Junk shows.

• I'm not a prude by any means, - but...sm
  • gross commercials lol - nanna23
  • The Lamisil ones where the toenail goes up OMG it just FLIPS ME OUT!! - sm
    • lamisil commercial - DLMinONT
    • ewww... - OP sm
    • Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! - WI MT
  • I don't like any commercials dealing with - detest TV any more
    • Cialis and Viagra - for men in their 80's! sm (OP)
      • I did a job where the old man wanted to change one of his heart meds because he thought it was - interferring with his Viagra,, sshheesh nm
      • Maybe it's not for their wives. Maybe they found t hemselves a hooker or something. nm - Geezer Love
  • What about the ED ones that say to see your doctor if you have, sm - justme
  • No, you're not alone. Almost all TV disgusts me nowadays. nm - Most programming shows no class whatsoever.
    • Junk shows. - Don't like most TV.
    • AMEN, AMEN - amen

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tech guy setup SpamBayes on my computer so that they go into a junk mail file automatically.  Hope this helps...it sure helped me...don't have to see them and no danger in opening in them. 

I get tons of junk e-mails, you know, the pass around type.  I never read them.  I don't have time and I have no reason to read them.  I am trying to make a living!  My sisters are the worst culprits!  How can I get them to quit forwarding all their junk e-mails to me!  One sister is always asking me "did you read the one about....."  to which I respond, "No, I don't have time to read those things."  She just never catches on.  I don't want to be rude, but it's getting on my nerves!  I know the simple answer would be to just aske them to quit but things are touchy between us and I don't want to antagonize and already less-than-perfect relationship with my sisters.

Thanks!

And if that wasn't bad enough it was chocolate brown.

My blinker knob fell off and I had to shove a pair of tweezers in there to work the blinkers.  I couldn't wear heels or they'd get wedged in the holes in the floor board and one tire had a big bubble in it.

I can't believe I even dared drive that thing.

It was a 1980 Chevette (or as we called it..the Shove It) lol.  When I got it, it was already falling apart, but I didn't care, I was 17 and had wheels.  It had NO power steering, NO power brakes, NO air, NO power at all.  The seat was falling through the bottom, so when you drove, your body was tilted to the left.  The horn didn't BEEP, it MOOed (not kidding).  The speakers were blown so my brother wired a speaker through the front and sat it in the console...lol.  Like I said it was piece of junk but was a lot of fun to drive around and I could fill it up with about $8.00.  A few years later when I was working I bought a Geo Storm and I loved that car.  It was actually a very nice car..but nothing tops the "Shove It."

Seems to me that newbies are getting trained on VR with many companies.  VR gets the better dictators.  Offshore is getting the simple stuff and other half of the better dictators because that's all they can handle.  Experienced MTs are left with a trunk of JUNK on their systems and getting paid no more than the new grads and offshore MTs, and very few are offering us more for our skills, accuracy and ability to transcribe the more difficult accounts. 

I've seen things change pretty drastically just in the few years I've been doing this work.  I cannot land a decent cpl for IC anymore.  I was landing better offers as a new grad than I am today with experience, and forget about landing a gravy account if you have experience.  Just isn't happening!  Bottom of the barrel crap is all I get with a bottom of the barrel paycheck to go along with it.   You have to work till your eyes bleed, your head's about to explode and fingers ache to make a fairly decent living, then people wonder why we are sometimes short on patience and PO'd all the time.  That's exactly why!  May as well be gum on a filthy shoe!

We're transitioning to an EMR platform called Aria with a god-awful transcription section that is a step backward from the typewriter.  It's largely mouse-dependent, slow (it's through their VPN so there's often a lag on the text) and it doesn't recognize a lot of the hot keys I've utilized in Word for years.  It takes me half again as long to get through a report.  I'm usually busy at least 8 hours a day as it is using Word with most of the people I type - it would take me 12 hours if everyone were on this system right now. 

They've also changed to a "per dictated minute" rate of pay from 65 cpl w/spaces.  It's a generous per-minute rate compared to most places I've worked, and they've stated they don't want anyone losing any money in the transition, but it would take a pretty steep increase in this rate to match what I was making previously.

I'm seriously considering changing jobs, although these guys have been wonderful to work with.  Does anyone out there have any experience with this platform or any tips, websites, etc., that have information on utilizing this POS to its fullest?  Hate to jump ship prematurely - I know what's out there and it ain't purty!  

I tried to get tickets to O but they were sold out.  Thank you all for your suggestions. 

I thought about it as I do quite a bit of transcribing different types of seminars but when I saw what they charge people for a transcription of the show I thought boy they must not pay much as it does not cost much to get a transcription of a show, less than $20.  So they must have some type of automated transcription as for a 8 hour seminar I get anywhere from $500 to $750 and for a three day seminar I get close to $2000.  Per line charge.  But is frustrating to do sometimes as the audio is not the greatest at time.

But that was my thoughts on the subject.

1. The Office


2. Oprah


3. Dr. Phil


4. Ellen (Loooove Ellen!)


5. Will & Grace


6. AI


7. Sopranos


8. Dateline

home.  She doesnt seem to have a personality either.  Oh well, when you're that gorgeous who needs a personality?  As far as men aging well, I think Al Pacino looks better now than he did back when he first came out.  He had those bags under his eyes, maybe he's gotten plastic surgery.  Other bad agers:  John Travolta (he looks like he ate the old John Travolta from Saturday night fever) and Nicolas Cage, an old crush of mine, awesome actor but seeming a bit hairless and bloated these days.

Two of my favories: Judging Amy and American Dreams, have both been cancelled. I'm down to ER now - can anybody point me at something that I should be watching? No HBO at our house, just regular satellite programming, broadcast channels. I started to get into Everwood last spring....