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BRAVO! I agree!! (nm)

Posted By: Voting for YOU! on 2008-04-17
In Reply to: let's get real here for a minute --- - anon

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Bravo!! Very well said and I agree sm
and I'm not even a breeder. Have had dogs for years and have never been bit or growled at nor any member of my family.  They've been smothered in love and affection along with discipline and are remarkably well behaved compared to other dogs I have seen. They will always have their special place in my family.
Bravo! I completely agree.
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Bravo! Good post. I totally agree. sm

I too have been in this business for a long time (almost 20 years).  I also have a good friend who is an RN who will ask me questions about certain things that she hasn't read up on because it is not in her field of "expertise". 


If someone I know says something like, "I have this pain that won't go away. . ..", I say, "you need to make an appointment with your doctor.  If someone says the doc put them on a drug and can't pronounce the name, I can give them the correct way to say it.


But in my experience, I can tell (in my areas of expertise) when something is wrong.  I would never say, "I think he has this or that."  I would say, "I really don't like the looks of that and it might need to be looked at by the doctor. Even if I do know from experience what it may be. 


In the case of an NP ignoring the MT's concerns, I find that disturbing.  That seems to say that personal objections are getting in the way, which should never happen in the medical field, regardless of what level you are at, if there is even what may apper to be a valid concern.


 


BRAVO! BRAVO! So true, and so well-said!
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Bravo!!
Thank you for your post!!  The truth!!  Please continue to tell it as it is..maybe one day some will be enlightened..Once again, thank you..
Bravo!

I've always thought it was unrealistic to expect all teenage high school graduates to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives and to be able to pursue a college degree based on that knowledge (although I acknowledge that's 100% true, as some grads do know).  I'm 53 and I'm still not sure what I want to be when I grow up!


I think the events described in your post happen a lot more often than not, and when they do occur, it IS a waste of money. 


Life is a work in progress, and people change drastically over the course of it.


Again Bravo
On a gross line a/c I work on I avg 320-340 lines/hr when actually typing, using all my own shortcuts and saved text. But you are truly awesome. I'm fairly new to MT work so still working on them, but I truly hope to be where you are some day.
Bravo! :)
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Bravo!
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BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think YOU should run for President!!!

Bravo.... :O) NM
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Bravo! Well said.

Yes, instead of being petty, envious and annoyed - celebrate with our typing sisters and brothers - we are all trying to make it work moneywise.  Share the knowledge of increasing line count.  That is what everyone wants to know anyway. Good for you!


BRAVO for you

BRAVO!!!!
We should email this out to all the top companies!
Bravo, thanks!
I love the look of the Mac, plus the idea that it's almost as portable as a laptop. Thanks! for the info, now I have a goal.


BRAVO, BRAVO!
  I'm with you on that one!!!
Bravo....well said! nm
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Bravo!!!!
You are 100% correct. Offshoring is all about cheap labor and not better quality. I could point out a million examples but two are toys made in China and Microsoft's technical support! Not quality, just cheap junk!
Bravo. Well said! nm
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Bravo !
Bravo! Braavo ! Bravo !
Bravo to you Fed Up!
I also earned a B.A. in English and worked for many years as a writer/editor before becoming an MT 17 years ago, so the concept that anything written in the BOS would trump the basic rules of the English language is absolutely absurd to me.
Bravo

I watch my friends spend all this money on clothing, gas and food while I'm at home in my sweats and T-shirts and a tank of gas will last for weeks when my daughter is out of school. I cook enough dinner to have leftovers for lunch. 


When the weather is bad, I'm not trying to get home, I just keep on typing (unless the power goes out of course).  So all in all, I can't complaint even though I do at times LOL. 


Another benefit of this job I would say is that you can work for as many companies as you can handle unlike there being a conflict of interest say if you are working for two grocery stores in the same area.


Bravo! Some of these companies (sm)

can cost you a BUNDLE, especially after a few NONPAYING companies in a row.


 


 


Now that certainly followed the thread! Bravo! Thanks for
that totally coherent thought.  When there is a thread on make up or hair color, do you post on the the War in Iraq? Probably! Perhaps the OP (original poster) who asked about working at home with a newborn had something to do with the topic being babies and...working at home! Imagine that!  Pardon us all for staying on topic.
I ASPIRE TO BE YOU!!! BRAVO
Wow and wow some more. I am truly in awe. I am very fast and make more than most people, but it is truly inspiring to see something like your figures. I now have reason to push forward harder.

LOL LOL and BRAVO!!!!!
Bravo! Right on the money!!!
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Bravo, Patti!!
Smart, energetic people like you who are willing to put the effort into finding the niches you have described will always fare better than those who prefer to take what can be had with no effort.

You're right. Your detractors are jealous, but probably not enough to go out and hustle and do what you did to get what you have. They would rather tear you down and try to believe that what you have done cannot be done than put some effort into making their own lives and incomes better.

You go, girl! People like you will always come out on top, regardless of what happens to the MT profession down the road. Congratuations!
Bravo - say it louder!
I too know what it feels like to be a "good MT" in an on-site setting.  I, too, have come home to "pasture" and am making more due to the office politics and poor management (my manager was not MT at all), feeling better about myself, and do not feel I have to prove anything to anyone or smile at "back-stabbers".  Ya' know, I could always help in other areas of my department at the hospital filing, answering phones, even assist with patient transfers (until the hospital said this was not allowed), yet NO ONE and I mean NO ONE could help me do my job!!!  Okay, I'm done!  I loved your post!      Keep up the good work (at home).  At this point in my life, I know I am better off.  
To Laurie.....Again Bravo!
I agree!

How much time do MTs dedicate to their job, who are willing to start a big, revolutionary campaign regarding the MT business to stop offshoring?

Maybe they should really work in another industry.

People who are not even ready to pay for a mentoring program? Come on! And refuse to give back the computer that was provided by the company because they worked so 'hard' and do not think that they were compensated enough? Where is their integrity?

It is a business and a f r e e market. Don't these people ever get it?

BRAVO! The mothers never want to work SM

a holiday, they want every school break to be off with their children, they have to go on a field trip, they need to take Bratleigh to the doctor, on and on.


Taking a full-time job is great for them with full-time benefits until they are told they have to work some weekends or God forbid CHRISTMAS....what about the chilllllldddrennnnnn......


BRAVO...EXCELLENT INSIGHT!! nm
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BRAVO!! It's about time they got the message that
Good, good, good!
Bravo! I guarantee you will feel better in time
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a lot needs to change...Great posting! .BRAVO.
I specifically liked this statement:

Why are MTSOs so afraid to approach a lousy dictator?
Bravo! 1 cm no 1-cm. Follow-up no follow up. 1 mg no 1mg. 1 space after period, no 2. S
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Agree, agree, agree! Just listen to Benny Hinn..

he speaks perfect English, especially when asking for money!  Also, in my opinion, blanks should be left in the doc's dictation if not able to be transcribed, maybe then they will know that are NOT understood.  With QA fixing them, what need is there for them to care if we understand them or not? 


I agree with you....

I mean afterall there is no evidence that she is dead.  From the beginning I thought they were guilty and I still think that Joran knows something (not saying it was an intentional murder-- probably an accident)  The biggest thing that plays on my mind is why did they lie in the beginning if they were innocent.  I believe that they were covering up for something.  There have been theories that she went for a swim and drowned but there has been absolutely no trace of her.  No shoes, handbag, nothing, which leads me to believe that everything was gathered up and taken somewhere. 


I feel for the family but they need to let the Arubans do their job abiding their own laws.  I know the mother has said she will stay until she finds Natalee but you can't live in Aruba forever.


I agree....

I think you have to blame Natalee herself before you blame the chaperones.  What was she thinking going in a car w/ three strangers in a foreign country???  And also, what about her friends.. what were they thinking letting her go to the bar or leaving the bar alone?  Back when we were in college and were on spring break or just bar hopping in this country..... you NEVER let your friend go off w/ some strange guys.  That is just common sense.


I agree!
It is stated above, "I wouldn't give my daughter 2 cents towards a trip to Aruba at age 18. There's only one reason to go to an island like that, to drink."

Thank you! Me either!

I feel awful for this girl and her family. I really do. But no way in Jerusalem would I have allowed my 18-year-old son OR daughter to go to Aruba (which is a colony of the Netherlands, where pot is legal and who knows if there's any regulation on alcohol).

An 18-year-old is in no way socially savvy or emotionally prepared to be turned loose in a strange place with very loose laws and be expected not to get into some kind of a situation that he/she is in no way prepared to handle.

NO WAY

I really hope they find this poor girl, but it's not looking good.
I agree - for all we know
they could have taken out a second mortage on their home to finance this "vacation".
I agree with you...
besides if I sat all day and typed an American doctor who dictated in monotone speech I'd be sleeping by 10 a.m. I look forward to the challenge of transcribing the ESL's every day..it makes our jobs more rewarding!
I agree
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I do agree with that...

Evil does exist no matter where you go and my post was meant in no way disrespectful to you or your opinion (I hate it when a flaming war starts like the ones above).  I just know how one seemingly insignificant comment can start a whole line of growing misinformation...  Kinda like that game we probably all played as kids..telephone or whatever 


I did not hear about the comment of America being the Great Satan, that is interesting, I am going to have to check that one out! 


agree...

IN some cases we did, but do you really think the Indians didn't do the same?  There is a myth about indigenous peoples on any continent being "noble savages," but in truth, there were warring thieving tribes among the Indians here who leeched off the peaceful tribes before the Europeans got here.  Lying and cheating are not exclusively European virtues.


I still say they need to get over it.  We spend way too much time in this country talking about mistreatment and ills of the past - we need to spend more time and energy on building a future for the children and grandchildren we say we love so much.  The best way to give them a successful, peaceful future is to let go of our resentments and choose to love our children more than we love our grudges.


I agree with you (sm)
it takes a village to produce a perfect report! LOL! I embrace the feedback from QA, both positive and negative.  And I make notes and try not to make the same mistake twice.  Life is a learning process, anyways.  The day I stop learning, I guess will be the day I die!
don't think so, i agree, it is a
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I don't agree.
We get a lot of local coverage, but what about national coverage like on Fox, MSNBC, CNN, etc.? Every single news network has been focused on this one single incident on just about every show from 7 to 11 p.m. for months.  Nancy Grace gives a 30-second blip in her missing person segment, but the majority of her hour-long show is devoted to the Holloway case.  Look at all the help that was donated to the search effort in the Holloway case because of media attention and contrast that to the help that could be focused on other cases in addition (not instead of) had they received the same saturation of news coverage.  It's not a generalization, it's an actuality.
I agree
Yes I agree with both of you Joran was involved.  I think it was drug related probably not to her knowlege, an accident or something and then they panicked and did whatever they did.  When you hear that the father actually said, "No body, no case", that sends off bells to me.  My fear is they know she will never be found, and he will just do his 116 days in jail or whatever, and her parents will never have any closure.  Sad.  I hope we are all wrong.  I hope she shows up somewhere like Elizabeth Smart, no matter how traumatized, it can be dealt with.  However, I still don't think it is fair to all the other parents with missing children who cannot get their story on CNN for 3 hours a night, not for even a minute.  That has to be a plight worse than hell, not knowing; and thank God I don't know how it feels and hope I never will.
I agree with almost everything you said except for
the fact that you don't think our work impacts patient care. I have to disagree with that one. So many times the things that we transcribe are read and re-read to help those giving direct patient care a better understanding of what is going on with their patient (I used to be a nurse and quite often read previous transcriptions). While we are not directly involved in patient care, we do have an impact on their care. Anything that is placed in the chart has an impact on the care because if we transcribe something incorrectly (which we all do)whether it be MR#, wrong med, whatever and nobody catches it then it becomes a part of the record and may be referred to many more times down the road.

I do agree that a lot of transcriptionists would be happier if paid by the hour with incentive bonuses for QA and/or production, but like you said, that is not likely to happen.

I am glad that we can get on this board and discuss our different opinions with others. Sometimes it gets a little lonely working at home and it helps to know other people's insight into different things.
I have to agree...
Degree in advertising and marketing and promotion and choosing to do MT. How pitiful is that?
I agree

I can do 1800-2000 lines a day, so 1000 is a piece of cake.