We "old people" were having trouble seeing it the way it was

• hate this huge geriatric font - 2cents
  • tiny font - WA
  • Can't please everyone although we try. The majority like the larger font. - so we're keeping it. Administrator
  • Huge, I think it's small on my end (NM) - I must need glasses
  • Geriatric? :) I'm only 45 sm - omt
    • I had a doc say that the patient is a 95-year-old post menopausal woman.. - YA THINK???? LOL nm
    • Did not mean to offend. Simmer down all. - 2cents
      • Simmer down? I'm OLD! J/K. sm - omt
        • I guess you're quite a pair (sm) - 2cents
          • Sorry I took so long but couldn't find my glasses :) - omt
  • someone gave me a tip... - MTMT
    • NOW IT WENT HUGER!!! CHANGE BACK? - 2cents
      • For OTHER pages, scroll the other way or go to the View menu. SM - Endiqua
        • Wonderful, got it--I see now it does work here too to make things smaller - 2cents
          • LOL - You and I are in the minority here! NM - Endiqua
            • Guess I am, too. I don't like the big font at all. nm - mom
  • LOVE the new font...THANK YOU! - MT
  • We "old people" were having trouble seeing it the way it was - Geriatric MT

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and like making others unhappy because they are miserable themselves. Misery loves company and you could say all of America is a little miserable right now.  CEOs are delivering pizza for minimum wage after being fired or let go from their high-falutin jobs with 6-digit salaries.  Yeah they too have lost the house, the cars and job prospects are not good for them either, especially not them as that job title may not exist after all is said and done.

None of us are getting rich. There is no silver lining anywhere anymore.  The best thing anyone can do is use the skills they have and if its MT the more power to them. It's a gig and if you have lived within your means, it can pay the bills and keep you afloat in these troubled economic times.

Some MTs really love their jobs even though they gripe because of low pay.  It's true, we deserve raises, more praise and definitely more respect for what it takes to be good at what we do.  We can make a difference and we do everyday with hard work, devotion, dedication and an undying spirit to persevere. 

Just saw this on MT Jobs:

I don't need an "old timey" transcriptionist, I need "new age" with lots of computer experience as well as transcription experience.

Geez Louise - what is considered "old timey" and what is considered "new age"? These companies R becoming a joke.

To me, it seems realistic, but then again, each situation is different.  On account I know, I can usually do 30 minutes an hour, although being money-oriented and paid by the line, I usually gauge things by lines.  I do 250-300 lph, but those little dinky reports ARE an irritation -- no argument there -- hardly enter the header info and *poof* the dictation is over.  Would be hard to make a decent line count that way.

But ... surely your employers understand there are variations on such things.  Maybe you average 8.9 one month and 12 the next ... I would think it would even out.

Anyway, i'm into that gray zone where I know nothing about, but I wish you good luck.  To me, in the days when I was supervisor, if I knew someone was doing the best they could do, that was all that mattered to me. 

call her by her first name.  The little neighbor girl next door from the time she could speak called her Aggie (my mom's first name), and they were great buddies until the day my mom pased away. 

I don't think there really is much in a name, but more in the respect you are given and the way you are treated.   Personally, I kind of cringe inside when someone calls me Ms. Anything or God forbid, "maam" (makes me feel like Methuselah!) ... I'm always just plain Merrie.  :-)

But, as someone pointed out, to each his own.  If you want to be addressed a certain way, you have that right, and people should respect that.  I'm glad you corrected the child ... hope it "sticks."    

about our MQ accounts.

I work out of the Amherst office and so far, I have enough work.  This weekend we are a bit out of turn-around but the ladies on this account, and I, are working quickly to change that (when I'm not poking my nose on this message board).

I am wondering though, if it's just a few isolated accounts that are running out of work from the Amherst office, and it is illegal to discuss what accounts those are?  It probably is--just think it would make a lot of us feel better (especially those of us out of Amherst that are starting to worry) if we knew that it's the same few accounts that are running out of work all the time, and not ALL of the accounts.

I don't know.  This whole situation makes me sort of sick.  I'm thankful I have work, but very sad that many of you appear not to and wonder when my account is next.

I recently started working from home as an IC.  This is my first job as an MT.  I am really enjoying it thus far, but I am having the hardest time getting to sleep at night.  For the past two nights I have been awake until 4 a.m.  Can't seem to turn off my brain.  Since it was the weekend it wasn't that big of a deal, but tomorrow is Monday, and I have to get up early to get my son to school, and get to work.  I was just curious if anyone else ever seems to have this problem, and if so, any suggestions on how to shut off my brain?  I'm exhausted and I know my work quality will suffer if I don't get some quality sleep.

He just had his sister call me which is a direct violation of his Stay Away Order.  Tee hee.  The police officer last night told me that no matter what he tells him that he WILL do at least one of the three things to violate the order.  Ta Da, he obviously hasn't improved his listening skills in 24 hours.  He will never ever change.  He doesn't hear God knocking like I did.  I pity him in his blindness, but not very much....

I use lots of Expanders and create more all the time.  It's great when I do the same account or two regularly, but during spells of getting more accounts (when my main ones are low) I find I waste time fumbling to see if I have an Expander for things.

I have had to deviate from a normal expansion pattern (in a variety of ways), and as long as I am typing the same several dictators, I get used to the way they speak and my expansions and all the deviations just come automatically.  However, when I get tons of other docs saying things in so many different ways, the deviations don't come to me and I fumble.  I think I could go faster with more straight type.

I know people say to have expansions for everything, but do any of you have a good way to determine when it's better to just type it out?  - I don't think anyone could use 100% expansion (or even 90%), but does anyone have any advice or general thougths on this? 

Thanks so much! 

If your life sucks it's no one's fault but your own. Successful people take accountability for their lives and move forward instead of placing blame wherever they can and being angry at the world like you obviously are. 

If your life sucks it's no one's fault but your own. Successful people take accountability for their lives and move forward instead of placing blame wherever they can and being angry at the world like you obviously are. 

I started having symptoms a couple of years ago (I'm 47 now), and finally a year ago, when the hot flashes and night sweats were getting to be just too much to handle, I broke down and saw my doctor.  I used the Evista patch and progesterone pills for a couple of months, but, to be honest, I'm just too lazy and forgetful to take medication, and I eased off of it.  I have incorporated more soy into my diet, and that seems to have helped, or maybe just time has helped -- who knows?  I'm just grateful not to have the embarrassment of sitting there, breaking out in a sweat for no apparent reason, or waking up with the sheets soaked ... ugh. 

As I said, it does get better.  I'm not trying to advertise for anyone, but I have one Revival Soy shake or bar each day and that is the equivalent of 5-6 glasses of regular soy milk, and all of the soy you are supposed to need in a day. 

Good luck to you -- you definitely have my sympathy/empathy. 

not be able to work under those circumstances. Just go get another job. You have a skill - put it to work where they need you.

I understand that you're afraid you'll never be paid if you don't stay working there, but my gosh. You're going in the hole every day.

For the past few days, ever since I ran ewido antispy, when I visit MTStars I no longer have the menu selections on the left side of the screen . . . just the ones at the bottom including Top, Home, and Contact.  I am also unable to download Flashplayer.  Anybody have any idea what the problem may be or what to do about it?  Any info/advice would be appreciated. 

TIA!