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My Letter to Michelle Obama about my experience with MT work, or more specifically, working for a na - MT Idiot

Posted: Apr 06, 2010

I think I have figured out an excellent strategic way to approach writing this letter. My objective is to GET IT READ.

Guided by my intuition, I put some ideas down in a beginning document on my computer --- as as I did so --- other ideas began to float through my mind. I wound up with something which I think is a very good strategy. I am not going to say what it is. I'm just saying that I feel QUITE GOOD about this way of presenting "the story."

Once I have the basic "thrust" of where I'm goinog with the writing, the rest won't be too difficult. The hardest part will be consolidatinig and editing down, to keep it succinct and short enough......and I know I will have to do that. NOBODY in a central government office is going to want to wade through a 5 or 10 page letter. I have to get INTEREST and get it FAST and get it STRONG.

So I'm working on it.

There's no telling what a real Idiot can do, sometimes!!

Be prepared for bashers if you post the actual letter. - CA-MT

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Mine didn't get much support when it was switched to the Main board on this website. Fortunately, us MQ MTs can relate more to what I wrote than the non-MQ transcriptionists.

I;ll tell you what, I don't work there, but SM - Tired MT

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I get it. It is just horrendous to read what you guys are going through. I can't think of enough adjectives to describe how I feel they are treating all of you. I just read a stupid post about indians being able to transcribe the bad audio/awful dictations easily. That's a bunch of bunk!! I've been doing this for years as many of you have. We have an "ear". Don't tell me indians are better at this than we are. No way in ****.

post your letter on Facebook - planetspinz

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make sure a lot of Americans see you letter
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michelle-Obama/22092775577

NOBODY CARES...we are not the 1st profession - ***

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to go through this, and we don't be the last. Significant major manufacturing industries have been lost. MTs account for only a few of the jobs lost in this country. Why oh why do you think anyone is all of a sudden going to jump up and care about one little group of US employees when more signicant numbers and fields have been already lost?

you never know, it just takes 1 person - faith and hope

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Things happen for a reason and who knows if we keep trying to get our situation out there it might just come across someone who would care -- the poster below who had the idea of picking a day and we all send an email to Mrs. Obama, well heck, we could pick other people that have been mentioned before to send to, Michael Moore, Glenn Beck, radio station people, etc.

I feel kind of bad that I was not more concerned - anonymous

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when other fields, such as call centers, etc., were doled out to third world countries. I was just irritated that when I needed customer service, I couldn't understand Mohammed; never thought about who had lost their job to him.

This health records with personal files. - Medical identity theft fastest growing crime

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1226934/Indian-police-arrest-company-boss-accused-selling-medical-records-British-patients.html

INDIA POLICE ARREST COMPANY FOR SELLING MEDICAL RECORDS.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/12/medical-identity-theft-is_n_215146.html

MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT FASTEST GROWING CRIME

AND I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH MORE WEBSITES.

It just happened again, too. This time at John Muir - Med. Center in Walnut Creek. (nm)

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That's where my daughter goes...I'm sure - ***

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medical records for librarians are a really hot commodity.

Because maybe the offshoring tide can be turned - if enough people show their anger. -sm

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Her letter (or mine, or yours) might just be that 1-millionth letter that finally sets the wheels in motion.

You never know until you try. And if you don't try, then you've been beaten.

Thank you for doing this - Badcat

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I want to thank you for doing this. Let's hope it gets read and gets paid attention to.

At least it is ACTION, not just complaining! - whether or not it helps.

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nm

Yea. Who else has sent a letter? - Exactly.

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I posted my letter, got bashed on its inconsistencies, not the basic content. Why don't more of you carry the torch and write letters instead of just criticizing? I'm not going to take it all sitting down whining.

GOOD FOR YOU for writing to Michelle Obama! - I will try to do the same! -nm

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