So after an annual exam, my Doctor suggested I get a routine blood screening. His assistant gave me a list of several locations to choose from - with maps on the back. This paper was produced by the company that owned the labs. It had highly detailed directions, phone numbers, and maps for each of the twelve locations in my area.
Of course, I picked the location closest to me. I left early this morning hoping to be seen right away so I could get a great start on my day.
The first location did not house the lab for which I was looking. Instead it was a small sandwich shop. Hmmm.
So I made a phone call to the number and it had been disconnected. I searched for the next closest. My GPS showed it was 12 miles and 20 minutes away. So off I went.
My GPS had me turn into the parking lot of a shoe store. I verified the address on the shoe store's door as the address for which I was looking. I called the number associated with the lab at this address and it, too, had been disconnected. Double hmmmm.
Now I'd given up on this paper I was given. The words and maps just didn't convince me any more.
I proceeded back towards my ship but decided to speak the name of the lab into my GPS to see if the great satellite in the sky had a more current location than the company itself that provided my maps.
Lo and behold! My GPS lady suggested I take my next left and THERE! Behind a bank and down a side street - THERE was my destination!
I skipped into the building and beamed my smile towards the receptionist. I was so happy to see her! If she only knew how many miles I had traveled...how many locations I had surveyed.
She asked for my paperwork and she saw I had their very own copy of the directions and maps in my hand. I gently suggested " you may want to update this list. A couple of the labs are no longer there". She sat up cheerfully and thrust her hand towards a file. "I have updated ones - would you like one?".
To find an appropriate vein, the nurse didn't have to ask me to make a fist. I was one step ahead.
Of course, I picked the location closest to me. I left early this morning hoping to be seen right away so I could get a great start on my day.
The first location did not house the lab for which I was looking. Instead it was a small sandwich shop. Hmmm.
So I made a phone call to the number and it had been disconnected. I searched for the next closest. My GPS showed it was 12 miles and 20 minutes away. So off I went.
My GPS had me turn into the parking lot of a shoe store. I verified the address on the shoe store's door as the address for which I was looking. I called the number associated with the lab at this address and it, too, had been disconnected. Double hmmmm.
Now I'd given up on this paper I was given. The words and maps just didn't convince me any more.
I proceeded back towards my ship but decided to speak the name of the lab into my GPS to see if the great satellite in the sky had a more current location than the company itself that provided my maps.
Lo and behold! My GPS lady suggested I take my next left and THERE! Behind a bank and down a side street - THERE was my destination!
I skipped into the building and beamed my smile towards the receptionist. I was so happy to see her! If she only knew how many miles I had traveled...how many locations I had surveyed.
She asked for my paperwork and she saw I had their very own copy of the directions and maps in my hand. I gently suggested " you may want to update this list. A couple of the labs are no longer there". She sat up cheerfully and thrust her hand towards a file. "I have updated ones - would you like one?".
To find an appropriate vein, the nurse didn't have to ask me to make a fist. I was one step ahead.
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