So today I had to get some bloodwork done. I was a little testy with the phlebotomist because it was more than difficult to get away from work this morning, and I had an appointment, and even called to make sure they were running on time…I was told they have a ten minute policy for appointments (where you are seen within 10 minutes of the appointment). I told her that never seems to be the case…She said I need to flag them down when it reaches 10 minutes because they will rush me in.

I raced over there and signed in, only to wait for 25 minutes before letting them know that my ten-minute window had more than passed, that I had even called and was on deadline for work and could not wait. He said that they had a “hard stick” back there and it would just take…longer. He called me back 5 minutes later and of course he was not having my jokes at all, which is why I’m going to try it out on you all!

He very testily took both of my arms and tied those rubber straps on them and tapped the veins, and then declared that my veins are “all very inconveniently located.”

I smiled and let him know that I’d issue a formal complaint to my maker about the location and lack of overall user-friendliness in the design of my vascular system.

Come on; that was at least kind of cute, no?