I'm not the OP either, and I have only

Posted By: Okay on 2007-07-04
In Reply to: Ummm.... - Not the OP (sm)

done the very briefest of QA work. I found it very tiring and annoying. I was very surprised by the errors that were being made over and over and over again. It just seemed to be very common sense stuff to me, usually having to do with anatomy or regular English words.

I'm very disappointed that so many people go into MT with tiny little vocabularies, expecting to be able to transcribe intelligently for doctors with MD and PhD degrees and often huge vocabularies. English and medical language skills, punctuation, grammar, and typing on a computer- that's all WE really have to be good at to be good at MT, yet some of us go into it as if all you need to be able to do is type fast. I really don't blame QA folks for needing to vent, especially when my current QA team happens to be very nice, easy to work with and consistently good at what they do.

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Do MTs bother to use their reference books or the internet? SM - QALady
- I agree with you and wow sm - Michael
- If MTs didn't make mistakes or leave blanks, - you'd be out of a job. nm
- You need a new job. - momof2sons
- How Sad - Both MT and QA
  - I see you cleaned up your original post! - nana
    - Funny visual - jmr
      - Dictators - nana
    - SORRY, NO GLASSES - nana
      - Sorry, No Glasses - AnotherOldTimerMT
- Be thankful. If we were perfect like you obviously are, you'd be out of a job. OMG I thought we - Disgusting. nm
  - ...thought we were a TEAM to create perfect documents! Why be so adversarial? - nm
- What a positively disrespectful, terrible post... - MTnest
  - $$ should have nothing to do with your skills and conscientiousness. (sm) - old timer
  - But I agree with everything she said. - Not QA
    - oops - posted in wrong place. I agree with everything QA said,not U. - Not QA
      - mistakes all the time, tsk tsk tsk...(NM - MTnest
    - Thank you, for the support - cool! NM - MTneset
  - Oh please, drop the drama - she is absolutely correct. - AnotherQA
    - She is not correct. She needs a new line - of work. NM :)
      - Chuckle, okay, now thanks for the support! - MTnest
    - Would you please note you have no message inside... - MTnest
- Nice rant. Here's one from the MT side! - paints
- Brava!! Thank you!! These so-called MTs sm - fakename
  - Agreed, but... - nana
  - Work is being sent offshore - because there is too much of it.
  - and they don't like to be told how to spell anything either (sm). - Ditto
- You make some valid points; HOWEVER, - Nothing is Standard
- Oh please! If you don't like your job, find another one. nm - MLS65
  - I love my job. I dislike careless MTs. - QALady
    - I love MY job. I dislike careless QA. LOL - From an MT
- QALady: As long as there is need for QA, YOU have a job. lol - Amazed
  - As long as there is a need for QA for American MT, SM - QALady
    - Don't blame you - I refused also. - nm
- If the shoe fits... - Deb
  - Agree completely. I have seen some god-awful things in reports. - MSMT
  - You are absolutely right - a lot of them don't care - (sm) - nm
  - And is QA allowed to let her know - And
    - And is QA allowed to let her know... - AnotherOldTimerMT
- You should QA your own post. - SM
  - Yes, we are all human BUT my post isn't going to part... - QALady
    - Maybe not, but it's a reflection of you. - nm
      - I've been known to cuss when I'm angry... - QALady
        Again, HERE HERE!! - nm
        Brain dead today - or is it hear hear? I'm going to bed. - nm
    - Thank goodness because you just made - another mistake. Left out the word be. NM
      - Hey, NM, the word "be" should be in ""! x - fn
      - Are you one of the ones who gets made when you get a correction? - nm
        LOL - I mean mad. - nm
- Having bad day - shorty
  - Maybe thinking she should have been a maid - cleaning up others' messes. - Probably not a bad day
- Think of it as job security for you -- when you QA people pick out the ^easy^ reports and transcrib - MTMadam
  - Huh? I don't pick and choose and I certainly... - QALady
- We careful MTs see those reports - Well yeah
  - Ya know, I should add that I do see... SM - QALady
    - Agree, it is terribly sad. nm - fn
    - I should add... - Sharon Metcalf
    - What is your background enabling - you to be QA?
      - Pray tell, what is a "job lady?" Where can I find one of those? - fn
      - Well, let's see 15 years ago I completed a transcription...SM - QALady
        Well it sounds like you should be - doing more than just QA then.
        Okay, you work doesn't need QA because YOU are the QA... - QALady
        BURNOUT? - nana
        Funny you should say that - because I had a physician
        Trust me when I say - Not the OP (sm)
        So if you can narrow it down to 5 MTs - then why don't you get rid of them.
        Ummm.... - Not the OP (sm)
        I'm not the OP either, and I have only - Okay
        Another reasonable post!! Thanks! - fn
        I also want to add... - Not the OP (sm)
        Yeah, yeah, that should be "your work..." - QALady
        I believe you are my QA headache -- English degree -- uh la la nm - Ahhh . . . impressive
        This is why it is so unfortunate - Huh
- And may I add........... - anon
  - Reference books and Google - typing fool
    - QA DRAGONLADY - nana

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