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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 01:51 PM
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We had a blood drive at my office today.
and I thought "Why should my hard earned blood be taken for use by some lazy person who didn't plan ahead and have extra for use in the case of an emergency?"

I am supposed to go through the time and discomfort to just GIVE AWAY something that I have just because someone else thinks they need it?

The person who would get my blood would probably just do something stupid with it anyway: ride a bike without a helmet; jaywalk...

Bootstraps!!

:sarcasm:
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 01:53 PM
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1. Right! You earned that blood! You worked hard for it! nt
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 01:57 PM
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4. Well, you AT LEAST earned the H1C that goes with it...
The transfusions that supported me through my open heart surgery significantly lowered my glycosylated hemoglobin. I take no credit for that at all, and thank those whose great endocrine systems made my diabetic one look OK...for a month or so...
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 01:57 PM
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2. But you'd get orange juice for it!
:hi:
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 01:58 PM
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5. and a Little Debbie snack n/t
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 01:57 PM
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3. And you have no idea what kind of person would get your blood -
probably someone who just sits on the sofa all day, rather than going to the blood bank regularly like you do.
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:05 PM
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7. Yeah
I should be able to choose who gets it and what I get in return. It's a precious commodity
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FLyellowdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:00 PM
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6. Exactly!!! nt
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Feldspar Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:11 PM
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8. Or they might use it to clean out
their system for their parole drug test!

Your pristine, hardworking, law abiding blood!1! :silly:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:37 PM
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9. My reasoning has always been that:
Why should I give away my blood when if I needed a transfusion, I would be charged for it?
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dtexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:55 PM
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11. I thought that with many blood banks, those who had donated ...
were not charged when they needed blood.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 07:39 PM
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16. Long ago, that was the case...
But the blood banks can no longer afford to do so.
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Llewlladdwr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:51 PM
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10. Holy Crap!
Your employer forces you to give blood? That's assault dude. You should talk to a lawyer.
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 07:42 PM
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17. I tell them that it's bad enough I have to be there at 8 am
and NOW they want my blood too!!

The office manager is pretty "persuasive" about getting us to donate but she will take no for an answer.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:56 PM
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12. Bootstraps, indeed!
Let them make their own damn corpuscles!
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 02:59 PM
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13. Worse: Some liberal could get it and then give it to someone else. n/t
Edited on Tue Sep-20-11 03:28 PM by sarge43
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sad sally Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:42 PM
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14. The best pint I ever gave was once after getting a call at 10 p.m.
from the local hospital saying they had need for fresh A Neg (my type) for an accident victim. They wouldn't give me any details, but said it was a "lifesaver."
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 07:36 PM
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15. That has got to be a great feeling. n/t
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Synicus Maximus Donating Member (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 07:49 PM
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18. But no one forced you to give blood.
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 08:19 PM
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19. No and this post was a take off
on the the whole GOP vs poor crap going on now
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chrisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 08:30 AM
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20. Probably a dang-dung muffin-headed Libral!
Who was stoned all day and now needs some of your hard-earned blood! He wouldn't be in that position if he got a haircut and got a job!
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