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[QUOTE who="Mickieann10 in Norwood, Massachusetts"]<snip> As far as people doubting me as an MT my license number in MA is 299. <end snip>[/QUOTE]

You ...

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]So, because I think you are wrong I'm being disrsepectful?[/QUOTE]

Surely you recall your own name calling in ...

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]C S/MT4: Since it's all anonymous it's okay, I'm not offended - I'm just old school and like to know who I'm talking to ...

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]C S/MT4: Since it's all anonymous it's okay, I'm not offended - I'm just old school and like to know who I'm talking to ...

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Repeated for Gray Neher's benefit.

Point by point:

Why shouldn't non-ME massage therapy business owners be concerned about Massage Envy's overall effect on their ...

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]So, you're not going to answer the question?[/QUOTE]

Gray Neher, you are typically ignoring the response. But ...

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All 14 of the reviews above were posted because they represent several different states and were found on one page of a single search result. Many more were not posted because ...

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That was for Anonymous in Chicago in Illinois.

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[QUOTE who="MT4 Union in Union, Illinois"]There was no low blow or personal attack and calling it such won't make it so.

It's obvious to anyone in this locale that ...

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*lol* Just goes to show you never know who you're communicating with online.

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Use of "poverty consciousness", in the context applied by "interested observer", may make for a fun sociology trial and presentation. If I don't get smacked ...

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IP addresses are easily traced from any email address. Trust can be as crippling as distrust. What a ray of sunshine is me, eh? :.)

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An online chat could simply serve as a place to begin organizing. Not much of anything posted online is private. That is a fact.

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[QUOTE who="anonymous anonmous in Freehold, New Jersey"]... Is there a way that I can talk to you, LMT/CMT Arizona, Ayelina, CS...[/QUOTE]

Some names here might be ...

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[QUOTE who="anonymous anonmous in Freehold, New Jersey"]Some well placed letters to attorney generals of all 50 states and to the US Attorney General can get them to ...

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http://www.petitionsonline.com might be a good start.

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]There's plenty of negative posts on this forum why can't I defend my business?[/QUOTE]

Who suggested you not ...

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Internet Communications 101: It is beyond inconsiderate to request any type of personal information from anyone online; mostly because it contributes to identity theft.

As ...

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LMT/CMT, I agree.

"Gray Neher",

1) Look it up. 2) It IS up to me what I believe. 3) No one can prove who they are online. 4) No one need state their ...

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IF the person posting as Gray Neher here IS Gray Neher, he may be using this forum to boost his clinics. I'm noticing his indeed.com posts appear quite often in the searches ...

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]So, this is good-bye?[/QUOTE]

What else is there to say to someone who simply dismisses facts and anything else ...

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]The length of your post leaves me no room for a reply[/QUOTE]

There's plenty of room. Please do speak up.

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[QUOTE who="Gray Neher in Castle Pines, Colorado"]We'll just let you run the world and tell everyone what to do.[/QUOTE]

Gray Neher, you sound like an industrious ...

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Gray Neher,

What is more disturbing than individuals completely identifying themselves online are requests from others that it be done. Reference http://www.faqs.org/rfcs ...

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Just-me,

It should definitely help others seeking this type of input to know of your experience at ME.

Specific to the lunch and break issue, check out page 52 of ...

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This is off-topic but because of a statement regarding my posting in this forum in a BBB dispute, I am making a clarification for all. Here http://tinyurl.com/2qu2y8 this quote ...

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[QUOTE who="LMT NY in Merrick, New York"]Theres nothing wrong with healthy competition it keeps you sharp and on your toes. ME has found a nich in the field. Hats off to ...

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[QUOTE who="LMT NY in Merrick, New York"]You therapists crack me up. I run my own masaage business and I keep my rates reasonable enough to work full time and keep another ...

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lalaland in newport,

A few thoughts:

~ You can lower your expectations for yourself all day. Expecting others to do the same is an entirely different matter.

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Interested Observer,

I will add to my response to your post that perhaps your expectations of "peers" are inappropriate.

Consider the consistency, or ...

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A pompous approach is generally unhelpful. Your choice of verbiage is usually called baiting or trolling.

There is no need to challenge ability, integrity or any other ...

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[QUOTE who="J-me LMT in PG, Utah"]I think what it all boils down to is that we are talking about success in whatever feild you are in right? Well here is a quote I came ...

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[QUOTE who="JSD in Chapel Hill, North Carolina"]I just wanted you all to know that I got a coupon in the mail from Massage Envy and I was looking into it when I found this ...

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Genesis and massage therapist are not the first to mention "union" in conjunction with massage therapy.

If ME or similar franchises become the norm, their ...

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[QUOTE who="J-me LMT in PG, Utah"]I just quit at a ME today. I was treated like a number. I was sick. I tried to work through it with my first client and I could not I was ...

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mtstpaul in Saint Paul, Minnesota,

Obviously I have no idea what your experience with deep tissue is, but new therapists who don't know more about it should not be misled to ...

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There may be other choices of words to replace "sweat shop" with, but the meaning remains the same.

After relocation and prior to finding this forum, I went to a ...

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Dissent and discussing truths learned from professional and personal experiences is not bashing. Just because uncomfortable truths cause flinching, doesn't mean those truths ...

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Another frog boils.

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The only way ME can redeem itself as a whole is to respect the industry it's profiting from. If ME raised prices and paid massage therapists accordingly, discontinued misleading ...

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Reposting to see if the quotes appear correctly.

[QUOTE who="Jon in Pleasant Grove, Utah"]
First, if those who claim to be doing amazingly well without ...

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[QUOTE who="Jon in Pleasant Grove, Utah"]
First, if those who claim to be doing amazingly well without Massage Envy really are, why are they spending their time at a ...

underpayment and no benefits

[QUOTE who="Dumb for believing the ME lies ... in Palatine, Illinois"]Dear Elsewhere, I believe that it is possible to make that much, but why are you bragging about ...

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[QUOTE who="Massage Therapist in Garland, Texas"]Thirty nine dollars. Everyone is making it sound like ME's prices are way cheaper. Yes, they are cheaper as compared to ...

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LMT ATL, I sincerely hope the quality of your responses above do not reflect in your work. It's hard to decide if you were being lazy or deliberately cavalier.

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MT ATL, there is NO valid reason for your nastiness, which oddly enough you admit to. You might consider that being nasty and retaliatory encourages negative commentary about ME ...

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[QUOTE who="ATL LMT in Atlanta, Georgia"]Thanks, I just won $20 bucks because of you. I am writing whis along side another very happy therapist and I told her almost word ...

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Another thought about students and newly massage therapists.

In many professions it's common place to hire and manage newly licensed individuals expecting them to "pay ...

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Apologies for the duplication. The first post didn't seem to appear, so it was reposted.