The guy was Russian, Ms. PC. Get off the soapbox and lighten up.
Posted By: So sick of the race card on 2006-07-09
In Reply to: Not just ESLs, many American docs do the same. No need to bring race into that issue. - nm
Believe me, the people you so condescendingly "defend" wouldn't defend you if you were getting beaten and robbed before their eyes, as a matter of fact, it would be them doing it.
Keep your "holier than thou" to yourself, as well as your misplaced pity/guilt/anti-Caucasian sentiment.
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My Soapbox
I had to get on a soapbox this morning. I am TIRED. That is spelled:
T-I-R-E-D.
I have had a number of people this week who did not care whether they were saying things right or not. So here I go on my soapbox, on my blog. If you care to read, link is below!!! 
http://mtblab.blogspot.com/2006/10/note-to-all-doctors.html
my soapbox...
if you feel content and are willing to settle, that is your opinion you are a rare exception.
you mention voice recognition, have you experienced it? when I did it for almost a year my line count went up only in the beginning when the 'easier' dictators were being entered. After that I for one never saw those easier dictators again and then got more and more difficult work as my line count dropped. only the chosen few in that company were getting an abundnace of the easy work and they were not willing to sshare it.
I ended up making 1/3 less pay to bring home, and I was a HUGE fan of VR because it was easier on my hands, etc. I was singing its praises from the beginning and it ended up costing me a job.
do you honestly think a company is going to pay you more in the longrun, when the purpose of VR is eventually to wean you out of a job completely? that is the sole purpose of VR and anything else hospitals can find to CUT their transcription costs. it is almost a daily issue for hospitals. what can we do to rid ourselves of the burden of the cost of transcription. they hate paying that bill.
right now you seem to have it pretty good but I must say you are an exception and most MTs (and American numbers are dwindling quickly) are making less doing VR and are working twice as long to do it, unless you get lucky and know how to get the easier work.
I also do not understand your first comment, "I know we do not get paid what we are worth."
for one thing, we are taking most of us cuts in pay, or at least making the same or less than when we started over a decade ago, some of us maybe 2 decades. you are asking people to say, okay, I am not worth it, I do not matter, let me have no control over my life whatsoever and let companies treat me however they want.
do you realize how dangerous that is?
do you also realize the only reason you are making the money you make now is because of a few 'typists' from the typing pools who knew they were worth more and fought, literally FOUGHT to make this into a profession rather than just be typists at $7 an hour banded together and formed what was formerly the AAMT.
I am sorry, but these kinds of attitudes are taking us right back to our humble beginnings.
this is whath happens when rich people control everything in this country. they want you to feel 'lucky' to just have jobs. they do this China. watch the documentaries how they treat their employees because if I am not mistaken you sound like you would agree. the owners of the companies when interviewed say the same things you do that these people are happy to work 16 hours a day for what is it $5 a day or something?
Soapbox time!
If it were possible to pick and choose, I would say the latter two of choice A, and those who can't work because of disabilities.
Too many freeloaders expect the government to foot the bill for things they should be working for themselves. Well, shame on them. There are far too many educational and business opportunities given by our government for people to better themselves.
I cringe when I send a quarterly self-employment check, because right now we really need the money. Who knows what it gets spent for once it leaves my hands? We have been paying two home mortgages for almost a year now, because we can't find a buyer for our old house. It stinks because we both have to work a lot, but the bills get paid, we have a roof over our heads, and we eat three square meals a day. God has been good to us.
I don't know about you all, but for me it has become monotonous to hear what I call the "jobless by choice" blame their not working on our "bad economy." I think much of it is they are too prideful to work at something "beneath" them. I am tired of all the finger-pointing by people who want to blame everything on the president or any old scapegoat they can come up with for all the problems we have.
Whatever happened to personal accountability, being humble, and tightening the belt?
Dreamweaver's soapbox
Thank you!! It's about time someone told the other side of the story. I've only been doing medical transcription for not quite a year. I LOVE IT. I work from home, make decent money, and am learning more every day. I'm very satisfied with this job and don't understand why so many posters are so negative in here. If I hated my job as much as they seem to hate theirs, I'd find another line of work! Thanks for telling another side of this story.
russian dictators do the same
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Asian and Russian for me. nm
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I LOVE my Russian docs
One of my accounts has two. I get paid a 15-percent premium to transcribe their dictation because I'm the only one who can understand them. 'Course, I speak and understand Russian, so I guess that helps ;-)
Eastern European -- Russian, Polish, etc.
Middle-Eastern females (speak way too quietly), Russian females, blacks
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Lighten up,
Lighten up.
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I think you need to lighten up.
They are just having fun and I did see posts where others were rude to them as well. I like to look at things from both angles.
LIGHTEN UP!!
It's not intended for young ones.....it's funny to read, but who really goes to Wal mart and does this??? I think it hilareoud to read!! I would NEVER teach my son this!!
This is the reason I don't like coming onto this site....toooo much b*!ching from people that can't keep their mouth shut! As a student and my teacher telling me to take a look on this site, I am ashamed by the way that you all are acting!!!!
I will tell my teacher that I will never come here again due to this IMATURE actions!
Lighten up. nm
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oh lighten up!
Lighten up?
My doctor, I would hope, is a professional and I would not appreciate him talking about me or my body while he is on the phone dictating. Number one he was wrong in doing that and number two, the person who posted the information here was wrong. We are making light of a woman's dilemma about her body. I find it most distasteful and most likely breaking the rules of the hospital where he was dictating from.
LIGHTEN UP!!!
Everybody has an opinion and from the post replies YOUR OUTNUMBERED! I AM proud of my country and what it stands for and I did vote for BUSH! Some people have NO SENSE OF HUMOR!
Take it far too seriously? Oh lighten up!
There goes that one nice moment on MT Stars - somebody has to come a preaching how we need to get over something! Ya think we'll all be able to move on from this? Gee, I sure hope so, too. Thanks for bringing us all back to your reality! You got my vote, sista!
Oh, lighten up and don't be such a
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lighten up!
your post was more of a waste of time than the other...
Lighten up a little (nm)
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did you see the lol? lighten up.
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It's a joke - lighten up
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Oh lighten up, unhappy one
lighten up, I think it's hysterical
It's the family / abdomen part that I'm really cracking up over.
Jeez!!! Lighten up!
She was obviously making a joke. I don't understand you people.
I posted a post below saying I thought trade schools were underrated and were a very viable alternative to a college degree. A poster responded by writing that people who feel that way aren't college material.
Dano objected to the rudeness of that poster, and now everyone is ganging up on her simply because she thinks people should be treated nicely and with respect.
Precisely what IS your problem? 
Oh woman...lighten up .sm
... and get a sense of humor! This board could use more giggles and less crabs.
lighten up - I have gotten a lot of help on these boards (sm)
We're just having a fun day. Are we allowed? I've also noticed that many of the questions that have no answers posted are the ones that have already been asked and answered ad nauseum. Check archives. People get tired of repeating the same things over and over.
Oh Lighten up, it IS funny...
Can't we all just get along?  It's not like Dick Cheney is your dad or anything.... If they didn't set themselves up to be so perfect, it wouldn't be so funny when they are shown for the normal human beings that they are.
Just tryin' to lighten things up! nm
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Geez, people, lighten up!!
That was funny, TechSupport.
To the OP, with the job market being what it is, MTSOs are inundated with resumes when they advertise. Keep at it and if you find a company that you really think sounds like a good fit, keep pinging them with e mail, call them if you can get a phone number, and be really aggressive. The squeaky wheel that stands out is what is going to get their attention.
Good luck.
ASR funny to lighten the mood...sm
Must be the bitter winters. LOL
Allergies/intolerances - sulfa and Minnesota.
Should be sulfa and Minocin. 
geez you guys are bitter. Maybe she's trying to lighten
Maybe she just has a fun personality?
You need to lighten up. This is a public forum. Take the good, leave the bad.
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You're turning this lighthearted thread into something entirely too deep. Lighten up.
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I am sure she is kidding-it would be sick if it were real. Lighten up let a smile be your umbrella.
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Lighten up! I don't see anything wrong with discussing "the Zachary segment" sm
I am a huge AI fan and plan my whole day around the show. Thank Goodness it only comes on twice a week!
"perhaps" poster above is right. Peace and Love will lighten your load. sm
I once worked a summer holiday shift by myself and transcribed something so awful that I tear up when I think about it today. It was the death of a 3-year-old, and I got ALL the 5 dictations regarding the course of this little girl. Give me the "vanity" surgeries on holidays anytime. It is not up to us to make a judgement about who "deserves" treatment, it's just our job to transcribe it correctly. The work you transcribed may have been boring, but that lets your mind drift to loving thoughts about your own family and how you will all be together soon. Like the above poster says, turn your mind to loving thoughts, even for the patient you have prejudged, your heart rate will lower and believe it or not, the day will pass more quickly.
Sheesh. Lighten up. It WAS funny. You don't scan the enitre report, or whatever! It was amusing i
Actually, you don't have to answer that...
While I wouldn't do any of these things I thought it was a total HOOT!! Lighten up you guys. (nm)
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