American Red Cross blood drive today at work. I contributed my pint gladly.
While doing so, the Red Cross Latino Chick Technician: You bleed very fast!
Me: Yes, they always tell me that but I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.
RCLCT: Oh, it's a good thing.
Somehow, in a different scenario I can't see that as being a good thing.
But the point of my entry here is that such a low percentage of people donate. I'm not sure how many people work in my six story building. Let's say three hundred, knowing it's a grossly low number. Only about twenty people show up at these things. Okay, so if you're gay, or from Africa, or have traveled overseas lately, or visit prostitutes, the Red Cross doesn't want your blood. But, hey, that's still most of the building eligible. Why do less than 1% of the people show up? You get juice and cookies afterwards. And the pain is really minimal. I am the only one on my team that donated. One of two on my floor. And the Red Cross is locally low on supplies. I don't have unusual blood that they need but my O+ is a universal donor so I feel good about that.















