And I've never heard of anyone being arrested for using their overdraft protection!) There's at least one jerk on every message board, though, right?
But to the rest of you... THANK YOU! 
Thanks for the support. ... sm
I may not be "Norma Rae", but she had the right idea. If we could put together 10 MTs who were willing to be on the front line and form some type of "committee" to go to our congressmen and such, maybe we could start the ball rolling toward better working conditions and change things. It really does come down to this: Every day you have a choice. Choice A - do nothing. Choice B - do something to change what's wrong. I'd rather go out doing something than nothing. Maybe I'm going to have to be Norma Rae after all, but I'd sure like a few extras to be there with me.
You know, the Amber Alert System was started by a little girl's mom who wouldn't stop until she got it across the USA. When she couldn't take the murder of her child, she did something about it.
Any MTs who are interested, email me and we'll put our collective intelligence together and see what we can do to improve things. Somebody's got to care enough to do something. At this point, no one else is going to bat for us; we must help ourselves.
It does take support. (sm)
My husband used to try to deter me from doing what I am doing now, but he has seen my mood drop and my countenance become sort of bitter over the last couple of years and it really worried him. He said if it would make me happy, to do it. It took awhile, but he is all for it now--especially on the days when I actually bring in a couple of hundred dollars from what I am doing. It's harder on the days when I make about 25 cents. 
Lynn
Thank you all for your support!
 There have been so many e-mails and posts about my situation with my family and their lack of understanding that I do "work". Only those of you here truly understand. I don't know if there are words quite special enough to say here, but I feel so much better after having heard all the comments. A great big thanks to all of you. So glad you are all here! Hugs!!!!!!!!! I will survive!!! Loved the post referring to Sylvia Browne! Thank you for reminding me of her. I so love her books. I have almost all of them. When I read her work I always feel better. The post regarding what she would say -- so true. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Can't state that enough here.
Thanks, I appreciate the support
It seems there are several of us who feel this way about this. I knew I couldn't be the only one. As for the crabby posts and the hate mail I got this evening, I'm not concerned. There are always one or two in the bunch who are wound too tight. But WOW, you'd think I just shot their puppy or something, huh? What can you do. I'm just happy that it's their problem and not mine.
support - or not
Hey, I was sticking up for you - I said it FMLA can definitely be abused and everybody else pays for it - go back and read my post!
Thanks for the support
I can agree with you on that -they are young - we are not so young - and sometimes that is detrimental to the job search. Plus, after 15 years I have not kept up with office skills (I never thought I would work in an office again) and I really do not want to return to school, although I have thought about coding. However, my son wants me to go to work for one of the airlines so that he can fly for free - he is not really thinking about what is best for me, but what will be of benefit for him.
Thanks for the support!
She's not a horrendous speller, but like every new specialty you learn, the lingo is different.
PC support
Looking for a recommendation for a good/reliable/reputable on-line PC support company. I work from home on my own PC and it would be nice to have technical support w/o having to disconnect PC and take it somewhere. Would appreciate any suggestions (I hope I'm on the correct board; I'm new to this)
CHILD SUPPORT??
 Can ANYONE give me some legitimate service who goes after "deadbeat dads"???? I'm at the end of my emotional rope, and my state (Oklahoma) has not helped much in nailing down this butthead ('cuse my French)....I've talked to a few "services" which IF they get anything from him, they will probably take 60-70% of it!!! Has anyone had any luck anywhere?? Why do these guys (and I'm sure there are gals out there too!) get away with not supporting their kids???
Sorry to vent ...I type for a living (like you) and beating this keyboard sometimes helps me feel better! Thanks for listening (reading ??)....
child support
Believe me, deadbeat moms are very prevalent, moreso than people think. I know from personal experience that these moms rather spend their money on themselves than send even the tiny amount they are required by law to send to their child, all the time professing how much they love their children.
Child Support
We have a newer prosecuter in one of our local county's who started a new program to go after deadbeat parents. 3 times a year, she post the pictures of the worst offenders on the front pages of the newpapers, along with how much they owe...usually has a pretty good rate of call in's to report seeing them. She's also working extremely hard to get the state to NOT renew drivers lisc. on any of those who are over 2,000 in arrears.
My sister finally got the attention of our prosecuter when her ex got close to 30 grand , the folks at CS just did not seem to have a working phone or at least one they answered, so they went after him, showed up in court, the magistrate took all of 10 minutes to look over the files...asked the idiot and the prosecuter if he had a working wage deduction in place (which he did on paper), and then said...Well he has the wage order in place, so case over
Now how the heck do you think he got to the 30 grand mark if the wage order was working........duh Good luck, been there before and glad mine has paid on time.
Tech support will help you set up a
shortcut on your desktop to access your ACO (shortcut) file if you ask them.
Re: tech support
I don't know if it gets back to our supervisors, but I wish it would get back to theirs! What I do now is tell the "real winner" support person that I have to hang up suddenly. Then, I call right back. I suddenly get a different one who is a whiz and very helpful. It's worth the hang-up and call back unless you have to wait 45 minutes for the next "helpful tech." ;-)
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