WOT: Blood Bank fun

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

Ok for past sins I am trying to bribe my way in (to Heaven) by
pretending to be a caring person.

That was a joke.  Put the Bible down no thumping necessary.  I am down
with JC and the 12 Homies.

ANYWAY... so I lost my Mother to cancer and I think I mentioned this a
while back about donating platlets.

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD... ignore that!!!  Don't do it.  Once you
give them your info it is akin to selling your soul.  They won't stop
calling me, and bugging me and emailing me.  (sigh)

So lovely Puget Sound Blood center has their fangs in me.  They call
me yesterday and say we need you to donate as soon as possible because
we are critically low on platlets.  In three days we are OUT.  If we
can't maintain at least a three day supply they lose some funding or
some crap like that, and oh yea someone that needs it MAY die.

So I am like sure... I'll come in maybe late tommorow if you have an opening.

Well... Um no sir, we don't have an opening tommorow.  How about Wed 9am?

I am sorry ma'am I work and I will be in Sacramento Wed... I may be
able to do it Thursday if that isn't too late.

Well... um no sir.  We are full thursday.

Friday?

We are full that day too?

Saturday?

Also full.

Well alrighty then you have a good day that is WELL outside of your
three day window and I can't commit to a weekday that far in advance.
(I am thinking this conversation is over--I tried.)

SIR!  (WTF?!?)  We still need to make an appointment. (WTF X2)

Ok let me get this straight you call me at work in the middle of the
day... take up valuable time to tell me that you guys are in a needy
time... I was willing to help you but it's obvious that I cannot--and
you want me to make an appointment for when?

(without missing a beat) We have an appointment on Saturday May 5th.
(For some unknown reason, my cell suddenly lost signal)

Not ten seconds later... "the dark side of the force is calling you"
Have truer words never been uttered.  (My ringtone)

Hello?

Yes Sir this is Puget Sound Blood Center.  We seem to have been disconnected...

Are you a Jehova's Witness in your spare time?

No sir, but I have an appointment open on May 5th, 11am, 11:30am and 1pm.

...

Sir?

"Sure put me down for 11:30am on the 5th."  How can you fight that?  How?


All jokes and sea-stories aside... the volunteers are usually people
like me that have lost someone to cancer or another disease and this
is how they make their stand I can't fault them for that.  They give
of themselves.  That is more than I can say.

Besides it's harder than hell to get a Saturday Appointment I wasn't
going to pass that up.  ;)

Chris