As a work at home MT, there’s not a whole lot of opportunity to vent about that horrible mumbler, the eater, the urinator, the stutterer, the unprepared, the cell phone and windows down, the ESL who thinks you’ll understand him if he dictates as fast as he can…. and the many, many other things that can push us to the brink of insanity like… the company that constantly messes with the pay scale, the nitpicking supervisor/editor who freaks out over the smallest of mistakes, the clinic who won’t stop harassing you so you can actually work…. etc., etc., etc.
Well folks, I have created this category for the explicit purpose of being able to rant about anything that has you screaming at your computer without the fear of repercussion. We all need to have a connection to other MTs who have experienced the same frustrations. There’s something about knowing you’re not the only one that can bring an odd sense of peace and ease the pain of that 3-minute dictation that took nearly an hour to complete.
This will be the only post in this category, so feel free to rant away in the comment section under this post.
The only rules I have are:
- Keep the subject matter limited to the aspects of our jobs — no religion or politics.
- Don’t name any specific names — this isn’t court, so we’re going to give the guilty parties a little anonymity.
- Try not to use any curse words, but if you must, please censor your rant with the cartoon version – @##$%.
Just let it all out hon, it really will be okay… just envision reaching through the computer and slapping them a good one while ranting… visualization can be very therapeutic. Oh, and don’t forget to bookmark this page so you can come back whenever you need to let off a little steam.
