Posted by: Kathy Robson | February 24, 2012

10 reasons why I love/hate being a captioner

+  You can work in fuzzy bunny slippers, pajamas, or whatever you like to wear — or nothing at all.

+  You get paid to watch sports.

-   You can’t drink beer during the ball game.

+-  Where else can you spend your work day watching cage fighting and hockey in the same day? Is there’s really a difference?

+  You don’t have to deal with attorneys!

-  You can’t stop the proceedings when it gets too fast.

-  Captioning the Home Shopping Network can be hard on the budget.

+  Where else can you work while watching your cow give birth?

-+  Every day, you get to learn new and different (bizarre!) spellings of names .

++++ Not many jobs give you the satisfaction that you’ve added to someone’s quality of life, and that you’re giving them a service that most hearing people take for granted.

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  1. Kathy, Gale Muehlbauer referred to me you, but didn’t give me a contact method. I can’t find any information on your site to contact you. Hope you will see this comment. I’m working on an article about broadcast captioning. Please contact me at ncayton(at)peralta(dot)edu

    • Email is the best way to reach me, at this address.

      • Hi Kathy,

        Thanks for replying. I was hoping to interview you by phone or email about your experiences being a captioner for the article I mentioned. Would you have time for that?

        Nancy

        From: Kathy Jacks Robson <comment-reply@wordpress.com> Reply-To: Kathy Jacks Robson <comment+r6ndc3xn2eqjt13aezczd1f06f6b5s5b6z0v4z7rvl@comment.wordpress.com> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:25 PM To: Berkeley City College <ncayton@peralta.edu> Subject: [New comment] 10 reasons why I love/hate being a captioner

        Kathy Robson commented: “Email is the best way to reach me, at this address.”


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