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   I love it when I hear that an MT, at whatever company, is doing 2000, 3000, or more lines a day.  I love to hear that because I am trying to increase my line count and this gives me encouragement.  I love to hear how they do it and try to take their advice.  I don't understand why some get so upset when they hear that an MT has a great line count.  Why do they automatically have to be liars or cherry pickers?  I think we should be picking their brains to find out how they are accomplishing this so that we can benefit from it. 

So I say, keep on talking about your line counts for those of us who want to improve ourselves, please!    

I definitely think people who get off on being rude, hateful and just plain nasty to others are not happy people.  A happy person is usually cheerful, pleasant and helpful and that isn't always because they live in a bed of roses.  I've known people who were always cheerful, pleasant and helpful even when they were dying inside.  I guess their attitude gives them a serenity that makes them able to cope, I dunno but I would wish I could be more like those people.  Some of them have had problems that would have, seems to me, weighted down a saint.

Hope your editor is in a better mood; meantime, just feel sorry for her/him, I'm betting he/she is way more miserable than he/she tried to make you.

How people get off demonstrating such grossly childish and rude behavior.  Something's making you unhappy honey--you really should do something about it. 

I must be dense but don't understand your question, do you mean how much does this equal if you were to get paid for spaces?    Also how many characters in a line or is this a gross line?  A simple test would be to check a document you had typed, using Word, see what your character count is with and without spaces divide by whatever your line count is and see the difference.  Also see what your gross line is.  Again, my brain could be dead on a Saturday after a very busy week but I don't understand what you are looking for as you don't give enough info.

what if there are words following the quantity and unit of measure that make it end up sounding more like a sentence?  Here is another example:

ANESTHESIA:  50 mg of Demerol were given along with 75 mcg of fentanyl.

It just looks wrong to me.  Most of the time I end up flipping it around to say ANESTHESIA:  Demerol 50 mg... etc., but I'm still wondering if it's okay to just leave it the original way.

Do you live in a small town or something, and that's why you feel finding your own accounts are few and far between?

It is and has been my experience that clinics/doctors are SCREAMING to find good MTs,but that's the key - GOOD MTs.  There are tons of them who claim to be good, but - well, uhm ..... never mind - we won't go there!

There's a LOT of work out there - a lot of it, but you have to do mass marketing and mailing and stay on top of it like a bird on a worm to find them.  After all, you know,they're not going to come knocking on your door, right?  Good luck.

meet in the middle or something.  For Pete's sake, SHE is the MTSO.  She should be using a professional line count program.  I understand that the Word count system is cheaper for her, but it isn't intended for medical transcription, it's intended for the kids writing their history paper to know if they've gotten to 500 words yet, you know?  I should be paid for indents and returns just as I would be for the letter "p" or the number "5".  I do totally understand your point, though.  Do you think there is any way around it?  Like perhaps that she needs to get on a professional line counting software and have us use it? I will not switch to the Word method without an increase in basic cpl pay. 

Any ideas on how to phrase the conversation? 

What I do understand about scientology, which is not a lot, is that if you follow the *practice*, you are supposed to become wealthy (I think, don't quote me)! 

I did attend a small conference at church where the guest speaker was a former scientologist, and she had horror stories to tell.  The people in *management* were not allowed to have their own money or babies! They lived on a compound, no TV, no personal items of their own. Not even a washing machine or dryer in their apartment...they had to go to a laundry mat! It's so sad that people get caught up in these so-called religions just because they think they'll get rich, when everyone knows the real treasure is in Heaven! Amen...

what do u mean stop complaining on the board?

I realize they care as human beings, but are sick to death of constant reasons and/or excuses why someone can't get their work done.  What I mean is they don't care in the sense that all they want is the work so they can meet their requirements from the client.  Sure you can over hire to cover for such times, but how many would give up their regular routine work to immediately cover for you.  Those are the MT's you see here looking for work because they aren't getting enough work from some MTSO who is just trying to keep them on the string for emergencies.  Oh, man I could go on and on, bringing back too many memories!  It is especially frustrating when it is someone new wanting time off because you can't help but think, here we go again.  I was extremely compassionate with my employees, even paid their health insurance, let them bring infants to work so they could nurse, etc., etc., but always there are the ones who take advantage, are incompetent, undependable, blah, blah, blah.  When you have someone just starting who wants to take off for a move, it makes you wonder if you have hired another one, and it is frustrating.