I've been working for a transcription company in Florida for about 8 months now. It's going well. Sure, it's not a perfect job, but hey, it's paying the bills, right.
Last week, my friend Carrie offered me a part-time job transcribing notes for her mental health facility. Cool beans. Extra money means Mama can buy more electronic gadgets. Woo hoo!
An hour after I got off the phone with Carrie, Michelle, a nurse with whom I worked at Dr. Gabrail's office, called me and said that her boss wants to hire me as a transcriptionist. I had my interview yesterday and it went extremely well. So, I'll be doing part-time work for Carrie and part-time work for Dr. Eicher. Cool.
Then I got a phone call from Ann who wants me to type an 8-hour interview between a son and his ailing father. I said yes. That 8-hour interview will take me roughly 40 hours to type...while working for the other doctors.
All this time, I planned to continue working for the Florida company because I hate to turn down work.
This morning's phone call, of course, changed that strategy. A former client called and said their transcriptionist just turned in her notice and they want me to start tomorrow. Tomorrow?? Holy shit!
So, I called Terry from Florida and turned in my notice. She took it very well and said I was welcome back anytime. I think my fingers may just fall off from too much long, hard dic at one time. Isn't that how John Holmes died??
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You go girl! I was always hoping that you would work hard and be able to support me in my old age. That's NOW!!! Remember, when it rains, it pours.
ReplyDeleteI was afraid for you when you called the Florida office to turn down work, because Karma happens and all (and how can you turn down steady work, blah-blah-blah).
ReplyDeleteAre you playing the Lottery?
I'm playing the lottery. Haven't won more than $11 at a time and that's not even enough to buy a Kobe hamburger at Wolfgang Puk's, the schmuck.
I think it'd be cool if some newspaper ran a weekly article on medical transcription. Like Sex and the City, only...dic.
You'd fill that SPACE quite well, ay wot?
One of these days you should write a biography of all your adventures as a transcriptionist, working at mother, and an overworked, underpaid civilian.
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