Giving blood can be a little stressful, but the staff here is pretty cool. My only complaint is that it takes so long. I gave double reds for my birthday and it took 2.5 hours from when I walked in the door- and I have big garden hose veins so it wasn't me. My wife was a little upset because we were going on vacation and it delayed our trip a tad. But enough about me. The phlebotemist didn't miss my vein, I got to watch Tremmors on TV and pigged out on cookies and juice. I highly recommend that you give blood- if not here then somewhere else.