Re: MT questions

From: Neal (nbrown12_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:37:18 -0700

Brenda,

Everything is not all peachies and cream around here! For example, just
  this noon I sat my 16+ oz. cup of coffee down on the desk, not looking
where I placed it. Unfortunately, I kinda missed the desk, not
completely, but it dumped - about half in my keyboard, more in my mouse,
running under the keyboard, soaking the hand towel I have over the wrist
rest to keep my hands from sweating. Then the river of coffee took aim
at my right leg, a large amount landing on the folder laying on the
floor that has all my tax preparations in it and the schedule for
tomorrow's work laying next to it.

As I jumped out of the way, rolling my leather office chair back, I
noticed the little wheels on the chair were rolling through the coffee.
  I 'possibly' said a bunch of damn, damn, damn, and a few more damns
for good measure. I grabbed a towel from the hall linen closet, wiped
up everything, dabbed at the papers in the tax folder (the accountant
will have to live with those), and grabbed the ever-present can of Spot
Shot.

That did a good job of getting the coffee up from the carpet that had
rolled off the chair mat. It actually wasn't as bad as yesterday, when
one of the cats vomited on the tax file folder. Think I will put the
coffee-logged tax papers in another folder when they dry out.

Neal

Brenda C. Nygren wrote:
> Maybe that's my problem --- When I had my local clients, they were
> pretty much great dictators (or I whipped them into shape :) ), but that
> gig came with an unpredictable workload each day, and I did not take
> more than a long weekend off for about ten years (not worth coming back
> from a vacation to the overload of work).
>
> Now, I'm working as an IC for two services. In one case, there's not
> enough work to go around, so I waste time on a fishing expedition. In
> the other situation, the work involves boatloads of clerical nonsense
> that really slows down the production, and the company has squeezed me
> into a semi-schedule commitment, not what I consider appropriate for IC
> status. There just does not seem to be any way to win.
>
> I'm now working equivalent hours to when I had local clients, getting
> paid what I consider fair line rates, but due to conditions I can't
> control, the net pay is not what I consider unacceptable. For the one
> service, the line count per hour/ minutes of dictation per hour are not
> my normal average (another issue -- something fishy?).
>
> The old MQ line about "but you get to work in your jammies" just doesn't
> cut it with me. That's my heat and electric bill, my computer, my
> reference materials, my DSL and phone lines, my check that pays the
> health insurance, my expenses. The MTSO doesn't have to fork out much
> for the luxury of my working at my home office. I figure the only
> advantages are the savings of not putting mileage on the car and not
> putting up with office politics --- oh, but we all know there can be
> long distance political games.
>
> I'm dreaming of a full day of a perfect dictator.
>
> Glad you're getting good work, Neal. It's good to know there are some
> MTs out there still happy and not getting shafted. I've just noticed
> that a ton of MT acquaintances have been getting disgusted over the last
> year, people I never dreamt would tell me that they hate their work.
>
> Have a good one. Brenda
>
> Neal wrote:
>
>> On those days that I get disgusted, I really helps to have a day like
>> today, with a full day's work of the best dictator in the practice.
>>
>> Neal
>>
>> Brenda C. Nygren wrote:
>>
>>> Neal,
>>>
>>> You've NEVER had even a twinge of burnout? What are you putting in
>>> that coffee besides sugar and creamer :)
>>>
>>> Or, maybe one of my problems is that I don't drink any coffee? Brenda
>>>
>>> Neal wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have never felt burnout doing MT for almost 16 years now. Of
>>>> course, it is pretty hard to feel burned out, sitting at my desk at
>>>> home in my Dockers and T-shirt, a big cup of coffee on the right, a
>>>> big piece of Anglefood cake on the left, one eye watching the clouds
>>>> roll in that are supposed to cause snow tonight, and listening to a
>>>> cat snore gently while snoozing in my 'wiggle chair.'
>>>>
>>>> Oops! Going to try to send this - computer just flashed a dying
>>>> message. Going to reboot and get some more coffee....
>>>>
>>>> Neal
>>>>
>>>
>

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