<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Comicwoman:
One wonderful advantage of the donor center is that those folks stick hundreds of people a week and they are very good with a needle.</font>
Analise -
CW beat me to it - but I have been giving blood for many years and it's true those folks do it all day long. I ALWAYS ask for the most experienced technician when I donate. I politely say I am very anxious (not exactly true) and I prefer not to have any trainees take my blood. It takes me about 20 minutes and it is relatively painless - I hate shots but I don;t mind giving blood. And everyone is SO appreciative !!