Prophylactic fun
Dec. 22nd, 2004 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drscottIf I get influenza, I usually suffer mental effects for weeks after, probably related to the inner ear dizziness / viral nerve problem, so for years I've been very careful to get vaccinated. This year I wasn't allowed to (thank you, public health bureaucracy!) Well, Kaiser advertised they had FluMist (nasal vaccine) available, so I went over there today to get it before my trip to Florida for the holidays (and my brother's wedding.)
The desk person asked if I was under 50, and I confirmed that I was indeed in the right age range for the FluMist. When they called my name a minute later, the nurse said "well, we don't actually have FluMist, but we do have vaccine," so I ended up getting a shot anyway. Hmm.
At the gym later, the cute Latino employee asked me to unload the machine I was using (Hammer Behind Neck Press) to the weight tree and not the pegs on the machine. I said okay, thought about it for awhile, and stopped him to ask if he wanted us to always do that -- he said, sure, that's what these signs say (points to sign which says "...must unload all machines after use.") Unload in normal parlance means "remove from machine and store in designated locations," which has always been understood to include the on-machine pegs. So we had a five-minute conversation about the unreasonableness of this, the fact that most gyms actually label the on-machine pegs to suggest which weights should go where, etc. Now I have to talk to the (gay) manager to find out the real story -- who would come up with such a silly policy, and why?
Off to Tallahassee Friday morning to be with my brother and mother for Christmas, extending to my brother's second wedding Jan. 1st. My new sister-in-law is marrying down. :-)
The desk person asked if I was under 50, and I confirmed that I was indeed in the right age range for the FluMist. When they called my name a minute later, the nurse said "well, we don't actually have FluMist, but we do have vaccine," so I ended up getting a shot anyway. Hmm.
At the gym later, the cute Latino employee asked me to unload the machine I was using (Hammer Behind Neck Press) to the weight tree and not the pegs on the machine. I said okay, thought about it for awhile, and stopped him to ask if he wanted us to always do that -- he said, sure, that's what these signs say (points to sign which says "...must unload all machines after use.") Unload in normal parlance means "remove from machine and store in designated locations," which has always been understood to include the on-machine pegs. So we had a five-minute conversation about the unreasonableness of this, the fact that most gyms actually label the on-machine pegs to suggest which weights should go where, etc. Now I have to talk to the (gay) manager to find out the real story -- who would come up with such a silly policy, and why?
Off to Tallahassee Friday morning to be with my brother and mother for Christmas, extending to my brother's second wedding Jan. 1st. My new sister-in-law is marrying down. :-)
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Date: 2004-12-23 08:41 am (UTC)Good luck in Florida.
See you here when you get back.