/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8527519
Besides my fear of needles, the process of becoming a new donor was so tedious it was almost not worth it. My bf and I both went. I had an "appointment" scheduled for 10:30, and another at 11:00 for him, we arrived at 10:27am but we didn't finish until 3:15pm. If you want to read the whole story, it's kind of TL;DR.

First of all, their check-in "system" was terrible. When we walked in there was simply sign-in sheets for "new donors" and "donors," so obviously we put our names under new donors not knowing how to ask about our appointments. There were no directional signs, no nothing. Regular donors simply signed in, went to an electronic kiosk, and waited.
The staff made themselves entirely unavailable to ask questions, they didn't even make eye contact. After about 40 minutes of waiting we got so irritated that we hadn't been called, so we went up and were told "Oh, you had to tell us about your appointment!" as if any of them could be assed with our time to begin with.
The female nurses (phlebologists?) treated me terribly, while they treated my boyfriend peachy sweet despite neither of us having a different attitude.

The female nurses decided to check-in and examine my bf first instead of me, when I had specifically named the first appointment for myself since I knew I would be a slower donor, and hence I could get a headstart instead of making him wait. For whatever reason, all of that was ignored and we were separated during the entire process from this moment forward.

I was finally handed a questionnaire which had asked if I had eaten anything four hours prior before I came. Both myself and my boyfriend had eaten oatmeal and water at 8:30am, but since by the time I took this (11:45am) I wasn't sure what to tick. When I showed ambiguity the nurse told me what I had eaten that morning "wasn't good enough." I pressed her to explain what that meant, and if I could eat something quickly from the vending machine.
(con't)