Because I don't have enough to do around here (sarcasm noted?), I took on another job, working for my sister. She is a court reporter and needed someone to proof or correct her transcripts from depositions and examinations under oath. After she asked my other two sisters and they declined (Ivy, what's up with that anyway?) she asked me and I started at the end of 2009. It's convenient, I can do it at home and at my own pace, and I really do enjoy it. I look for things like grammar and punctuation errors, misspelled words, words that are left out or repeated, hyphen issues and some other things that are mandatory for documents like this. Here are a few of the funny things I've read so far:
1) Attorney: Obviously, she is not a wheelchair.
(I had to add the crucial word 'in'.)
2) Witness: After I left the hospital I wept back to my job.
(Only one little letter off! 'Wept' became 'went'.)
3) Attorney: Did that job offer fridge benefits?
(Again, one letter makes all the difference!)
4) Attorney: Did you go to marriage counseling?
Witness: Yes.
Attorney: What was the name of your doctor?
Witness: I remember because it was Dr. Romance.
(No corrections here - just funny!)
Needless to say, this job can be quite amusing!
3 months ago
Bwaha! Those are funny. I particularly like 'obviously, she is not a wheelchair'.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you were doing this! I bet it's really interesting. And you're probably the best sister for the job anyway!
ReplyDeletelol, no offense, but she IS the best sister for the job. i always knew you would be great at this, lace, but i asked ceke first bc i thought she would get into making a little bit of money. and then i thought of sarah bc she's at home all the time. ...not that i thought either of them would be better, but i was thinking more like, 'who needs this most?' or something.
ReplyDeletebut i think you're doing great-- and me and theresa are LOVING what you do for us! thank you so much.