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Jan. 18th, 2011 06:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsSo, I went to the intro for the whole grain feeding study at the USDA.
10 minutes later, I walked out again. There are three things that no money's really going to compensate for:
1) Cereal for breakfast. Every time I try eating it, I end up starving an hour later. They actually put that in exclusions "if you don't like eating cereal for breakfast."
2) All 6 of the test days are held during working hours, including 3 8-hour days. I don't want to give up that much vacation.
3) On the 8-hour test days, they put a port in your arm and draw blood 14 times. Sooner or later, I *would* pass out. I can bear a draw or two, but 14 over 8 hours and a port? NO.
10 minutes later, I walked out again. There are three things that no money's really going to compensate for:
1) Cereal for breakfast. Every time I try eating it, I end up starving an hour later. They actually put that in exclusions "if you don't like eating cereal for breakfast."
2) All 6 of the test days are held during working hours, including 3 8-hour days. I don't want to give up that much vacation.
3) On the 8-hour test days, they put a port in your arm and draw blood 14 times. Sooner or later, I *would* pass out. I can bear a draw or two, but 14 over 8 hours and a port? NO.
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Date: 2011-01-18 11:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-18 11:39 pm (UTC)But... pass. I'm still willing to do a study sometime, but I'm not willing to deal with day-long installments of foreign objects or to taking loads of vacation. That's as much time off as I'm taking for Stratford!
Cereal for breakfast
Date: 2011-01-19 12:18 am (UTC)You can't teach with gas. It's a discipline problem.
Re: Cereal for breakfast
Date: 2011-01-19 02:03 am (UTC)I might have tried to fuss through the cereal, but I'm not taking more leave for them to draw blood than I'm taking to go to Stratford!
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Date: 2011-01-19 09:52 pm (UTC)