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I must say I am very glad to the poster who agreed with me - sm

Posted: May 09, 2012

There are nothing but a bunch of highly hateful and bitter MTs on here. Wow!! I think you all need therapy!

bully - maybe its you who is hateful

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Unless we agree, we are hateful and bitter? Controlling much?

sm, you have got serious problems - try to help yourself

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So you are saying everyone who posted needs therapy except you and a poster who agreed with you? Do you see something wrong with this picture?

I do not see where anyone was hateful or bitter really, they just did not totally agree with you, and YOU really have a big problem with that, as well as having QA come down on you for a major mistake that was dangerous to patient care, calling it "absolutely ridiculous." That was not nit-picking my dear. And all the while, stating you want respect and more money!!

Perhaps you should reconsider just who needs that therapy prescription.

I have no idea what you are talking about - dontbehatin

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I'm neither bitter nor hateful. Momma always said, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

You're very welcome and you're right again... - sm

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Lots of negative nellies who need to take a course on social interaction and how to express one's self with tact and class. I've said it before - if this wasn't an anonymous board, these people would approach commenting on posts with a lot more emphasis on being tactful instead of being condescending and holier-than-thou. Of course we can all agree to disagree - it's how you present yourself when you do it that makes a difference. What I post is what I would say to your face, the exact way I wrote. A lot of folks on here wouldn't. That's on them, not us :)

Cheers!

I agree, lots of unhappy people on here that want to just be mean. - kk

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:(

This is the last place to come for support, - IMHO. nm

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:-)

as a therapist - i would say

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you might want to work on the home front first, then undertake treatment of others.

I've been coming here a while, while there may be some, not - the majority IMHO

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You can't expect support on MTStars, unfortunately - see message

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I've been reading MT Stars since early 2007 and it's always been bad, but slowly getting worse. My theory is that the negative people stayed while the rest moved on, because no discussion could ever really get going because of accusations and threats.

Also, not too long ago there was a thread here that was specifically about plotting to tell new MTs to quit so there would be more jobs for older MTs. Lots of people agreed. So that tells you where the mentality is right now.

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