A Vampire And A Vulture
Bizarre, California, Doctors, Harassment, Hospital, USA | Romantic | May 2, 2018
(I’m 20 and have just had an appendectomy, but I also went in hypokalemic, so before they discharge me they want to check my blood. This happens around six am, so I’m very sleepy. The phlebotomist looks like he is about 40 years old. I should also add I hate my blood getting drawn, and I am NOT a morning person.)
Phlebotomist: “Good morning! I’m here to draw your blood so we can check and make sure you’re good to go! Might I say, you are very pretty!”
Me: “Um… Okay?”
Phlebotomist: *turning to my mom* “Might I be able to take your daughter on a date when she is recovered?”
Mom: *stunned*
Phlebotomist: “Don’t worry; it’ll be after she is recovered. My wife divorced me a few years ago, and I think she—” *meaning me* “—would like me very much.”
Mom: *trying to be nice to the man with a needle in my arm* “Well, sir, we aren’t from this area. She just had emergency surgery, but we live somewhere else.”
Phlebotomist: “That is no problem. I can come visit when she is feeling better.”
(At this time, he is done drawing my blood, and stands there waiting for confirmation, never addressing what I think.)
Mom: “Sir, it’s very early, and I think my daughter would like to go back to sleep. I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
Phlebotomist: *to me* “What do you say? Would you like to go on a date?”
Me: “No. Bye.”
(Thankfully, I was discharged that morning.)
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