Went to give blood last night. My appointment was for 5 and I left work at 4 – and I wasn’t entirely sure where I was going. I grabbed a quick bite to eat and made it to the drive a few minutes before my appointment.<\/p>\n
During the health screening, the woman there took a blood sample to check for iron and I had no trouble there. When she checked my blood pressure, it was little too high.<\/p>\n
“Did you rush to get here?” she asked.<\/p>\n
“A little,” I replied.<\/p>\n
“Now why did you do that? We would have waited for you,” she said.<\/p>\n
I started to reply about courtesy and respecting their time, but she cut me off and said,<\/p>\n
“Now, you just sit here for a few minutes and settle down. Go to your happy place,”<\/p>\n
She got up to get another donor started and I dutifully sat quietly and controlled my breathing.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later she came back over, checked again, and then sent me on my way to donate.<\/p>\n
It was the most Zen blood donation I’ve ever done.<\/p>\n
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\nI got lunch at Burger King today and as I was walking to my car a woman drove past and asked,<\/p>\n
“Has Dante left yet?”<\/p>\n
I just kind of shook my head in confusion, shrugged, and kept going.<\/p>\n
She pulled up next to me and asked again.<\/p>\n
“The Dante that works at Burger King? Has he left work yet?”<\/p>\n
I shrugged again and replied:<\/p>\n
“I don’t know who Dante is. I’m sorry,”<\/p>\n
She pulled away and looped around. I got in my car and headed for the exit. I made eye contact with her again and this time she tugged on her shirt.<\/p>\n
Referencing my shirt.<\/p>\n
She thought my bright blue polo shirt meant that I worked at Burger King and that I would – of course – know who Dante was and if he had left work.<\/p>\n
We both went our own ways and I may never know if she found Dante. As a side note, I wouldn’t testify this under oath but I’m pretty sure the employees there were wearing gray uniform shirts. Which makes the entire exchange that much more random.<\/p>\n
After work, I’m going to put on a red shirt and go to Target.<\/p>\n
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