I am now fully jabbed! Yes, twice I have been stabbed in the arm, I'm fully cooked and I have a certificate to prove it.
As I wrote many months ago I'm not in favour of the jab but I cannot be bothered to fight the system and it seems that it will more or less become a legal requirement when travelling.
My second jab wasn't quite the nice experience i had at the beginning.
The first time i was seen by a young lass who looked about twelve years old and with her bit of English and my terrible Spanish we got through what had to be said, she vaccinated me, I never felt a thing and off I went.
This last time wasn't so pleasant. I arrived with plenty of time before my appointment time and was told to take a seat. My number was then called Q7Q table 1. Off I go, only to be met by someone with about as much tact as a wet flip flop.
The Magma centre is very echoey and along with a face covering I just could not make out what this women was saying to me. She got very stern and told me that I should have brought an I interpreter with me. I told her in Spanish that I was here for my second vaccine, and that I had an appointment, I also added that I was learning Spanish.
I was so taken aback by the way she was speaking to me that any Spanish I did know had now completely left me! She was downright nasty. She then asked me in English if I had had a fever in the last seven days, I told her I hadn't. She then took the vaccine, jabbed it in my arm quite hard, stinging as it went in and sent me in on my way.
I sat in the holding area crying my eyes out and left after five minutes.
Now I understand that these people are doing a job and that many of them probably dont want to be doing it, but is this behaviour really necessary? Not only was I about to be jabbed so I was feeling a little vulnerable anyway and then to be treated like that was in my opinion completely uncalled for.
Having mulled over it for a couple of days I'm almost annoyed at myself for being so upset. I was in such a rush to get out of that building but had I have sat there for the allotted fifteen minutes I mightve felt compelled to complain about my treatment. I may have at least got the girls name so I could complain at a later date. Anyway, I'm am now few days down the line, with a bruised and itchy arm arm and I just hope that noone else is subjected to what I was that day.
Yet again, everything has changed and Tenerife has found itself being thrusted back in to level three of covid restrictions. This means that once again we can have nobody in the bar, we can only seat a handful of people on our small terrace, and we have to close at 11pm.
We all saw it coming if I'm honest as our numbers are really starting to go up again, however I think we were hoping against hope that it wouldn't happen.
We have actually decided to close the bar for a week as we haven't really had a break since we reopened last June.
The Balearic islands got put on the green list last week and people were able to travel there without a PCR test although I think they had to have one to get back in to the UK. This has now changed yet again!
As I read it, it seems that anyone entering Spain and all of its territories must be either double vaccinated or in possession of a negative covid test taken within a certain number of hours before departure. I'm unsure if this applies to the British or whether it also applies to other nationalities.
We are now off for a week, we have plenty to do to keep us occupied, and maybe we might just take a few days away.
Until next time, stay safe........and sane!
H x
My second jab wasn't quite the nice experience i had at the beginning.
The first time i was seen by a young lass who looked about twelve years old and with her bit of English and my terrible Spanish we got through what had to be said, she vaccinated me, I never felt a thing and off I went.
This last time wasn't so pleasant. I arrived with plenty of time before my appointment time and was told to take a seat. My number was then called Q7Q table 1. Off I go, only to be met by someone with about as much tact as a wet flip flop.
The Magma centre is very echoey and along with a face covering I just could not make out what this women was saying to me. She got very stern and told me that I should have brought an I interpreter with me. I told her in Spanish that I was here for my second vaccine, and that I had an appointment, I also added that I was learning Spanish.
I was so taken aback by the way she was speaking to me that any Spanish I did know had now completely left me! She was downright nasty. She then asked me in English if I had had a fever in the last seven days, I told her I hadn't. She then took the vaccine, jabbed it in my arm quite hard, stinging as it went in and sent me in on my way.
I sat in the holding area crying my eyes out and left after five minutes.
Now I understand that these people are doing a job and that many of them probably dont want to be doing it, but is this behaviour really necessary? Not only was I about to be jabbed so I was feeling a little vulnerable anyway and then to be treated like that was in my opinion completely uncalled for.
Having mulled over it for a couple of days I'm almost annoyed at myself for being so upset. I was in such a rush to get out of that building but had I have sat there for the allotted fifteen minutes I mightve felt compelled to complain about my treatment. I may have at least got the girls name so I could complain at a later date. Anyway, I'm am now few days down the line, with a bruised and itchy arm arm and I just hope that noone else is subjected to what I was that day.
Yet again, everything has changed and Tenerife has found itself being thrusted back in to level three of covid restrictions. This means that once again we can have nobody in the bar, we can only seat a handful of people on our small terrace, and we have to close at 11pm.
We all saw it coming if I'm honest as our numbers are really starting to go up again, however I think we were hoping against hope that it wouldn't happen.
We have actually decided to close the bar for a week as we haven't really had a break since we reopened last June.
The Balearic islands got put on the green list last week and people were able to travel there without a PCR test although I think they had to have one to get back in to the UK. This has now changed yet again!
As I read it, it seems that anyone entering Spain and all of its territories must be either double vaccinated or in possession of a negative covid test taken within a certain number of hours before departure. I'm unsure if this applies to the British or whether it also applies to other nationalities.
We are now off for a week, we have plenty to do to keep us occupied, and maybe we might just take a few days away.
Until next time, stay safe........and sane!
H x
A very interesting story, sorry you had such a rough time at the clinic. Let's hope we return to some sort of normality soon.
ReplyDeleteOh dear. That's awful. I can understand you being upset. It is done now so that's good and now you dont have to go again She will get her comeuppance. Enjoy your well earned break and try to forget it. Be happy and have a relaxing time.
ReplyDeleteAfter having read your blog about your poor experience when going for your second jab at the Magma centre you can imagine my trepidation when my second jab turned out to be table 1. However my second experience was the same as my first. Being jabbed is never pleasant but I've nothing but good to say about these people that are jabbing hundreds of people a day, day after day and so sorry to hear about your poor experience. You're strong so onwards and upwards :)
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