Warning: pointless post...
At my work they have a wellness program. If you participate and accumulate a set number of points you get your next year's health insurance at a discounted rate (or is the non-wellness rate inflated?). So they had biometric screenings yesterday at my workplace. I already have my points but I like to go for a free checkup - mainly so KC doesn't yell at me to go to the doctor.
So they were behind and there was a little bit of a line. I was pretty early for my appointment so I didn't get worked up about it. Another guy showed up and scrambled to get another privacy booth set up. When he did he brought me in to do my blood work before I went in to see one of the nurses for the actual appointment. That was fine. When I went in to see the nurse it was clear that she was totally frazzled. She couldn't get her tablet to work - it wouldn't accept her log in - so the guy gave her his. She took my weight (Velo is getting fat) and then turned around the plastic height thing that for some reason was facing the wall. After recording my height I asked her twice if I could put my shoes back on. She was immersed in what she was doing so I took that as a 'yes'. While I was leaning over tying my shoe I realized why the height thing was facing the wall. It fell over and hit me on the head and shoulder. Luckily it was a light plastic portable one. I wasn't hurt. Apparently it had happened before that morning.
She had written my numbers on a form and went over them with me. Apparently doing heavy lifting all weekend is good for compaction of your spine because she had me at 5' 11 3/4" rather than the 5' 11 1/4" they have measured me at the last couple of times. BMI,
no bueno; I was at an "obese" 32.
Then she had to enter the numbers in the tablet. After she did I was supposed to enter the password I had set up at the beginning of my appointment.
"Incorrect password" I tried again to no avail. So she had me do the alternate method of entering my birthdate.
"Incorrect birthdate" Then the guy came over and said that she had taken too long so it had timed out. So he started entering it. When he came to my height he said they round to the nearest half inch for the system so he rounded up to 6' 0". Amazingly that dropped my BMI from 32 all the way down to 26.6 so that puts me in the "overweight" range. He finished entering all my numbers and finally got me out of there.
Not exactly the smoothest experience (understatement) but I'll give them a pass. I have been going almost every year for quite some time and they have generally been pretty professional and proficient. Everyone (or every organization) has a bad day now and then.
TL;DR version: Velo was obese for just about five minutes.
