I could be a very rich woman if only I had a pound every time someone said….
“This is the worst part.” When we do the iron test. It is horrible because of all the nerve endings we have in our fingers. It feels bruised for ages afterwards, I know as I’ve had it done when I donate. I know. But it seems like every other person tells me.
“Ooh I’d like one of these for the garden.” The donation chairs don’t look it, but they are very comfy. Tall, short, big or petite you just mould into the chair. New donors are surprised, regulars like to say it each time.
“I only come for the free biscuit.” What is your favourite? I think the most popular are the Club biscuits, orange being more popular than mint. If Club biscuits aren’t your thing then the next most popular are either the custard creams or bourbons. Then comes everything else.
“I only eat a Club biscuit when I come here.” They do sell them in supermarkets…I’ve checked!
“They used glass bottles when I first started donating.”
“Something changes every time I come.”
I sound like I’m moaning about donors, I’m not at all. I think there are the same things said in every job. The same questions asked, the same comments made. I used to work in education. At nine o’clock when I gathered my reception class together for registration I used to always say, “Right, let’s start the day.” I didn’t realise I said it until a parent came in and commented that her child had started saying it every morning. She wondered who she had heard it from and I had to admit it was me. I became much more conscious of other little sayings I used. I use phrases in my job now too, so donors probably go home after donating and say, “I could be a very rich person if I only had a pound for every time that donor carer said….”
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