I’m still on the iPhone 6 that I bought used around this time in 2017. December 2018, I was able to replace the battery for almost nothing thanks to Apple’s replacement program. So I figured that I would get another two years out of that phone. I think that I was right. It’s only been a couple of months that I have…

Looks like my level of sarcasm isn’t obvious enough in this age of knee-jerk reactions. Let me try this again. My friend was an idiot who blamed Apple for her own stupidity and I was trying to help others avoid the same fate. And for the record, I’m on team Apple and believe that Google is the one making the garbage…

Looks like my level of sarcasm isn’t obvious enough in this age of knee-jerk reactions. Let me try this again. My friend was an idiot who blamed Apple for her own stupidity and I was trying to help others avoid the same fate. And for the record, I’m on team Apple and believe that Google is the one making the garbage…

Looks like my level of sarcasm isn’t obvious enough in this age of knee-jerk reactions. Let me try this again. My friend was an idiot who blamed Apple for her own stupidity and I was trying to help others avoid the same fate. And for the record, I’m on team Apple and believe that Google is the one making the garbage…

Another person who got the point of the story.

Yay, you got the point of my story.

Here’s another scenario that happened to a friend of mine recently. Her phone was really misbehaving. It hadn’t been updated in eons and was out of storage. She decided to wipe it and start over. But all hell broke loose after she signed out of her iCloud account as she could not get back in because she not only could…

I wear a head scarf because I have alopecia. I get pulled into a secondary inspection at land border crossings and at airports 100% of the time if I’m wearing the scarf. It’s less than 25% of the time if I’m wearing a wig. If they notice it’s a wig, I get a pat down over it. If I’m wearing a scarf, they take me to a…

My thought exactly. This could have been something the wife really wanted and couldn’t justify to herself and her husband worked extra hours to buy for her. Reminds me of the time people in my life freaked out that my ex bought me a nicer blender than I could justify buying for myself. He was being lovely, not trying…

I find the text is what gives it away. Subway “chicken” is just spongy. Go to McDonald’s and get one of their premium non-breaded chicken sandwiches, the meat pulls apart just like the chicken breast I buy at my local market that is chopped off the chicken in front of me. I was surprised to find that out. That’s…

I totally agree that paying movers is the way to go if you have more than a car load of things. The paid movers also know what they are doing and are less likely to break your things. Another benefit is that it might help you in a decluttering journey. The first time I ever had to pay for my own movers is what fully…

I’m a Canadian living in Mexico. At our Thanksgiving, the snowbirds haven’t arrived yet, so it’s hard to pull together a traditional Thanksgiving meal. So I stock up on things at the U.S. Thanksgiving and have a meal with most of the trimmings, even if I don’t actually celebrate. This year, I just went the one pot/stew…

How about we enact these rules every single day? I am so f’in tired of the food police.

Yes, they are the reason for their own self-exploitation. I don’t know how many other transcriptionists I know who, like me, have all this experience, this education, and this level of professionalism who will work for mills like Rev and crappy clients like SirTripsAlot just because work is better than no work. No one…

He was just being a perfectly average transcription client, especially with his reply to my reply. So I’m super grateful to him for making my point for me.

I’d love to send you some overflow work so you can do this for a few days and see what the job is actually all about. Of course, since you clearly have zero experience in this field and I need a 100% accurate transcript as even a tiny mistake could affect the case, I can only pay you 40 cents per minute (that will…

I’ve been a full-time transcriptionist for eight years and am exiting the field because of the rates. It’s the only field I can think of where a someone with highly specialised skills, top command of a language (never mind two and the ability to work in a third), and working as a freelancer is considered to not even…

If you actually read my comment, I was expecting my Cabify at 4:30. If they had showed up at 4:30 as they had confirmed the night before that they would, I would have been checking in for my flight by 5:00 at the latest, but more likely than not 4:45 as I’m only 15 mins from the airport at that hour. I fly this route a…

I work from home as a freelance transcriptionist. I only answer to my client deadlines. :)

This pumpkin icebox cake is the perfect Thanksgiving dessert for people who like pumpkin pie’s flavours but can’t have it because of all the eggs in it.