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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
BLOG - If you can't follow instructions, it doesn't make a good impression
I have been reading many posts from people looking either for permanent full-time/part-time
employment positions or self-employment/independent contractors looking for clients or one-time projects. First off, the posts
are not grammatically correct, the punctuation is either nonexistent or completely wrong, and filled with typos and/or spelling
errors.
Reading the posts is bad enough, but people are applying online to these posts and spelling out their own
qualifications and why this person should hire them. THIS PERSON CAN'T HIRE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A POSITION TO HIRE
THEM FOR -- THEY ARE THE ONE LOOKING FOR A JOB -- so why on earth are these people applying to the first poster's attempt
at landing their own job?
1. Because they aren't reading; 2. Because they aren't comprehending; 3. Because
they simply don't care to follow instructions or are too stupid to know they aren't even applying for a real position ...
BLOG - Isn't the drive-up window SUPPOSED to be faster?
I just got finished sitting at the drive-up window at the bank for 15 minutes
-- there were no cars ahead of me -- just three tellers that either were bored to death, wanted to be personal friends with
each occupant, or simply had no respect for the driver's time.
If I wanted to shoot the bull or chit-chat
about what I was going to do this weekend, I would have parked my car and gone inside the bank, where I wasn't burning up
my gasoline and sending fumes into the atmosphere with my idling car.
Unless you want to bury your money in the
ground or sew it into your mattress, banks are a necessity. However, just because I deposit my money in your bank, doesn't
mean that I want to spend what little time I have, answering meaningless questions that you aren't really listening to the
answers, or trying to sell me the latest bank promotion -- wow- what an oxymoron that is considering today's economic situation.
Take my money, deposit into my account, give me a deposit receipt and let me get on my way. [end of blog]
I thought I was moving ahead when I made the decision not to renew my membership/profile
on the numbers notary site. However, I was recently told about the drama still involved with my original profile being deleted.
For whatever reason, probably thinking it will damage my reputation in performing "general" notarizations
for the public, Jeremy has now written a review about me. Critical posts??
Hey, what can I say? -- you
know, I'll take the free publicity -- which is exactly what it is, since my membership expired the end of July. General notarizations
are booming. THANKS! [end of blog]
BKIG - Update to the Deletion of my Notary Profile/Account
I finally got a response to my emails and public posting. It seems that the decision
was made that I was no longer in business *BECAUSE* my voice mail asks that "all signing services, title companies and
mortgage companies remove my name from their data base, as I no longer perform signings, however, I continue to do general
notarizations."
Apparently, Jeremy doesn't consider general notarizations a "service" and claims
that I'm sending mixed signals. I guess he doesn't realize that a number of us read the writing on the wall a long time ago
and quit performing loan signings when the companies began dropping the fees drastically, although our costs continued,
and still continue, to rise.
I was a Notary Public long before I was ever a signing agent. I am proud to offer
general notary services to the public -- except for the mother the other morning that began calling at 6:00 a.m. and called
back about every 4-5 minutes needing a form notarized for her daughter for American Idol. For her I finally shut my phone
off, because if the mother didn't know, the daughter certainly knew long before 6:00 a.m. of the day the form needed to be
turned in. [end of blog]
Shame on you Jeremy, owner of the *notary numbers site*. For about seven years now,
I've had a paid listing on your numbers site for my notary services. In fact, my renewal was due to have taken place in August.
Imagine my surprise when I received your July 16 email with the subject: "Your *notary number site.com*
listing has been deleted" and the body of the email stating that my "listing has been deleted because Notary is
no longer in business based on what we know."
"Based on what you know" means that you know
$hit, because I am still, and have been in business since 1992 !!!! I have been a notary in good standing with the Colorado
Secretary of State since 1993. I pay quarterly business taxes, have a business checking account, business letterhead and biz
cards.
Okay, mistakes and misunderstandings happen. What has me so hot and irritated is the fact that you have
made the decision to ignore my emails asking you to clarify the deletion of my listing.
You and your site display
a complete lack of professionalism and *business* courtesy. [end of blog]
With a typing speed of 120 wpm, Carolyn Bodley began
offering independent contractor/secretarial and transcription services to the Denver metro legal community in 1992.
I am not a court reporter or medical transcriptionist and I don't
videotape depositions -- I'm strictly a legal transcriptionist which means putting spoken words on paper. All my
transcripts contain a certification stating that to the best of my knowledge, belief and ability, the audio/video I received
has not been altered in any way, and the transcript is true, accurate and complete. I have never been
advised that a court rejected one of my audio or video transcripts. If my transcript is rejected by the court,
you will be reimbursed in full for my services. Because I certify that the transcript is true and complete, the
entire audio/video must be transcribed--I am unable to transcribe "just a portion" that you need.
I guarantee that your transcripts will be typed confidentially, accurately and with attention
to detail at a fair price.
Discovery
is often turned over in a format other than hard copy. This discovery includes, but is not limited to, recorded telephone
conversations, police interviews, depositions, investigations, witness statements, and more. The
audio and video "words" need to be put to paper, and your already overworked legal staff often don't have
the skills, equipment, the inclination or the time.
Discovery
is often the deciding factor of whether a case goes to trial. Most of us hear, but do we listen? Recently I transcribed a
video that had been viewed and listened to several times and by several people before I transcribed it. There was
a one sentence statement that not one person caught -- this one sentence was not the only reason the case was dismissed
one day before trial--however, it carried quite a bit of weight -- and I'm the only one
that "heard" it. Had the video never been transcribed, how many other words would never have been
heard?
Unauthorized
reproduction or distribution of this website, or any portion of it, without first obtaining the express WRITTEN permission
of CAROLYN BODLEY, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent under the
law.
I have been reading many posts from people looking either for permanent full-time/part-time
employment positions or self-employment/independent contractors looking for clients or one-time projects. First off, the posts
are not grammatically correct, the punctuation is either nonexistent or completely wrong, and filled with typos and/or spelling
errors.
I finally got a response to my emails and public posting. It seems that the decision
was made that I was no longer in business *BECAUSE* my voice mail asks that "all signing services, title companies and
mortgage companies remove my name from their data base, as I no longer perform signings, however, I continue to do general
notarizations."
Shame on you Jeremy, owner of the *notary numbers site*. For about seven years now,
I've had a paid listing on your numbers site for my notary services. In fact, my renewal was due to have taken place in August. 
