The ISU Blood Drive was taking place this week in the Memorial Union from Monday to Thursday. I had time to go almost every day, but when did I decide to go? Thursday. So, the initial time management maybe wasn't the greatest, but it gets better.
When I gave blood in the fall, I sat in the waiting area for almost two hours. I wanted to avoid that this time, so I filled out my prescreening form and gave it to the girl in the waiting area. During a blood drive, they keep all the forms in the order they were completed and give the nurses the forms in order as they are ready for more donors.
After I turned in my form, I left and went to meet someone to work on a project for class, while I "waited" in the MU. (As it turns out, I wasn't able to work on my project. Maybe communication will be my topic next week...) When I returned to the MU, I only had to another 45 minutes or so before I was in the chair giving blood.
With just a bit of creativity, I was able to use the time I would have spend simply waiting to do something productive, while also saving three lives! Talk about multitasking!
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Yea I had the same problem... I waited in the chair for like two and a half hours on Wednesday because the Red Cross' servers crashed. Then I finally made it to the front of the line but I had a meeting in like 15 minutes so I couldn't actually give. However I was able to go back Thursday morning and skip the entire preregistration and I got in and out in a half hour! So needless to say do preregistration one day and then come back the next morning to get it done right away
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