We had a blood drive at my office today.

[prole_for_peace]

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:

[murielm99]

1. Right! You earned that blood! You worked hard for it! nt

[HereSince1628]

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...

[elleng]

2. But you'd get orange juice for it!

:hi:

[prole_for_peace]

5. and a Little Debbie snack n/t

[TBF]

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.

[prole_for_peace]

7. Yeah

I should be able to choose who gets it and what I get in return. It's a precious commodity

[FLyellowdog]

6. Exactly!!! nt

[Feldspar]

8. Or they might use it to clean out

their system for their parole drug test!

Your pristine, hardworking, law abiding blood!1! :silly:

[RebelOne]

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?

[dtexdem]

11. I thought that with many blood banks, those who had donated ...

were not charged when they needed blood.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Long ago, that was the case...

But the blood banks can no longer afford to do so.

[Llewlladdwr]

10. Holy Crap!

Your employer forces you to give blood? That's assault dude. You should talk to a lawyer.

[prole_for_peace]

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.

[geardaddy]

12. Bootstraps, indeed!

Let them make their own damn corpuscles!

[sarge43]

13. Worse: Some liberal could get it and then give it to someone else. n/t

[sad sally]

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."

[prole_for_peace]

15. That has got to be a great feeling. n/t

[Synicus Maximus]

18. But no one forced you to give blood.

[prole_for_peace]

19. No and this post was a take off

on the the whole GOP vs poor crap going on now

[chrisa]

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!