not the sharpest tool in the shed

• He is one fry short of a Happy Meal. - Just for fun... a new list... Add your own :)
  • If he had a brain, he'd take it out and play with it - smile
  • Operating with only one beater in the bowl. - teehee
  • Playing hockey with a warped puck. - RadGuy
  • Got cobwebs in the windmills of his mind. - RadGuy
  • The lights are on but there's nobody home - nm
  • He doesn't have both oars in the water. nm - W
  • No lights on in the attic. - NM
  • he's so dumb he got hit by a parked car - Snow Bunny
  • Not the brightest color in the box or on the palate NM - getting hungry
  • He's the kind that needs 2 hours to watch 60 - minutes. nm
  • Just S.O.S. (Stuck on Stupid!) - k8
  • dumb as a bag of hair (No, I don't get it either!) - MQMT in PA
  • she fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down - DH favorite
  • The cheese slid off his cracker. - hee hee
  • the lights are on, but nobody's home! nm - hum, sounds like a song (NM)
  • He's a damn fool. That's what I say. nm - Here's mine
    • stupid is as stupid does - Pearly
  • doesn't have both oars in the water - another
  • Not the crispiest chip in the bag. - Iowa MT
  • One brick shy of a load..... - CorT'r
  • The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead. - Yikes
  • skating on the wrong side of the ice - hehe
  • Not the brighest crayon in the box. - happy MT
  • Doesn't have all his cornflakes in one box - Another one
  • not the sharpest pencil in the box - JoH
  • A few cards short of a full deck nm - mlstoo
    • not the sharpest tool in the shed - rainy day blues break
  • dumb as a box of rocks (don't ask me!) - my DH's favorite nm
  • A few clowns short of a circus - Smiley face
  • Sharp as a marble. nm - IHMT
  • his/her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top! - one more (nm)
  • one can short of a six pack! nm - woohoo, it's almost Friday!
  • One quarter short of a roll...nm - IHMT
  • Not the sharpest knife in the drawer - Sis
    • A couple sandwiches short of a picnic. - who me?
      • He is three blocks behind the parade - daa

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nm

I've been with this large clinic acct. since March of 2004. Since starting, they've been growing & going through lots of changes in the way they're running things. I am a part-time IC. I've gotten great audit scores and have been told I'm one of their best MTs on the account (when wanting to switch to doing more on a different acct.)

When I first started, all the work was in a pool. Sometime later, I noticed they were pretty much assigning only certain clinics to me, which they confirmed they'd starting doing it that way & it improved production. All the MTs seemed to be pleased with this. I had mostly decent dictators overall.

Not too long ago, I noticed I'd started getting overall worse dictators. When I asked my supervisor about it, via email, she said nothing had changed, I was just getting the luck of the draw. I had my suspicions that some of those in higher positions that could manipulate the work were giving themselves the good jobs, & even voiced something to that effect--slightly. But, I did notice after I'd tentatively voiced my suspicions, I started to get some of my better dictators back.

However, last week I noticed a drastic & complete change. I started getting some of the worse dictators from clinics I usually didn't work on--not some of the good dictators from that clinic, mind you, but the worse ones almost consistently. My suspicions were confirmed a few days ago by a broad email sent to us all that there had been some work-pool changes. In effect, it was saying those of us who weren't doing well by their criteria, i.e, QA utilization, production, audit scores, accountability & quality, were not going to be getting work when it was available, but it would go to the ones who meet all this criteria, and that basically we were going to be getting the junk, to paraphrase.  Since work usually doesn't download until later in the morning, they were going to save any morning work for the "good" MTs.

Now, I know that I am meeting all those criteria, and I am so upset by the fact I'm getting all the junk now. From reading this board, I'd thought I'd learned that companies will give full-time employees the better work instead of the ICs, that this somehow is better for the company. Could anyone advise me of this? Could there be another reason for this that mgmt doesn't want to tell us, other than trying to attack our work & say it's our fault?

I wonder if he really needs to see some kind of a counselor about his life in general, but my brother is very hard to suggest things to.  But, one thing I do know, if they don't get a handle on this boy's smart-mouth and terrible attitude toward his dad and his grandmother who is helping out, I just believe they are in for some horrific years to come.  I've raised 2 teenagers, one who gave me problems and one who did not, and this is different from what I had to deal with and also at a younger age.  His dad just seems resigned to the fact that, well, this is how it is and how it's going to be.  I can't just sit by and let the whole family crash and burn, but there's only so much that I feel I can do.  The grandmother (my mother) is helping, but frankly her "mouth" is about as bad as the teenager's.  It's constant back and forth/back and forth between her and him - you would't believe the tone of their voices and the things they say to each other, and then the things he says to his dad.  I learned a long time ago that "tone of voices" matters a great deal in general conversation as well as arguments, and to tell you the truth, my mother can be meaner than anyone I know when she gets started. 

I'm sorry ths is so long - I guess I got carried away but I might as well leave it now that it is typed.  It's just a family problem that we have.

Open Word, run your mouse up to the top of the page and right click in the space where you would see the tool bar, another elongated box should pop up, click standard or whatever tool boxes you use.  If this does not get your tool bar back, under tools go to customize.  This will bring up the same information to access your various tool bars.

HOPE THIS HELPS!

Andi

I thought as I aged I would grow cojones...the problem is, we moved up here and it's just so far away from friends and family, that when company does show up, planned or not, it is truly a blessing.  I am incredibly lonely up here, and as I work out of a home in a land where I don't know ANYONE except my immediate neighbors, friends have not been easy to make and, well, you can see why I have so many postings on this board. 

So, I guess I'll continue to treat people as I wish to be treated...with a big hug, a warm smile, and a "I'm so glad you were able to stop by"...and then stress out and drink black coffee laced with 1/4 pound of suger catching up on work while they sleep soundly.  I only got this one life, so I might as well try to squeeze everything into it with at least a calm and cool outer appearance    ;-)

I have found that this greatly motivates me to keep my speed up.  I set one of those metal change counters that you wear on your waist next to my screen. Everytime I complete a line I press the nickel lever and a nickel falls out. Just the sound of that makes me want to type faster.  For those of you who make 7 to 8 cpl, it is a few more presses per line, but definitely will keep you going as fast as you can.

When I try using the SEARCH tool, to look up past information, it does not work.  Is this just temporary, or am I doing something wrong? 

TIA~

Part of my toolbar, from file through help, is now vertical along the left side of my screen. I checked "help" but could not come up with the solution for moving it back to the horizontal top of the screen position.

Thank you

I just found this really great site with a tool on it for counting the repeated phrases in documents which we as MTs can use to make shortcuts! 

here it is:  http://medicaltranscriptionexpandproductive.blogspot.com/

for cats (squart guns too).  Get a good scratching post and rub it with catnip.  I use double-sided tape that I get from the Foster&Smith website and the cats leave my furniture alone.  (I have 4 cats).  The log is a nice idea too...messy but nice in addition to scratching posts and such. 

Not all combs/brushes are created equal and I have found that the curry-comb type work best.  They are sometimes called a shedding comb.  It is in the shape of a loop with a handle.  I put a towel on the floor and go to town!  In the spring I can get a cat-sized ball of fur off of them using this comb.  Regular combing will really help keep your house cleaner.  You still need to use a roller or duct tape placed around your hand to remove it from your furniture on a regular basis.  Good luck.

Does anyone know if it's possible to make the Bayscribe Productivity Tool work in Microsoft Word?  Or at the very least, transfer the expansion list into Word's expander?