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Might be public forum but you don't need to insult people

Posted By: noyb on 2006-06-12
In Reply to: You need to lighten up. This is a public forum. Take the good, leave the bad. - nm

in "just kidding" or not. Now drop the subject. I accepted your apology, now move on. I will not argue the point with you. It is fruitless.


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MQ chose the public forum for us to ask questions.

Do you have any better idea?


They offered a job.  They are not producing the goods.  They don't return phone calls and they don't have any policy manuals for employees or contractors.


There is no other way to ask the question.  They brought us to this place through their misrepresentation of facts.  The fact is they offered work.  So why shouldn't they be looked at for unethical work practices?  I was looking for a job, they offered one.  It's not my responsibility now to go look for another job.  They need to reply as to why there is no work.


Questions like this should be taken up with your supervisor instead of a public forum. sm
I'm sure your supervisor could answer any questions you have. 
You're an idiot. You asked for help on a public forum
then get angry over the responses? OMG, do you even have a life? LOL

You need to lighten up. This is a public forum. Take the good, leave the bad.
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Also, this is a public forum not an actual report I am sending to a client...
so give me a break...shows nothing about how qualified I am...You wouldn't know what qualified is since you are not qualified yourself...
The way people appear in public anymore--
Reminds me of a T shirt I saw that read-- Too many freaks, not enough circuses. I think slippers are the least of your worry. I think people should at least be covered up and not letting everything hang out for public display. If they want to look like that at home, but not in public.
On another forum they were talking about the people
There are over 50,000 people packed in there.  If the structure holds, and that's a big if, the bottom level will flood.  The upper level is 35 feet high so all those people will have to be on one level.  The problem is magnified with 50,000+ people, the possibility of no electricity, no air conditioning, no food or water as the dome has not been designated as a diaster shelter previously.  It will basically become a giant indoor swimming pool isolated as an island.  It will be days before rescue can happen.  I shudder to think what they will find when this is all over.
Just make a "mean people" forum nm
nm
You not only posted on this forum, but another forum asking for
advice, not once, but at least twice, panic stricken.   If you didn't want the advice you shouldn't have asked and you surely shouldn't have come back her bashing people for their advice.  We are not medical professionals.  It could have just as easily been something serious and because of the lack of $$ you didn't go to the ER and you'd be singing a different song today. 
No Insult taken

You guys really have my sympathy.  What a mess.  Best wishes to you all.  Go get 'em!!


How is this an insult?

Yes - insult us all! Go for it!

Although your posts are getting more amusing (and more full of typos) all the time, I'm still rather shocked at your opinion of MTs! 


Keeping it realistic?  How's this for realistic - its is obvious that you are both sick with jealousy at anyone with a decent line count AND ashamed of the work you do!  You have referred to it as slave labor, manual labor, working like a horse, and rant on and on about how its going down the drain, blame the doctors, blame technology, blame anyone with a "stupid" idea, blame everything and everybody.  Take a look in the mirror the next time you blame!  Good grief, woman, if you hate this work so much go do something else for a living! 


Those of us who enjoy our work and find it profitable really wonder what you think you're accomplishing with all this negativity!  You sneer about expanders, you are outraged at the thought of sitting still and working a whole 55 minutes - well that actually works for MANY of us!  I take pride in my work and my swelled head matches my swelled paycheck!  All the insults in the world from the likes of you can't take it away one bit of my pride, my work ethic, or my whopping line count!  So go ahead and "stay down to earth"....your attitude isn't dragging down anybody but YOU!


Truly an insult
You really have no right to interfere.  Do you have a psychiatric degree?  If so, where is it?  You are just a Transcriptionist and have no right to judge a doctors patient or anybody for that matter.  You certainly do not get the big doctor bucks, do you?   You are no more than a common person on the street calling someone "sick", when you really do not know the facts.  What if she was indeed okay and you interfered in her care.
insult to women

Some women ask for it??  What an insult to all women.  What never blame the guy??  This young woman was acting like a young woman and partying and meeting guys.  In no way, shape or form was her demise/disappearance her fault or her parents fault.  get real.


The insult was probably not directed at you then.

You are a "mobile home dweller", not "trailer trash" or a skank.  There's a big difference, one you can tell by looking at the home and the person.  We have some very nice mobile homes on our block nestled amongst the stickbuilt houses.  There used to be four "trailer trash" houses.  One of them remodeled and it looks quite nice.  Another one moved out, someone bought the lot, sold the trailer, tore up the old foundation, and now they have a really nice big yard.  We're still trying to get rid of the other two.  If they'd only clean up the junk littering their yards, mow and water once a week, and paint the exteriors, they'd have nice properties.  I don't understand why able-bodied people would not maintain their properties to keep or increase the value.  Instead, their dumps make the entire neighborhood look trashy.  Ironically, there are city laws here that they must mow and they must clean up their junk and abandoned cars.  These are the people screaming drunk in the streets at 2:00 a.m.  Other people have turned them in to the police repeatedly.   Thus, true trailer trash.  If I had only known 10 years ago what I know now, we never would have bought this place.


I can somewhat relate to your taking offense.  It's the same thing with the dumb blonde jokes.  However, I just tell myself that I'm not dumb or dyed, so the remark isn't directed at me.  You aren't a trailer trash skank, so the remarks weren't directed at you.  You are a very nice, intelligent mobile home dweller.


career insult
Thank you! I have an aunt with the same name . . . Louise. She is my favorite aunt and always in my corner. I just had to say that. I hope your daughter is able to cope better these days. Cerebral palsy is not an easy thing to deal with. And you! To do this type of work and care for another with CP --You deserve a huge pat on the back, hug and so much more. Thank you for your support. I have gotten so much from this board. Bless you!
Not to insult you, but also make
in the trash.  I always put a note when returning to the doc that the tape is defective.  Another thing though - from the old school and working with tapes so much, is that it could be the actual dictation machine the doc is using.  You may want to have that checked out as well or he/she may need a new one.  All equipment wears out eventually.  I have had this happen. 
TOTALLY! (It's an insult!) nm
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Oh no, certainly not insult. Like the line and
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not ALL. You doi not know me well enough to insult my integrity
like that.

Ever experience pride in an honest day's pay or a job well done? Fairness? Respect? and don't look at others - these are things you give yourself.

It's called ETHICS...got some?
insult to injury
It is just the Pits! I would not want to work for them if I had any other choice at all. If no one works for them, they will have to change or do it all themselves! Yahoo.
you sure went a long way to insult someone's opinion

Hey this lady didn't ask you to insult sm
her. She asked if anybody had anything that would help her. Obviously she does not agree with what her niece has done, but the crack you made was totally uncalled for. Why can't you have a little compassion for this lady. She just wants some friendly advice, not nastiness. Have a heart will ya?
Family insult about my career
I need to vent.  Hope that is okay.  You know we take a lot of abuse from bad dictators, the impossible to please QA, but from family is just too much.  I called home to my parents -- big mistake.  I was feeling great this week.  I have one MT job that I hate and another temp job -- may be will go full-time that I absolutely love.  My father asked why I don't get a job!  I challenge anyone in my family to try and do what I do!  I finished school in 6 months!  Had a job before I even finished the course.  I have worked my buttock off for the last 2+ years!  Yes things are slow now and money is tight.  I hate my one account.  But heck!  Get a job??? I work three jobs, plus take care of two kids and a disabled spouse.  Did I deserve this?  I cannot work outside the home because I think my family is priority.  That is one of the reasons I worked so hard to do what I do.  There are days I would love to throw in the towel, but I stay in the game because I don't have any other options right now.  There are up sides.  I don't spend money for gas.  I don't have to drive in bad weather.  And I am here for those who need me.  So am I such a horrible person?  I spend the last two hours crying.  I feel like I just got kicked in the gut by a horse.
Family insult about my career
Hi, I know what that feels like so don't feel alone. My daughter (who is now 20 and able to cope better) has cerebral palsy and I opted for this same career for the same reasons (to be near at hand and have grown to love this work) and my late mother always referred to it as "Louise's tin-pot job"!!! Hang in there and write me if you would like to. There is nothing worse than someone denigrating our work. With best wishes: Lou
It's a seafaring insult, though both are similar
guess I'm not so far under the rock after all. Just Google the term... you'll find it.
Ohhh, ty. So it WASN'T an insult {;-)
I've seen the movie, didn't retain that part (obviously). Maybe I should start sniffing glue; it might help!
And adding insult to injury,
I have a few that dictate like they're trying to keep it all a big secret; ironically, it usually sounds like they are trying to keep their voices down so they don't disturb the people having the LOUD conversation 5 feet away! Hello, get a clue! Gaaaah!
Adding insult to injury,
it's IC (independent contract) work with an insultingly low line rate. If I were going to take THAT big a pay hit, it had BETTER have one KICKER of a benefits package attached to it. No, thanks. Don't call me and I won't call you.

In addition to the various fees charged if you don't jump through all their hoops (and they were a bit fuzzy about whether those fees would still be assessed if the failure to complete the required work was THEIR fault not yours, there was also some verbiage in their contract that sounded like they might require you to use a dedicated computer--i.e. you can't use the computer you use for their work for anything else. Naturally, they do not supply this dedicated computer. Excuse me, if I own the computer, I can do whatever I bloody well please with it.
For every US MT insult, there is a position offshored to India
...think about it.

You are so hateful to MTSOs, you drive them to offshore.

When I deal with rude US folks, it reinforces the fact that I don't want to work with those people.

Thanks for the reinforcement! :)
slinging insults? "grow up" is an insult and antagonzing
nm
Another one from back when it wasn't an insult to be called Secretary

I actually went to a secretarial program at the local technical school.  AND I learned Gregg shorthand, but haven't thought about that in a number of years.  Boy are you all bringing back memories.


Now everyone is an administrative assistant.  Secretary is much easier to say.


if you live among trashy people, low income people, people w/o goals or direction,
content to just get by, you by default become a part of a group. "people" have decided to group trailer people as trash. that is because there are enough people in that group to earn the title and even if you aren't trash, you are categorized by others. did i think i was trash in lower class neighborhood surrounded by people who drank and fought all weekend? no but i knew i wasn't staying and did not try to pretend that all the fools in the neighborhood were just nice folks who ended up where they were because high horse snobs deemed their neighborhood low class. people for the most part live exactly where they belong because they don't want to educate themselves, they don't mind "trash" around them and they don't want to be bothered trying just a bit hard to extract themselves from that world. they justify everything to themselves i guess saying everyone who doesn't like their lifestyle is a snob and the comedians (Jeff Foxworthy/Chris Rock, etc) who make fun of them are just ill-informed.

As for me, I fought hard to get out and don't even want to look back. It amazes me people stay for generations.
Good luck! I just got $0.0010 which means and extra $1 for every 1000 lines - Whoo hoo! Very insult
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OMG - now THAT is something the public - nm
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Public
does not know.

I mentioned to my personal physician that transcription was being sent to India. He was surprised and concerned that this was happening.

Maybe we just need to educate the docs who mostly just dictate and don't know where it goes.

Public TV is getting to be just as bad as cable.
Good old evening family sitcoms are just smut and garbage.  We have a Netflix membership, so I fill up the queue with kids or family movies that I've researched and approved.  The kids have been watching those all summer when they feel the need to watch TV at all.
MQ is a public company
under plenty of scrutiny right now. Are you saying they would tell a select group of employees before making the info available to shareholders? That is a violation of SEC rules. Your story is not credible. Unless your source is on the BOD, they know nothing.
No, public school in the U.S.
They had a MENSA group at the school, and we even got to CLEP college coursework.
Yes, but those pay more than public schoolteachers.
Our local college easily pays adjunct faculty twice ($30 hour) what public schoolteachers make.
When you are working with the public (sm)

there are always people who are sarcastic.  Yes, sarcastic will be among us, just like the poor.


By the way, what is your point besides needing to lash out at someone today?


I think in most USA public schools....nm
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Maybe in public VIEW! lol
Article I read said it was Barbara who decided to suggest firing Star because Rosie had said the only way she would join the View was if there was no Star! That and she was annoyed by her antics over the past year. So, yeah, real class that Babs! Maybe she's been hanging out with white-trash-with-money-Rosie a little too much? Maybe next they'll ask Britney Spears to join the show. LOL!
informing the public

That's why I want my friend mentioned in my above post to go to the TV stations about this and expose it if it is not resolved -- NOT the particular MT in question, but the working conditions that make this kind of mistake possible.  This hospital is HUGE, one of the most well-known in the country.  I want TV there. 


 


You mean you would actually do MT-ing in a public place?
If your at-home cable goes down.....dear Lord, I pray you never type my medical records in a public place. Geez Louise, how could you not know this is wrong???
Public record
http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2009/05-May/30-May-2009/FBO-01829906.htm

http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2009/05-May/30-May-2009/FBO-01829905.htm

These 2 companies were just awarded all of VISN 7. Not sure exactly where the split is. Look on VA website for hospitals make up VISN 7.
I don't really think a public website is the place
to be asking such a personal question...and if I were the people in question I don't believe I would want my last name on a public website either but that is just me...a little tact might have been nice...
I think I could handle it, I worked in the public
for 25+ years and it didn't scar me. I also worked as a nurse in a nursing home. If that doesn't scar you nothing will. I enjoy working at home, I just don't enjoy the fact that a lot of the dictators are inconsiderate and rude. If they had to listen to themselves, I think it would embarass them to hear how riduculous they sound.
Not enough money for me to sing in public!!
But, my 3 sons all do this all the time. The youngest sounds like Johnny Cash, and actually is requested to sing his songs a lot (even in the yuppie bars). My nieces (did I spell that right?? That word always evades me) all sing karaoke too.

I've heard some great singers in karaoke, and some bad ones. Frankly, I admire their nerve to stand up and perform. I have horrid stage fright (and yes, I can carry a tune).
I think she should meet him in public place..nm
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I am using public and private schools
My two youngest are in the local public elementary school, and I've had no problems with it. In fact, it's a terrific school, but I have a feeling it's probably much better than the average public school.

My eldest, who's in high school, goes to a private creative arts boarding school because I feel the local public high school doesn't give the kids enough one-on-one attention and doesn't offer as many educational opportunities as my son's school. Also, he is big into music and drama, and our local school has a weak creative arts department.