Ever had anyone try to tell you how to do your job?
lamoursuffit
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Today, I was calling places for my internship, and had a lady ask what program I was in and then said "Oh." and proceeded to tell me how they don't really take medical assistants because "all they do is..." and then continued telling me what I already know I would do O.o It's fine if you don't take MAs as interns because "all they do" isn't enough for you, but I think the past year and 4 months I've been in school, I know what the job entails. -sigh- There was a few other sites that looked promising, though, so at least that's good!
Ever had anyone try to tell you how to do your job?
Ever had anyone try to tell you how to do your job?
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Everyday.
Shrug it off, and move on.0 -
My instructor is always telling me how to do my job. Says "I'll die if i don't learn how to put an engine in the right way" Pft what does he know?0
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She was ignorant & you a very much needed in the medical field ~ best of luck to you :flowerforyou:
BTW ~ nobody would dare try to tell me how to do my job, would like to see them do it better :laugh:0 -
Yes - today in fact - and it infuriates me .... I want to tell that person to get her head out of the bosses *kitten* and do her job and stay out of mine! But I just smile and walk away. My momma taught me how to be a lady, after all.0
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She was ignorant & you a very much needed in the medical field ~ best of luck to you :flowerforyou:
Awh thank you
I did have one really nice gentleman, an anesthesiologist, that sounded really excited about me calling and asked me all kinds of questions, and it sounded like he wanted to get me an interview, so that's good. Plus it was for the Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute, so lots of EKGs, which I love! 0 -
Yes - today in fact - and it infuriates me .... I want to tell that person to get her head out of the bosses *kitten* and do her job and stay out of mine! But I just smile and walk away. My momma taught me how to be a lady, after all.
Mine too!0 -
I am a dental hygienist and my patients like to try and correct the way I floss their teeth because that isn't how they do it. Really? Why are your gums bleeding then? and I am doing it wrong lol0
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I am a dental hygienist and my patients like to try and correct the way I floss their teeth because that isn't how they do it. Really? Why are your gums bleeding then? and I am doing it wrong lol
Really? I always think, huh, I've been flossing wrong the whole time!0 -
when i was 20?? Yea they did0
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Every single day, but it's the nature of my profession, so you accept it and deal with it or you find a new line of work.0
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I am a dental hygienist and my patients like to try and correct the way I floss their teeth because that isn't how they do it. Really? Why are your gums bleeding then? and I am doing it wrong lol
Really? I always think, huh, I've been flossing wrong the whole time!
iT IS SO FUNNY. I even show them, and they just give me a puzzled look. :-/ So I guess my degree and 10 years in the field has no merit compared to a Damage Controlman's dental experience in the Navy lol0 -
yep. i proceeded to tell her that this was my way of doing which also works and works best for me and that i will let her know if i have questions.0
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sometimes... they come to me to help them, then make out that actually, they know best. I just say "fair enough, let me know if you get stuck..." and i leave them to it0
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Yep everyday. I'm a licensed stylist, and people will come in and tell me how to cut/color/wax their hair. I appreciate them telling me what they want their hair to look like when we are finished, but not how to go about getting there. I have 16 years of experience, and a huge clientele. It's usually only the first time clients that make that mistake.0
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I'm a public school teacher. People in the government who have never taught (or have a whopping two years experience) just love to tell us how to do our jobs.
Just take it with a grain of salt. If you know you're doing okay, that's all that matters.0 -
YES....and it is iritating...I do billing for a mental health/substance abuse outpatient clinic, and my co-workers are always trying to tell me how to do my job...(I've been doing this for 22 years!!!!) I have a massive load...and bring in mega bucks..how can they tell me how to do it, if they don't have ANY training in what I do??? in fact, I would LOVE to have them sit in MY shoes for one day and see what they can do....except, that I probably would have to re-do everything when I got the results of what they tried to do!!!! when I'm gone for some reason, I ust tell them TO LEAVE IT FOR ME...I will take care of it when I get back...0
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I'm a graphic designer, so I get told how to do my job at least six tmes a day.0
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I'm a graphic designer, so I get told how to do my job at least six tmes a day.
*sympathy hug* My best friend is in the same boat as you.0 -
Welcome to the working world...and get used to it! This isn't meant to be rude, but there's ALWAYS going to be someone who wants to tell you what to do and how to do it...the trick is to try to figure out who is giving good advice and who is trying to blow smoke up your butt :laugh:0
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Daily, he is called my boss.0
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Every single day! My patients tell me how to do my job! hahahahaha.... With the ones I know well, I tell them "hey, I don't come into Taco Bell and tell you how to do YOUR job!" They back off. I don't suggest saying what I say, but just shrug it off. :flowerforyou:0
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She was ignorant & you a very much needed in the medical field ~ best of luck to you :flowerforyou:
Awh thank you I did have one really nice gentleman, an anesthesiologist, that sounded really excited about me calling and asked me all kinds of questions, and it sounded like he wanted to get me an interview, so that's good. Plus it was for the Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute, so lots of EKGs, which I love!
OHHHHH HELL, if you can get yourself in with an Anaesthesiologist, you will have it MADE!!!!!0 -
Yes - today in fact - and it infuriates me .... I want to tell that person to get her head out of the bosses *kitten* and do her job and stay out of mine! But I just smile and walk away. My momma taught me how to be a lady, after all.
I so understand your fusterations there. I have a supervisor who is the HR/Office Manager, does not know anything about accounting and yet tries to tell me how to do my job. Let me just go by telling you that i have been doing accounting for 14 years and I have my 4 year degree. She may have been doing her HR job for years but she doesn't have a degree at all. Plus no real knowledge of accounting. She and I have gotten into it a few times because of it. I just have to remind myself it was me working full time and going to school full time and raising two children, with one that has special needs. She is in her 50's and it is a control thing!0 -
No, but I've ran into MEN that do not want to deal with me because I'm a woman...........I get...well what does Dave say? BLAH......whatever.......If he didn't trust me to do the project or task, he would have done it himself........0
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I draw blood, and we get a lot of junkies who try to direct you to their bad veins so we don't use up their good ones. :noway:0
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I'm a phlebotomist and have had people doing that all 10 years of my career! Yes I understand some people have hard to find veins, and yes when I was 22 and just starting and looked new that's fine but now I just say "ok" and do what I need to do. I think no matter what the job is you run into that. It cracks me up though in my job when they'll start looking at their own arms or feeling veins like they know what to feel for. I don't do that to the person when I get my blood drawn!0
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Totally.
"Is that YOUR child? You know you really ought to cover him up better!" It was 70 outside.
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"Oh that behavior isn't THAT bad, you don't need to get on to him!" When he smarted off to me.
Being a stay at home mom is the best job ever!0 -
OH Yes!! One old crotchety mechanic who tries to tell me daily something I have done wrong - I do the bookkeeping and reception, I don't try to tell him to how to fix a car, don't tell me how to balance the books or answer the phones!! Grrrrrrr.... I def have to just shrug it off, anyone who is that critical of others obviously needs to make himself (or herself in the OP's case) feel better by talking down to others.
I don't care what your job is, if you are "just" the assistant, the janitor, the cashier, or the freaking CEO - do YOUR job well, and STFU about everyone else. At the end of the day, I am accountable only for MY job, and I go home feeling good knowing I gave excellent customer service, was friendly to those I came in contact with, balanced the books, and hopefully had opportunity to do something a little above and beyond. I have had customers give me the "you're just the secretary" thing before, and I just smile to myself because I know my boss would be LOST without me being "just the secretary". (Now if he thought of me that way, we would have a problem!!)0 -
Yup and I left the building about 10 seconds before I ruined my career by punching him between the eyes
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I draw blood, and we get a lot of junkies who try to direct you to their bad veins so we don't use up their good ones. :noway:
have totally had that happen too! or they smack the h3ll outta one and tell you to go there!0
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