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What's the most obnoxious demand you have received? - Angie

Posted: May 21, 2012

One I found irritation was the doctor calling at 11:30 at night for stat transcriptions...on a regular basis. I had another client who used a recorder and spoke into the speaker instead of mic. Another would dictate an entire paragraph, v e r y s l o w l y, and then say "scratch that" and start over.

yes, scratch that, start over... - haha

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one of my all-time faves, particularly with new crop of residents. I am back where I started years ago with residents dictating discharges that nobody else wants to do, i.e, VR nowadays, since I can make mostly sense of the mumbojumbo. Suppose job security to some extent since never would any reputable institution turn them over to VR, but then guess we never know since VR is so superior these days. hahaha scratch that one for me why don't ya

Then there was this doctor who ... - Angie

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was paying me by the gross line rate. He asked me to widen the margins so the could get more words for his money. Ha ha.

funny! - WWZD

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In a world where medicine and geometry collide. That is hilarious. Thanks!

Not really an obnoxious demand but reminded me of... - Lannie

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I typed for a while for a psychologist that I kind of thought was a little ditzy. I just cringed when I heard her voice on the dictation call-in line. One day she called in and dictated an address. She wanted me to fax her an envelope. Opinion confirmed.

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