Gah!

[lexin]

It seems odd to be peeved that someone's not going to stick needles in you, but I rang the blood donation people about my new drug, not wanting to waste the time going if they were going to nix it and was told that they don't want my blood because of my bipolar disorder.

Big question mark – I asked whether that meant that they generally wouldn't take blood from mad people and got a load of guffle in reply. But that's how it feels.

I'm pissed off. It may be unreasonable of me to be pissed off, but I am.

Comments

[briarwood.livejournal.com]

it was for my own protection

Huh. I guess I can understand that from the CYA angle. They need to, if not assume the worst at least be pessimistic. Every two months isn't 'often' but it's often enough to be unusual, I think. I mean if your standard of 'usual' is the whole population, not those with mental issues.

Which I guess is a backwards way of saying, yeah, it's discrimination. But just possibly justified, though I can certainly understand your reaction to being rejected.

[lexin.livejournal.com]

CYA? [is puzzled]

[briarwood.livejournal.com]

"Cover Your Ass"

[lyorn.livejournal.com]

Cover your ass -- a completely stupid, time-wasting, unproductive occupation where one spends most of one's work time collecting alibis for bad luck that might never happen. Destroys initiative, encourages micromanagement, and is actually contagious.

Bane of my workplace. I already document every step I take because it's my job, but a decent CYA demands all that in triplicate and every step signed by three levels of management.