Re: Need line count explanation help

The office is involved. She is close friend with doc and wife and is
currently involved in discussing with doctors wife as my bill was higher
than hers. DUH! I worked 14 days. She worked 8!!!!

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Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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"kathycarp" <kathycarp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is the office involved in this at all, or is it just between you two?
> Taking one document, and typing it each way (skinny margins/big margins),
> and then counting it each way should be explanatory to them (her). If she
> doesn't get that, give up for crying out loud.
>
> Or type a document with one word on each line. Count it gross, and then
> count it 65-character. DUH! (as Rae would say). LOL
>
> --
> Kathy
> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
> "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C-2dnaxwNLgBcU7fRVn-iw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ARGH!! I just spoke to the gal that retyped my report. She got 55
lines
> > doing my margins and doing gross lines. I billed 41 doing character
> > lines.
> > She still is horrified I count every character. The fact I told her I
am
> > charging less than her, is getting through to her. She would have
billed
> > at
> > her skinny margins 44 lines I billed 41! My wide margins her way was
55.
> > She says, I just never heard of billing characters I always heard of
> > billing
> > lines. I said I DO BILL LINES but I figure by characters not gross
lines.
> > YIKES. Hopefully the doc's office will get it. What I'm going to do is
> > figure my bill at her rate and my rate. They will certainly get that.
> >
> > --
> > Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> > (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> > "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:pb6dneFLt8HgkE7fRVn-gA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> I am trying to explain what I call "true line count" versus character
> > count
> >> to someone who has no idea what I am talking about. I share an account
> > with
> >> someone. She does 2 days I do 3, my bill is more than hers ever month.
> >> DUH!! Anyway. She types consults with very tiny margins and she redid
a
> >> report I did and got 11 less lines and thinks my bill is more because
of
> >> that. I said, NO, it does not change the number of characters in the
> > report
> >> because of the margins. It is less lines because of tiny margins,
> >> however.
> >> I don't know, can someone help me here with a concise explanation!!
> >>
> >> We both use Word only for counting. I do Word character count WITH
> > spaces.
> >> You don't want me to count spaces I won't put them in. She does word
line
> >> count. Can anyone explain to me or help me explain if there is a
> >> substantial difference and if I should change?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> >> (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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