Talecris Plasma Resources

I definitely liked this place at first, but by the time I left I was truly aggravated. Talecris is generally a clean place with safe procedures and nice workers. Being as it was my first time there, I was a new donor, so the procedure and everything else took longer than it normally would, approximately 2 or so hours. They only use equipment that comes out of new packages, nothing is reused. My visit started off fine but ended on a bad note. By the time all the testing was done with, I was actually excited to donate plasma. Except one problem: I failed at being able to donate plasma. My sister came as well and neither of us ended up donating. The new donor procedure was all responsibly handled and we both were going through registration fine and the physical stuff. But then her protein was too low so they sent her out, and me? Apparently I don’t have veins! It took two hours for me at least to get everything done and then I went to the room to actually go donate plasma… that’s where it got hairy.
The «phlebotomists» in the room all seemed so unprofessional and oblivious to their jobs, at least that is the idea they put off for me to pick up. Three people who are supposedly certified to do this job couldn’t find my veins. The first guy was nice, took forever, but literally while putting a pressure cuff on me, says, «I’m not good at this». First off, then why do you work here, and secondly, how does that make me feel better about you sticking me with a needle, or anything else that you’re supposed to be able to do at this job if you can’t correctly put on a pressure cuff. He seemed new, so many that was it, but he attempted to find my vein for a minute, couldn’t, and then said he would grab someone else. That lady tried, couldn’t find my vein, called another lady over who also couldn’t find my vein, and then the first one says to the second lady, literally TWO feet away from me, «should we stick her with the needle so she gets paid» mumbled things about them not doing vein checks, had no idea what to say to me… then turned around and then just told me to go home basically. Didn’t grab anyone else, didn’t try more than 5 minutes. Just said go home. She told me to go to the front desk and tell them they couldn’t find my vein… I did, and the only person up there was the second lady that also couldn’t find my vein, to which she responded: «Uhhh… no, you don’t need to tell me. You can just leave. Sorry.» Like… okay so should I even attempt to come back or if I do will I just get a fast one pulled on me? I had an appointment scheduled but I don’t even think I want to go. After all, if they aren’t going to try harder or more than a few minutes after I spent my whole morning there, I don’t see the point. Yes it is for a good cause, I have a friend who regularly needs plasma for medical reasons, so I felt I could help out and it would feel nice and I’d get compensated while doing something good, but how do I donate when the employees try only to the bare minimum? I’m still annoyed with the whole situation and my entire morning was wasted.