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Wibu to take biscuits to my vaccine appointment

201 replies

Howcanwehelp · 16/03/2021 21:11

I've got my covid vaccination this week. I'm very grateful to be getting it and thought it would be nice to take a selection biscuit pack, obviously still sealed. Would this be weird? Would they be allowed to take it for the break out area?

OP posts:
AlfonsoTheTerrible · 18/03/2021 13:00

OP, what a lovely idea. I am going to take a snack sack for the volunteers when I go for my vaccine.

Original poster
Howcanwehelp · 18/03/2021 14:05

57% think I'm being unreasonable.
However I'm just getting ready to go and I'll take them with me, if they don't want them they can come home again, no biggie.

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GreyhoundG1rl · 18/03/2021 14:07

Do that. Bet they won't be coming home Smile

HeyDemonsItsYaGirl · 18/03/2021 14:14

57% think I'm being unreasonable.

Sure, but the replies show that the ONLY people who think you're unreasonable are ones who have no actual idea and posted out of their arse. Ignore them.

zoop1 · 18/03/2021 14:19

I have volunteered at three different vaccination centres and they all have break areas where staff and volunteers can get a hot drink. I've seen several boxes of biscuits and chocolates being donated by members of the public and in each case they have been received with very genuine gratitude and left in the break area for staff and volunteers to help themselves to. It isn't necessary, of course, but it is a lovely gesture and much appreciated!

user1471439310 · 18/03/2021 14:20

I had my second vaccine last Thursday and I brought m &m's and donuts. I asked at my first jab and they said yes. Wouldn't bring in homemade but store bought.

Oioioioo · 18/03/2021 14:33

'57% think I'm being unreasonable.
However I'm just getting ready to go and I'll take them with me, if they don't want them they can come home again, no biggie.'

If that 57% have no experience of being in a vacc centre so don't actually have a clue, why would you listen to them?!
The other 43%, like me, appear to either 1) be working or volunteering in centres or 2) have given something in to the centre staff which was gratefully received...

EmmaOvary · 18/03/2021 14:53

I find it weird that some people are calling it weird. I took some Celebrations and a thank you card to my appointment, all the chocs obviously individually wrapped, it was gratefully recieved and the nurse jumped up and said she'd put them in the kitchen. NHS staff family member said she thought it was a lovely idea.

Original poster
Howcanwehelp · 18/03/2021 15:17

43% were correct, tub of sweets taken for the break out area, all good :-)

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Oioioioo · 18/03/2021 15:34

‘I took some Celebrations and a thank you card to my appointment, ‘

Thank you cards are pinned up on the wall in our staff rest area

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 18/03/2021 16:21

Do that mean people can't buy Easter eggs from supermarkets in case they have covid too?

Noooooo! Don't mention Easter eggs, I'm only just recovering from last year's madness!

Oioioioo · 18/03/2021 16:45

Buy your Easter eggs, bungy-cord them to the roof of your car for the journey home, all the Covid will have flown off them in the wind by the time you get home. You're Welcome.

ddl1 · 18/03/2021 17:09

I think it's a really nice idea; so long as (a) you can donate them quickly without holding up the queue even slightly - include a card, rather than taking time to explain; (b) the refreshments are not only hygienic but can be seen to be so (while under other circumstances, something home-made might be especially appreciated, in this case, a sealed, unopened shop-bought box or tub of biscuits or sweets would be best.

longtimemarried · 18/03/2021 17:15

I took a thank you card when I went for my vaccination.

Oioioioo · 18/03/2021 18:11

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I think it's a really nice idea; so long as (a) you can donate them quickly without holding up the queue even slightly - include a card, rather than taking time to explain; (b) the refreshments are not only hygienic but can be seen to be so (while under other circumstances, something home-made might be especially appreciated, in this case, a sealed, unopened sho’

We don’t care what they are! And just hand them to a marshal. We’ll be hanging around chatting to you all, saying where to stand, where to wait etc anyway so there is plenty of time to talk about whatever you like! And people often do. Many, many people, particularly in the oldest and most vulnerable grps hadn’t been out in months or a year. All they wanted to do was chat, which was absolutely fine and lovely ☺️

BeagleEagle · 18/03/2021 18:17

It's absolutely fine, it is likely to be accepted if it's sealed (they can clean it) and you are allowed to accept small gifts as long as they're for the whole team.

Oioioioo · 18/03/2021 18:18

And as for the queue - well there are a certain number of appts every 10 mins apart and factored into the time you’ll be inside is time for temp check and Qs at the door, time to check you in on the system, time spent waiting to get in a vaccination pod, time spent in a pod - and you aren’t rushed, some people have more medical needs, or are anxious or have a lot of questions - and then time at the end for the recommended 15 min wait. Don’t worry about holding anyone up - this is YOUR vaccination and it takes the time it takes that you need.

Alsohuman · 18/03/2021 18:18

@PanamaPattie

Weird. They’ll just throw it away.
Bet they won’t!
Opticabbage · 18/03/2021 19:01

Vaccination staff that don't mind sharing food that's not individually wrapped worry me! Germy gits

Oioioioo · 18/03/2021 19:39

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Vaccination staff that don't mind sharing food that's not individually wrapped worry me! Germy gits’

If someone offered you a biscuit from an open pack that’s ‘germy’ ?? Can’t tell you the amount of hand san we get through in a shift, or alcohol wipes, gloves. I’m sure as hell not worried about taking a digestive out of an open packet on the table.
I’m not even that worried about the hundreds and hundreds of people I’m around on a typical shift indoors at the centre either. And lucky for you, and everyone else who needs a vaccination, nor or any of my colleagues.

tubbycustardtummyache · 18/03/2021 19:44

Some of the answers here about declining are fascinating. I’m frontline nhs and have never seen wrapped chocolates or biscuits being declined (tbh any food is fair game!). They will be gratefully received!

WhyHelloJiiilll · 18/03/2021 19:56

@Howcanwehelp

43% were correct, tub of sweets taken for the break out area, all good :-)
Well done! The other 57% are/were talking rubbish. Lovely thing for you to do.
fluffiphlox · 18/03/2021 22:09

A lot of people convinced of their own righteousness on here, talking out of their rear ends.

minniemoocher · 18/03/2021 22:17

If it's at the gp take it, if it's the mass vaccination centre I wouldn't because they are being inundated with freebies, the nurses who jabbed me and dd said they had gained nearly a stone a piece since January (spoilt rotten by local restaurateurs, bakers and the chippy across the road). You saying to them thank you is completely sufficient, also chatting nicely to them, our nurse said how much she loved the friendly people but how others were rude.

Hoghgyni · 18/03/2021 22:21

A friend was telling me earlier that the volunteers have been receiving strawberries, doughnuts and Indian snacks today. They were all gratefully received and eaten.