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give it time, dust is settling, they just have no place else to gripe yet. nm

Posted By: anon on 2008-03-07
In Reply to: I agree with you mt..... - CardioMT

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The girl was 13, the rapist a distant relative they took in. Give money, give food and your time, b
you don't put your family at risk by taking in strangers. That's just plain foolish. There were over 3300 registered sex offenders in NO. Where are they now. In your community? Perhaps in your house? Good luck.
Maybe they will. Give it time. It takes time to set up links.
OSI, Precyse, etc tell us more.
There's a time and a place for everything, and
I prefer to spend mine editing the work I get paid for, not every note I post on web forums.
Me, too, and I think its our old age settling in! Sorry!
But you're not alone!
I'm not settling for anything less than 1G of RAM.
Whatever Pentium, but higher than IV, 2+ GHz processor, 80+ hard drive (although my hard drive is 80 now and I've not even used half). My next computer will be fast, fast, fast, at least until they do something to make them faster again.
All the time, I love this place!

I think the man is prejudiced regardless of another time and place.
son or not, he shouldn't have said what he did.  I have family in the deep south that refer to black people as "niggers" and I think it's disgusting.  I've voiced my opinion about it and whenever I'm around them, which really isn't that often, they are very careful about how they refer to black people. 
Some of it's just "timing"...right place at right time. sm
This is an extensive thread and I haven't read every entry, so I might be repeating someone else, but one thing you can do is to make yourself available for work during "unpopular" shifts and days (meaning nights and weekends). A person who would be available on BOTH weekend days would certainly stand out, for instance. Even if it's very hard to accommodate such a schedule for awhile, you'd probably have a chance to move to better hours at some point.
They can't. They're settling

They're settling for what little they do have and trying to convince themselves that they're 'comfortable' by saying we're happy to have a job.  I'm happy to have a job too, but it doesn't mean that I'm happy about where I'm at financially compared to where I used to be. 


Most of the ones here who are happy about where they're at are older, no kids, mortgage either paid off or about to be paid off, or are just supplementing their spouse's income.  What about the MTs that aren't in that same situation?  It's nearly impossible to survive on 8 cpl as an IC.  I would NEVER work for 8 cpl as an IC...and I have NEVER had a problem finding work. 


I don't live in a big, fancy house or own a big, fancy car.  I rent a house about 1000 square feet in rural NY state for $600 a month.  My car payment is $250 a month and insurance is $110 a month.  I have disability insurance at the tune of $186 a month.  I get health insurance through the local chamber of commerce for $775 a month (single coverage).  My utility bills on budget billing are about $218 a month for gas and electric.  My cable bill is $85 a month for TV and ISP.  My business expenses are low, but average about $75 a month for paper, ink, etc.  My quarterly taxes are around $700 a month.  Our groceries average about $85 to $90 a week.  My income is more than my husband's right now, so I am the major earner in the family. 


I'm not an extravagant person.  We don't travel a lot.  Our only extravagant expense is that we go out to dinner every Friday.  I buy clothes maybe 4 times a year.  I could NEVER survive on $2000 a month.  It's really insulting that these other posters think that wanting more than $2000 a month means you live in a mansion and live way beyond your means.  Not everybody's situation is the same. 


Agree and disagree -- there is a time and place for discretion -- but it should be with the approval

I used to do shift assignments many years ago ... first off, there are times when you have a newbie (or not so newbie)  who will literally take hours to do a few OP reports, when what you need  is TURNOVER, VOLUME, SPEED ..  in those cases, it may make sense for the overall picture to assign someone new (or ailing) some "easy" work to clear out a worktype ... Ditto, I don't have any problem with requesting (and having request granted) to do certain report types or this-not-that when there is a request for extra hours. If you've already put in your shifts doing luck-of-the-draw, spending extra hours doing the dregs feels like punishment ... and if you're doing an unfamiliar worktype on overtime or extra, your reports will  likely be a burden to QA ... net gain lessened.


There are all kinds of cherrypicking possible depending on the configuration of your job -- switching worktypes, switching accounts, taking a "break" are all ways to pass the exhausting and frustrating on to somebody else ... Oh, and no, I make myself NOT do that ... easy though it appears to be for most people to get away with it.


I once had a coworker (whom I liked) who explained that she HAD to cherrypick because otherwise she couldn't reach her line count within her 8 hour workday ...


MRC, wow. I loved that place. I started in 1992 and like you was a "newbie" at that time. SM
I had only worked at one large hospital before doing mostly radiology. I loved MRC until it merged with TL then became MQ. Things only went downhill after that.
Give it time...
It just means your family is doing what it should - evolving and growing - plus more MEEEE time!
Give yourself some time.
I don't know if MT schools tell their students but it will take a couple years to get going with this. If you're researching, looking things up and using your spellchecker, you're doing everything right. You just need to give yourself some time to get it. Soon you'll retain more, look up less and get your line count up where you want it to be.

After 20+ years, I still have to do research. That's one thing about this profession, it changes daily. Sometimes it's very frustrating, but keep in mind the benefits of staying home and what you're not having to pay for and you might be less hard on yourself.
I love IT. Give yourself some time and
use the marker keys. You'll need to just slow down a bit at first, but the reward is awesome. I went from 45ish% productivity gain to low 60s. You really need to give it a good month with so many new things - marker keys, moving eyes, etc. I truly believe it's worth the money in the end. So slow down just a bit, the reward will be more lines for you. Also, visit the productivity talk forum. You'll find many great tips to help with shortcuts and commands, and the people there are wonderful when it comes to answering questions.
Do you have extra time to give away? For us
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Just trying to give U a chuckle in your time of
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Why GIVE your valuable time to an
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Just be patient and give yourself time, you will get
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I agree. Give yourself time
to learn their accents, the way they word things.... ask QA to give you feedback, if they are not, and report back on words or phrases that you didn't get. Hang in there. I'd give it 2 weeks and you will be done leaving blanks. Good luck with the new account.
I say you need to give it a shot full-time.
That's the only way you will get quicker and more accurate. You need experience. The more you do it, the easier it will come. Good luck.
Give them the benefit of the doubt the first time.
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Thanks for the responses. I'll give it more time.
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give it some time and distance for their grief to subside a bit

then when things are calmed down, I'd have your hubby mention that it was very important to your son & I think she'd probably give it back in a heart beat.  I agree with how valuable it is for your son, but he has the visual and heart felt memories he will cherish forever.


I lost a child 25 yrs ago, problems & issues that came up during that immediate time compounded issues with my little sister and it took 23 yrs and the death of our dad to finally put it all to rest and reunite and heal.  I can never get back those 23 yrs I wasted not having my lil sis in my life because of my stubborness, it's just not worth it. 


Dust....
Hard drives are factory-sealed, so although it's true that a small bit of dust can harm a drive, that's probably not what happened to your drive. If you have a hard drive failure (are you sure?), it was something else that caused it. Dust ON a hard drive case doesn't cause drive failure.

Dust inside a computer causes overheating, which mostly affects power supplies and circuit board components like the CPU (main processor).
I spend a good deal of time tweaking the ones in there so ummm, may give it a shot lol
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Dust and molting
I don't really have a problem with the feather dust. I know what you mean though. I have had Cockatiels before too. As far as molting goes, my Grey loses several small white down-like feathers a day. I have been told that this is completely normal. Molting for pet Grey's is usually a continuous process so it is not as noticeable as it would be with other birds. They don't tend to lose large amounts of feathers at one time. I think in the wild they do molt once or twice a year. But as pets it is more of a continuous process. I usually will notice a feather or two in the bottom of the cage every week or so. Really the mess is mostly the seed, like you said...they LOVE to throw it around. LOL But they are wonderful and very funny birds.
DSM-IV is about to bite the dust and the DSM-V is on its way. sm

And shame on you anyway.  What psychologists do, how they do it, what they call it and how they diagnose is not always consistent with medical diagnoses.  The ugly word "retardation" is only one example of this.


I'd like to see you find a doctor and a psychologist who can agree on the differences between situational depression, major depression and recurrent depression, and how they should best be treated.  An MD wants drug therapy.  A PhD wants psychotherapy.  When you have a certain type of hammer, everything looks like your special kind of nail.


I am finished with my shift and I come in for a visit, but I am not on here all day complaining about doctors or bashing my fellow MTs.  Glad YOU don't have a job that takes your time and attention because YOU could not be on here all day to stir the pot.


Hey, I like that! I'm a member of DUST
Downtrodden US Transcriptionists....
You got that right. We are being left in the dust
Why sell cars to us when our jobs went to China and India and we have no money to buy.  Wonder what will become of us?  Who knows. 
cpl gripe
I realize I am beating a dead horse here but what is the deal with these companies offering 6 and 7 cents per line starting rate.  Particularly one offering 7 cpl for 6000 lines in a 40 our period.  Plenty of employees hunting workers but not willing to pay crappola.  Or lets change it to 75 characters per line.  Or...we'll pay you chicken feed and YOU provide the equipment.  Makes you wonder if it is such a good offer why don't they sit down an try it for 6 cent.  I work a couple days a week for a facilty I used to work at just to help catch them up.  40 mile drive there.  I charge them .15 per line.  Revenge is great!  Makes me appreciate my current pay.  I am certainly not trying undermind anyone currently receiving this pay amount for I may end up getting that myself.  Just needed to vent.
Well, well, word gets around, another OSi QA bites the dust
What is wrong with all you QA's who will not leave OSi altogether, how many is that lately who won't put up with you know whose QA BS and need to tell the whole company good riddance and up yours

Suckups
just a thought, but perhaps the "adapter" bit the dust??
just a thought.
I only have ONE gripe with Wal-Mart..
I don't care what they do or where they build stores.  Many things have come before them and put others out of business, and eventually Wal-Mart will be put out of business by something else new and innovative.  Think about when supermarkets came along.. That put all the little mom and pop grocers out.  Are you shopping at a supermarket in 2005 or worrying about the vegetable man and the butcher shop on the corner?  Of course not.. It's in the past.  The only thing that I cannot STAND about Wal-Mart is the way they accost you at the door as you leave and ask for a receipt to prove you didn't steal the soda or the milk that is unbagged.  I resent that, and no other store does this.  My DH walks past and says "if you believe I've stolen something, please call the police."  Do you know why they ask for the receipt?  Because it's their own employees who don't charge friends and family members, for large ticket items particularly.  I refuse to prove that I didn't steal something every time I leave the store.  My solution is to make them bag everything.  I swear, if I bought a car from Wal-Mart, I'd make them bag it !
And if you got a $10 card you'd gripe, too. It's all you know
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I see. Oh well, some people just like to gripe.
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my gripe is with the airheads ... sm

recently (holidays? flu season???) even doctors who are usually pretty good seem to have the attention span of a gnat ... so even something as routine as reading lab results becomes a two steps forward, um, oops, make that three steps forward, two steps back as they MISREAD ... Not to mention the folks whose attention to what they are doing is so lacking that they skip whole sections, which they may or may not realize before signing off.... 


these reports are often followed by 20 second next "report's in which they remember that they want copies sent (I love waiting around for them to rifle through the chart to figure out who the other doctors on the case are too)  on which we make ZERO money at all -- they're not really addendums are they? --  but have to log, flag, etc.


I'm stunned at the number who seem incapable of not listening to the other people in the same room dictating and/or their conversations. Listening to people complain about not being able to use the hospital computer system (it's 2009 people, that excuse was old in 1999 and even tired 1989 --- again, it's 2009 ... get with it or retire already)


I hate listening to dead air -- period.


You know, just gotta have something to gripe about
Having those reports pulled then DOES NOT MEAN we do not get feedback on certain reports OTHER than those times. I am really sorry to see others on this board who are so unhappy, hate their jobs, and otherwise just in such self-pity. If people unable to do VR at a rate to where they cannot make more than minimum wage, then past time for a new job.
It's the only place I have ever lived.. Great place to retire or raise a family. Low crime rate e
living is pretty easy here. Low stress..
I found the problem - dust bunnies!!!

I got brave (or stupid) and tried to open it up. It was full of dust bunnies!!! I blew out the stuff and put it back together, and it works GREAT now! It guess it's like how a mouse with a roller can get filled with junk and not work. Who knew!!!


I actually was worried that I wasn't putting enough weight on my pedal. I barely rest my toes on it instead of my whole foot, so there isn't much up/down motion - lazy I guess.


But just so everyone knows - save your $$$ and blow the dust bunnies out if this happens to you!



 


 


Don't mind me, I just need to throw a little fit and gripe a little!

I HATE HATE HATE this dictator.  This is how he dictates if I were to strictly adhere to the verbatim rules of transcribing:


PROCEDURES PERFORMED: Cysto, retro, uretero with stent placement.


INDICATIONS:  This is a lady who had perc litho by Dr. X.  She had a perc tube. She had a nephro stent.  On the pull of the nephro stent, did an antegrade nephro and apparently had obstruction in the ureter which was a probable stone.  She was set up for a cysto retro Friday, but she ate, so she was set up for this morning. She understands the risks, options, complications, etc.


HE DRIVES ME INSANE!  He has a very conversational style of dictating that makes it incredibly hard to make sense of his reports! He abbreviates everything, makes up his own words, and has been known to dictate one-word sentences!!!!!


We need a firing squad for dictators like this! 


Breath in, breath out.  Okay, I'm finished now.  I'm just having one of those days, crappy dictators, communication channels between my brain and my fingers have broken down, and I just need a nap!


Back to work.


Usually years. Were you given a used one, full of animal hair, dust, or
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Who are you to judge? Most people gripe about their spouses,
Its called venting.    We're allowed to do that.
I need to gripe or vent - please don't kick me off board

I occasionally come on this board, as do some of my coworkers to get help with words, look around, etc.  I've never posted but today I'm fuming and frustrated.


I just got done working a couple of extra hours at the hospital this morning, worked all day yesterday (overtime I might add) and do you know what my job has been on all this overtime? Correcting ALL of the outsource's work coming in.  What makes me mad is that all of us have been complaining to our boss and even to HER boss about all the mistakes this company makes - terrible dreadful DEADLY mistakes - and all we get back is "there is nothing we can do about it.  We signed a contract and we have to continue to use them until the contract ends." Which, by the way, ends in another year or two, I'm not sure.  But anyways, this outsource company (who is WELL KNOWN) does not even make an attempt to do our ESL doctors, who are not really that bad. I know there are harder doctors to understand as I have been doing this for 16 years.  The service sends the reports back with a ridiculous amount of blanks.  We go in and listen to them and basically redo the whole report, to which they get paid for it.  Then there are the easy docs - the so-called "hold your hand while I dictate to you" docs - and the service still has mistakes. 


Our boss has asked on occasion if they are offshoring, which they swear they are not.  It was in the contract that they are not to offshore so they swear they are not and the mistakes don't look like they are offshore mistakes (the hospital used a company prior to this one that offshored - big difference in transcription mistakes).


I just cannot believe that our hospital has had this company for a little over two years and not only are they being paid a ridiculous high line rate, but we are correcting all their reports and they still get paid!! We have asked if we can start deducting lines, but we were told that their contract states that that cannot be done because our boss has tried that.


I have a friend that works at a hospital in another state that had an outsource service that was somewhat like the one we have, only they constantly lost reports and got paid for them, but she just lost her job because the hospital felt that there was no need to have all the overtime for the past year and the outsource service doing the overflow.  So they just hired a new outsource company, let all the transcriptionists inhouse go, and got rid of their current outsource service.  she is looking around for another job now.  She had that job for 9 years at the hospital, and because of the outsource service, the administration of the hospital looked at is as a huge $$ problem and just said bye bye.


I needed to vent. Aaaaahhh, I feel better now, but I'm worried that with all our overtime and what the outsource service gets paid, that I'm going to end up in the same boat.  Even our boss has admittedly had some worries about it as well, but she keeps telling us that her boss says her hands are tied and is just as frustrated with the service.  It makes you wonder how it is that these services can be in business for so long, make sooooo much money and do this. 


 


I so agree. My blazer finally bit the dust last year. I used to go driving just because the sm
seat felt so good.  It was perfect.  Sigh.  gone now.
Definitely could be dust and dirt inside your computer. Be careful when you open it,
buy computer air cleaner at electronic store, and blow the air into all computer parts. Use a clean and static-free brush to dust all components. Be careful not to touch any parts inside with your hands to avoid static electricity whch may zap your machine. Important to unplug everything before opening up the case. If you are nervous about doing this yourself, take it to a computer tech for a good cleaning.
Kind of like an introductory rate? Well, then there's no room to gripe!
Good grief.

If it was said up front there would be reductions or adjustments later, then what's to complain about?

You have options, to opt out, right? Or work somewhere else, right?

Seems pointless to be upset over this.

Great post. The biggest gripe I have heard from available
Wrapping yourself in money will not keep you warm in old age. Just because a middle-aged man is bald or has a bit of a paunch, it is up to a woman to "light that fire". Go to it ladies.
long walk, eat chocolate, gripe to husband :)
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Were you wanting to bring up a transcription-related question, or just gripe? nm
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Proof that it takes only 1 made doctor to gripe about 1 report and out the door you go! nmx
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Foot pedals break easy. You're lucky they supply one. I have SIX different ones gathering dust.
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