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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Apr 3, 2014 2:12 PM UTC  Studio shot of stenograph machine Studio shot of stenograph machine Daniel Grill—Getty Images/Tetra images RF by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Apr 3, 2014 2:12 PM UTC Plenty of people say that they hate their job, but few put that sentiment into writing, let alone on the official record. [According to the _New York Post_](http://nypost.com/2014/04/03/alcoholic-court-stenographers-gibberish-imperils-guilty-verdicts/), one Manhattan court reporter did just that, typing “I hate my job, I hate my job” as well as random characters over and over again rather than court dialogue. The stenographer, named by the _Post_ as Daniel Kochanski, was reportedly fired but not before allegedly compromising the integrity of more than 30 court transcripts. An unnamed source told the _Post_ the botched transcripts could lead to overturned criminal convictions. No fewer than 10 of the stenographer’s cases are reportedly being appealed, including that of one man convicted of hiring a hit man to murder a witness against him in a different trial. Kochanski told the _Post_ he had not damaged the integrity of his transcripts: “I never typed gibberish. I always did my job 100 percent. I was let go because of substance abuse,” he said. No word yet on how the reporter was able to flub so many court transcripts without being caught and reprimanded after the first one. \[[New York _Post_](http://nypost.com/2014/04/03/alcoholic-court-stenographers-gibberish-imperils-guilty-verdicts/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/48136/court-reporter-officially-hates-his-job-more-than-you-do/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/48136/court-reporter-officially-hates-his-job-more-than-you-do/"},"headline":"Court Reporter Officially Hates His Job More Than You Do","datePublished":"2014-04-03T14:12:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:27.522Z","description":"A Manhattan stenographer allegedly typed \"I hate my job\" over and over again in the transcripts for criminal trials","url":"https://time.com/48136/court-reporter-officially-hates-his-job-more-than-you-do/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Courts","manhattan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72156fc236569a84/698688a9d0b6f227d730393f/stenograph-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72156fc236569a84/698688a9d0b6f227d730393f/stenograph-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"stenograph-cropped.jpg","caption":"","creditText":"Daniel Grill—Getty Images/Tetra images RF","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/48136/court-reporter-officially-hates-his-job-more-than-you-do/","name":"Court Reporter Officially Hates His Job More Than You Do"}}]}] ```