calling it like it is does not make me a bully

It makes me a realist with enough courage to speak the truth.  Ask anyone in management, anyone responsible for the end product or bottom line, whether it is in MT or any other field, and you will hear the same thing.  When a person does not care about what they are doing and they do not take measures to change their situation, they are causing the damage to themselves.  Ask any mental health caregiver and you will hear the same thing.  When it becomes uncomfortable enough, you will do something different.  If you don't, then you must accept the responsibility for your own unhappiness.

I am not blind to the fact that there are misuses by QA people, no more than with MTs who want to whine about being picked on righteously or wrongly.  What i do say is this:  If you do not care about what you do, change your situation.  I can sugarcoat that or say it blunty, but the meaning is unaltered.  You can agree or disagree and still it does not change the message.  If you don't like it, do something about it (and this part I added because I just like it) stop whining about it.  The rest of us have more important issues in life to be concerned about.

• Re QA, has anyone stopped - MT****
  • Thank you, thank you, thank you! - Colleen
  • Ready to quit, too...sm - Tanya
    • Your post sounds like I could have sm - 3 decade and more MT
  • Especially when most are anal QA...sm - stopped a long time ago
    • I especially love it - Colleen
    • All that punctuation nit-pickiness was brought about by - AHDI in their quest to offshore virtually EVERYTHI
      • there was a book being used before BOS - a different career
        • The 'Holy One' speaks........ - nm
          • not Holy, just forgiven :) - NM - a different career
  • When you stop caring, it is time to find - a different career
    • How dare you speak to a colleague in this manner. - Right on Sister
      • calling it like it is does not make me a bully - a different career
        • Not disagreeing with everybody but QA is a necessity! - Fingers
        • Yes it does. - *
    • I haven't cared since about 1988. And I still - have all the work I can handle. (sm)
      • Isn't it in 1988 when we were paid well? - I remember there was a time but
      • I love what you say about not caring since 1988 - Funny
    • In reality, I think most of us DO care - a lot - (sm) - Mushroom
    • Career? this thing is not a career anymore...sm - nn
  • I don't look at edited reports anymore. Not only do - the QA people mess up - (S/M)
    • Why are you generalizing? - Not everyone is created equal.
      • I generalize about QA because they're - Anonymous and Untouchable.
        • So, you blame this on QA? How do you know - that every single QA want to be
          • QA people - KATHY
          • you are the type QA that sm - 3 decade and more MT
            • Not to mention, QA does not get pain to argue with MTs - Fingers
              • Sorry, do not get PAID (see, I need QA) - Fingers
          • FYI - this is a medical transcription board, - not a QA board..................
            • I am an MT and QA. I do both. - I am an MT. I will preach. Thank you.
            • QA is a part of MT like it or not. nm - 3 decade and more MT
  • I feel your pain (sm) - Mushroom
    • RE QA - spitfire
      • Then it's definitely time for you to get out - Anon
        • totally disagree - just me
        • A hyphen never killed anyone but a left and right error did and I catch plenty of those as the MT. - 1mg 1-mg 1 mg po p.o. blahblah
        • Except that when QA screws up originally correct - reports, pt. records ARE impacted.
    • Thank you, for letting me know I am not the only one... - MTex
    • Same boat - AAHANTIAM
      • QA - Zippymt
        • They want us to look bad and feel non- - confident so they can get away with - (sm)
          • Just wanted to say - cjhutch

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Pplenty of the ones who are here now who are illegal are definitely trying to get legal, like some Argentinians whose ancesteror  are from Czeckoslovakia.  I'm in Florida so we have a multienthnicity here - EXACTLY like NY, and the ones here work FAR harder than most Americans I know (for some reason there are so many AmeriCAN'Ts in this country) - I, for one, am an AmeriCAN!!

I'm *against Caucasians*?  Those were your words.  You don't know me.  You don't know anything about me.  What a presumptious witch/warlock. 

What a laugh.  I AM Caucasian with european ancestry and my grandparents came here via Ellis Island too - so many before you (and the rest of the Czechoslovakians) came through Ellis....you have NOT cornered the market on Ellis Island.  My family has been a member there since the memberships and foundation began!!

Hopefully Bush is going to pass the NO MASS DEPORTATION law and Monday, by the way, is a mass protest to show the USA exactly what WOULD happen economically (when all of them do not go to work for a day) in the USA if all the illegals decided to NOT go to work and/or leave the country.

*rubs hands together in anticipation of Monday, at least in the SE USA*........

It was in the news yesterday. The guy is still selling some stuff at ebay and he is harrasing the buyers. Thank goodness I've never encountered one, but... just curious, is anyone out there been a victim of bully in ebay?

OP,

I agree with Katz.  No need to use profanity however.  Don't risk your dignity and self-respect by stooping to her level. Yet, I agree with everything else, like telling her to shut up in a nice way -- let her know you are working and you suggest she does the same.  She feels threatened obviously, so don't make it easy for her by quitting which is probably what she wants.  I don't think the boss wants you to quit, however.  It sounds like she just wants to skip out on the pay increase and manipulate the situation to her benefit (according to what you have said so far). 

As for Ms. Obnoxious, sounds like she has figured out the only one she needs to get along with is the boss.  And if she can get you to leave, then more work and job security for her.  It's an awful mess of a situation you are in.  I don't tolerate bullies and neither should you, and that is exactly what she sounds like -- a bully.  You will have to give her the silent treatment instead of her giving you the silent treatment and even if she does give you the silent treatment, good.   It doesn't sound like she has anything worthy to say anyway.   In the meantime, if you want to be there for any reason -- to pay off a debt, to go back to school, to gain more experience before leaving, etc. -- then stay as long as you want.  When you are ready, find the new job, test it out, then make the switch at your own pace.  With your typing speed, I don't doubt you will be able to find something better.  Just don't make it easy for anyone by quitting. 

You are all that matters, especially on a job.  Workers are not your friend. You have to find that outside of the workplace.  I don't think talking to either one of them is worth anything.  They already know they are in the wrong. 

Best of luck to you.

me

him for harassment.  I'm pretty sure he would not have handed the title over like that without his money.  If she owed him money, where is his proof? receipts showing balance due? Please do not hand over money to someone who may well be a heartless opportunist.

I'm very sorry for your loss.  Be well.

It seems like as soon as someone posts something against the "prevailing opinion," it's okay to call names and make all kinds of nasty remarks about them personally.  Not just in this topic, but in many others.  There seems to be an attitude of "they said something bad first, so it's okay to say the most hateful and hurtful thing I can think of."

I disagree with your post above, but I certainly wouldn't call you a name or imply that you are deficient, lacking, or stupid in some way for having that opinion.

I don't personally think the "single mother" is relevant to the topic at all.  It's a bad thing to have happened REGARDLESS of the person's age, marital status, or number of children, but I also don't think it's EXTRA bad because she's a single mother - and I don't think that's how she meant it.

For those of you who have acquired accts through cold calling, what do you suggesting saying?  I did get one account this way, but cant remember how I managed.  Any tips appreciated!

Thanks,

Florida girl!

Have it checked out.

Here's what fortunately happened to my stubborn sister.

She just happened to luck out because she was in a room full of people at a big birthday bash for a friend. She didn't feel good, a bit of a nagging headache, but thought it was no big deal until her head started to ache so bad that she dropped into a chair. She was about 5 blocks from the hospital at the time and someone called rescue. She had a brain aneurysm rupture, but she made it. After a month in the hospital she is "normal" with only a slight problem with short term memory.

The "moral" of this story is that if my stubborn sister had been home by herself, thinking, "maybe something is wrong" she would have taken an aspirin and went to lie down.

Don't mess with chest pain. Better to find out that you've pulled a muscle or something.

I'm thinking of switching to an IC. Tell me the absolute best thing about being an IC/subcontractor and the absolute worst thing.

Thanks.

There are two of us here in Delaware so far that would like to get together and have lunch.  We are planning on meeting at the Ruby Tuesdays in Middletown (Rt. 299) at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 3rd.  We would love to have others come and have a nice day out.         

Has anybody used cold calling to get their own accounts? If so, can you give me advice on how to go about doing this?

I'm also marketing with direct mail, etc., but would like to do some cold calling.  I heard it works.

Thanks!