a transcriptionist's gripe

Something I learned about how people handle it when you ask them for revisions of a transcription you did of their interview and they are not used to hearing themselves talk (and are slightly embarrassed by the awkward way they think they've come across): They are prone to exaggeration of your "inaccuracies." When they send back revisions that say, "I went in and had to fix a slew of errors the transcriptionist made," they mean, "I had to go in in one spot and re-type in the name of that band no one has ever heard of that I completely mumbled that was last performing 30 years ago and thus has no online presence." I'm such a failure!