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st to get the vaccine. I tried the app it was supposed to be located in, but no ticket. But before you signed up they said that you had to get the second shot exactly three weeks later at the same appointment time, so I just showed up.Second tickets not always going out was a known problem from early in the process. Shouldn’t someone just look at the list of first vaccinations and see if there is the same number of second vaccination notices that go out that day? It seems easy to me — but what do I know?But evidently, they couldn’t find me in the system (she couldn’t seem to get my name right), where I knew all my info was housed from my first shot. Instead, they handed me a clipboard and told me to fill out the information. I really hate paperwork. Especially if it showcases my bad handwriting.Filling out paperwork would have been fine if, after the vaccination, I had just parked for 15 minutes in line waiting for time to elapse as I had the other three times. I’d even taken a book to read this time.But no, they changed things up. This time they made you drive around the hospital and through a parking deck where people directed you to drive all the way to the top of the deck, around cones, turn around, and then drive back down. I hate parking decks, I hate driving in circles because sometimes they make me dizzy, and there were cones and people that were directing you somewhat enthusiastically. It wasn’t fun.And wait — isn’t the 15-minutes to see if people have a negative reaction to the shot? Is making them drive through an obstacle course really the best thing? Especially when, like me, some have been given paperwork they are trying to fill out when driving? Yes, doing that when driving is wrong, but it is also human nature to try to get it done. (Just so you know, I didn’t even touch the bumper of that car in front of me when my foot was not quite as secure on the brake as it should have been. It was a bit of a hard stop, but there was only me in the car.)When you reached the top of the parking deck, by the way, then they tell you you could pull over and fill out the paperwork. The humorous part of this was the top of the deck was the uncovered part and it was raining, so the people working up there were having to stay out in the rain to answer questions. Why didn’t they just put people in places on the first level, or any other level that was covered?I’m not

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sure who was supposed to collect the paperwork either, but I flagged down someone as I was leaving the parking deck. She didn’t seem to be the one who was supposed to collect it, but she did.Throughout the process, I was constantly evaluating. It’s a curse, I tell you. I naturally evaluate all things for efficiency, and for some unknown reason, this process had actually gotten less efficient and more aggravating with time.But the thing that bothered me most was that no one ever asked me if I was feeling OK. Yes, I was fine, and am the personality type that would have spoken up if I were not. There was a reason I chose to go to the hospital drive to get the shot instead of a local drugstore or park. I wanted lots of medical types and the Emergency Room there in case I needed attention.A lot of people would not tell them if they were feeling weird unless asked. And if you had a reaction would you necessarily be in the right frame of mind to flag someone down if there was an issue? What if someone fainted and hit someone directing traffic in that parking deck obstacle course? What if they drove away even though they had some symptoms, such as nausea or dizziness?I don’t like to think of myself as a control freak, but I suspect I am. I want to fix almost all organization processes and this one drove me crazy.Saturday night I got a “Will Call” ticket in my email. That evidently was sent after they put my info in the system. They must have been using an event ticketing system to organize the vaccination appointments. The event was over. I guess the system isn’t set up for “Came Without a Ticket and Still Was Part of the Performance.”I am fully vaccinated, I got home safely, and only had a sore arm for a short period of time to show for it. There was a whole tribe of people staffing that clinic out in the rain and nonstop traffic from people getting their vaccine.As of today, our world has lost over 3.1 million people to the coronavirus. I hope getting vaccinations helps put a stop to this. In my mind, doing nothing was just not an option.Kim McKinney is often critical and cranky but usually also sees that much of what she criticizes just isn’t important. When it gets down to it, she is a big fan of people doing the best they can. Especially when the best they can is done because they want to help other people be healthy and live. 💜</article></body>

My Second Vaccination Is Over

But I almost got dizzy and wrecked my car during the 15-minute wait

I got my second COVID vaccination this weekend.

It was my fourth visit to this same location for a vaccination clinic. It was a drive-through site.

If there was a Facebook test for “What kind of kind of vaccination site is best for you”, drive-through would definitely be what came up for me. Drive right in, stay in the car, get ‘er done, wait a bit, and drive away. Though someone told me Yo-Yo Ma was playing at a site in Massachusetts. That would have been nice. But even so, I am more of the drive-through type.

The first two times I took my Mom for her shots and it was perfection. I was in awe that so early in the process the site had it all together.

My mom has Alzheimer’s and while she remembered she had gotten vaccinated still when we got home the first time, the second time she didn’t even remember when we got in the “see-if-you-get-a-reaction” waiting line. Today she probably doesn’t remember she was vaccinated. But she was, and the process was not only painless but probably took 16 minutes, including the 15-minute wait. Amazing.

When it was time for mine, however, it took a bit longer. For my first shot, the line was a bit long, but it still moved through rather painlessly.

I thought it was weird I had to fill in my name and the dates on my vaccination card myself, but no big deal. With my atrocious handwriting and the small space I had to write in, I doubt anyone can read it, but whatever. (Why aren’t these computer-generated?)

Saturday the line was quite long. Still, they moved people through fairly quickly, I probably waited 15 minutes to get to the hospital driveway and another five minutes to get my shot.

I had never received the second appointment ticket for this vaccination. It was supposed to arrive with the first one, but I didn’t notice it was never received. Well, I did think about it Friday night when it was too late to call and check if I was on the list to get the vaccine. I tried the app it was supposed to be located in, but no ticket. But before you signed up they said that you had to get the second shot exactly three weeks later at the same appointment time, so I just showed up.

Second tickets not always going out was a known problem from early in the process. Shouldn’t someone just look at the list of first vaccinations and see if there is the same number of second vaccination notices that go out that day? It seems easy to me — but what do I know?

But evidently, they couldn’t find me in the system (she couldn’t seem to get my name right), where I knew all my info was housed from my first shot. Instead, they handed me a clipboard and told me to fill out the information. I really hate paperwork. Especially if it showcases my bad handwriting.

Filling out paperwork would have been fine if, after the vaccination, I had just parked for 15 minutes in line waiting for time to elapse as I had the other three times. I’d even taken a book to read this time.

But no, they changed things up. This time they made you drive around the hospital and through a parking deck where people directed you to drive all the way to the top of the deck, around cones, turn around, and then drive back down. I hate parking decks, I hate driving in circles because sometimes they make me dizzy, and there were cones and people that were directing you somewhat enthusiastically. It wasn’t fun.

And wait — isn’t the 15-minutes to see if people have a negative reaction to the shot? Is making them drive through an obstacle course really the best thing? Especially when, like me, some have been given paperwork they are trying to fill out when driving? Yes, doing that when driving is wrong, but it is also human nature to try to get it done. (Just so you know, I didn’t even touch the bumper of that car in front of me when my foot was not quite as secure on the brake as it should have been. It was a bit of a hard stop, but there was only me in the car.)

When you reached the top of the parking deck, by the way, then they tell you you could pull over and fill out the paperwork. The humorous part of this was the top of the deck was the uncovered part and it was raining, so the people working up there were having to stay out in the rain to answer questions. Why didn’t they just put people in places on the first level, or any other level that was covered?

I’m not sure who was supposed to collect the paperwork either, but I flagged down someone as I was leaving the parking deck. She didn’t seem to be the one who was supposed to collect it, but she did.

Throughout the process, I was constantly evaluating. It’s a curse, I tell you. I naturally evaluate all things for efficiency, and for some unknown reason, this process had actually gotten less efficient and more aggravating with time.

But the thing that bothered me most was that no one ever asked me if I was feeling OK. Yes, I was fine, and am the personality type that would have spoken up if I were not. There was a reason I chose to go to the hospital drive to get the shot instead of a local drugstore or park. I wanted lots of medical types and the Emergency Room there in case I needed attention.

A lot of people would not tell them if they were feeling weird unless asked. And if you had a reaction would you necessarily be in the right frame of mind to flag someone down if there was an issue? What if someone fainted and hit someone directing traffic in that parking deck obstacle course? What if they drove away even though they had some symptoms, such as nausea or dizziness?

I don’t like to think of myself as a control freak, but I suspect I am. I want to fix almost all organization processes and this one drove me crazy.

Saturday night I got a “Will Call” ticket in my email. That evidently was sent after they put my info in the system. They must have been using an event ticketing system to organize the vaccination appointments. The event was over. I guess the system isn’t set up for “Came Without a Ticket and Still Was Part of the Performance.”

I am fully vaccinated, I got home safely, and only had a sore arm for a short period of time to show for it. There was a whole tribe of people staffing that clinic out in the rain and nonstop traffic from people getting their vaccine.

As of today, our world has lost over 3.1 million people to the coronavirus. I hope getting vaccinations helps put a stop to this. In my mind, doing nothing was just not an option.

Kim McKinney is often critical and cranky but usually also sees that much of what she criticizes just isn’t important. When it gets down to it, she is a big fan of people doing the best they can. Especially when the best they can is done because they want to help other people be healthy and live. 💜