Jean P.
too long to donate, too many people
East Madison WI BOOOOO! :( :( This place used to be great and WAS very good, fast, helpful, moving people thru and a very relaxed donation process. NOT anymore. Now we are over booking the appts, we are herded thru there like cattle. so there are alot of people set up for the same appt time. Alot more people to deal with. and we are forced to be very close together. Covid is still a factor for me, not very safe there anymore. I've had to turn around and leave twice now in 2 weeks as there is 14 people in line waiting for vitals. with only 2-3 staff taking vitals, which is not enough for that many donors. I didn't have that amount of time. kids are at daycare, other appts are set up to get to, kids games are happening, dinner's cooking etc. I was last there for 2.5 hours, last time I donated and it takes me about 40 min to ACTUALLY DONATE. The remaining the other 50 min was all waiting. It took another 10 minutes to wait to be unhooked, because of staff shortages. Anyway, It is unreasonable and unacceptable to me to allot 2-4 hours for this donation that I'm trying to help people with. what's the use of appts.? they are never honored now. We are not cattle. We are human beings. This demonstrates no respect for people's time. there are kids who need picking up at daycare, there are other places we need to be on time, dinner cooking, etc. Also this last time I was there, they pulled me in the nurses room to lecture me about fat lipids. I've only had the problem once or twice. After that I guess they drew protein from me to send off without informing me at ALL, and then when it was time to get my $90 second donation a few days later, the sample hadn't come back yet from wherever and they wouldn't let me donate. so their problem became my problem! @!*6^#~@@@*^@ Are you kidding me? I was upset, as I had NO IDEA OF this sample. why did they let me donate at all that first part of the week if my protein or lipids were off???? makes no sense. So I lost out AGAIN on my 2nd donation of $90 because of things THEY are doing. I want my $90 that they ripped off from me. I just dread going there now as you have to spend 2-3 hours at something that used to take about an hour or hour and a 1/2. It's a big PLUS that the staff is still wonderful, doing their best, but even more overwhelmed. The manager needs a wake up call. Be more respectful to your donors and their personal time.



