misery:
I know what you mean. I have compassion for people but I dont consider myself a "people person". I have been a transcriptionist at the clinic where I work, however during the last few years and due to the economic situation there have been cuts and restructuring and I no longer work in solitude as a transcriptionist since they did away with that department.
Now I work in the credit department as a patient account rep, denying service to patients if they have a past due balance that they do not take care of or work towards paying off, sending out certified letters of dismissal if they repeatedly do not show up for appointments or for inappopriate behavior, get calls about problems with their bill, etc. I have to deal with walk-in patients and patients on the phone and just people everywhere and many of them can be hostile and difficult, not to mention if there are patients who don't speak English.
Anyways sometimes it gets me how some of them behave and how many I have to be a parent to because so many of them are so irresponsible!! I just wish I had my old job transcribing medical reports and didn't have to deal with people's money problems and drama. So yeah with my job I struggle with that feeling everyday now that I had to change jobs and sharpen my people skills.
littlerockguy
