What were you given as a reward or gift after having your COVID-19 vaccination. WITH POLL

[maomao]

The real question is surely why wouldn't you (anyone) want a sticker?

Pittakionophobia.

 

[Numbers]

Because we're grown ups.

I want a sticker

 

[andysays]

Pittakionophobia.

I wasn't aware of that condition, but will allow it as a legitimate reason for not wanting a sticker.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I wasn't aware of that condition, but will allow it as a legitimate reason for not wanting a sticker.

I don't have an irrational fear of stickers - I'm just not childish like some of you. Do you want the staff at the vaccination place to pat you on the head and tell you are a good boy too?

 

[Aladdin]

Got a little card. I just looked at it again. The dr put the wrong date on it.

 

[rubbershoes]

Stickers are for children, surely?

After my second jab I was given a choice of stickers!

 

[platinumsage]

I got TWO leaflets, the colorful NHS one and also a black & white product insert in small print.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

After my second jab I was given a choice of stickers!

They must have took pity on you.

 

[kabbes]

The advantage of wearing a sticker would be to normalise the idea of having the vaccine, if enough people do it. It’s a visible symbol that this is What People Do. A bit like wearing one of those ribbons that are so popular with charities. I don’t know how much difference it would make in practice, but it’s not theoretically unreasonable.

 

[Yossarian]

If I'd been given a sticker I'd have considered hanging on to it so I could take it out and stick it on my forehead the next time an anti-vaxxer started sharing their beliefs with me.

 

[iona]

Unless we have anyone posting from Washington state or the Netherlands, I think you're winning the thread so far

No sticker though. I was promised one and everything, for winning the daft unofficial competition the nurses doing the stabbing were running to see who could spend closest to the whole voucher amount.

 

[MickiQ]

Just a card with vaccination details & a leaflet, not even any side effects.

same but after I had my first jab Mrs Q and went the KFC drivethrough on the way home, I had to pay though so not really a reward

 

[BillRiver]

That's what I thought.

Infantilising and a waste of public money!

Not at all.

I volunteer at a vaccination centre and sometimes am the person handing out the stickers.

The more people wear their sticker, the more having the vaccination is normalised, and the more others who may be nervous/hesitant are encouraged to have it too.

It maybe a stranger who sees you wearing it in the street, or it maybe someone you know who is inspired to ask you about your experience of being vaccinated when they see your sticker.

Either way it's very helpful and not a waste at all.

 

[BillRiver]

I don't have an irrational fear of stickers - I'm just not childish like some of you. Do you want the staff at the vaccination place to pat you on the head and tell you are a good boy too?

See my previous post.

It's a powerful "advert", seeing apparently happy and healthy people out and about in public with that sticker on. Better than any news item or actual advert.

 

[marty21]

A sticker & they updated the card , there were testing kits available but I didn't take one.

 

[andysays]

I don't have an irrational fear of stickers - I'm just not childish like some of you. Do you want the staff at the vaccination place to pat you on the head and tell you are a good boy too?

I certainly wouldn't object if that was offered.

I believe kebabking was given a badge expressing a similar message which they're welcome to post here if they wish.

 

[andysays]

The advantage of wearing a sticker would be to normalise the idea of having the vaccine, if enough people do it. It’s a visible symbol that this is What People Do. A bit like wearing one of those ribbons that are so popular with charities. I don’t know how much difference it would make in practice, but it’s not theoretically unreasonable.

Not at all.

I volunteer at a vaccination centre and sometimes am the person handing out the stickers.

The more people wear their sticker, the more having the vaccination is normalised, and the more others who may be nervous/hesitant are encouraged to have it too.

It maybe a stranger who sees you wearing it in the street, or it maybe someone you know who is inspired to ask you about your experience of being vaccinated when they see your sticker.

Either way it's very helpful and not a waste at all.

This wasn't intended to be a serious thread, but this is actually a very valid point, so thank you both for making it.

 

[quimcunx]

1st one a leaflet about side effects
2nd one a leaflet a card saying I've had 1 dose and a plain white sticky label saying 11.57.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Either way it's very helpful and not a waste at all.

It'd be less wasteful if they used indelible ink marker pen on people's skin instead - that wouldn't inevitably fall off and add to the litter problem.

 

[andysays]

No sticker though. I was promised one and everything, for winning the daft unofficial competition the nurses doing the stabbing were running to see who could spend closest to the whole voucher amount.

For some reason, it's the stuff you* miss out on which assumes the greatest importance, even if the stuff you do get is objectively better.

* general you/us rather than specific you

 

[kabbes]

For some reason, it's the stuff you* miss out on which assumes the greatest importance, even if the stuff you do get is objectively better.

* general you/us rather than specific you

It’s true, like that time I wasn’t given a million pounds

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

First one I got a dates card (but they didn't write on a date, just my name and AZ), and a photocopied side effects leaflet. I wasn't given a sticker, but I did ask for one as I exited the building.

Second jab. Zero.

 

[kebabking]

Second jab. I got one for my first jab as well, bit I don't think I took a piccie.

(No Ill effects as yet, 18 hours in...)

 

[hitmouse]

I don't have an irrational fear of stickers - I'm just not childish like some of you. Do you want the staff at the vaccination place to pat you on the head and tell you are a good boy too?

But I bet if they thrust a seagull and/or wasp into your hands as a thankyou you'd be pleased as punch. I think they did trial that in some areas but it didn't seem to have a positive effect on vaccination rates overall.

 

[souljacker]

I had the Moderna so got a Dolly Parton Greatest Hits CD.

 

[BillRiver]

I actually really like the design. They are my favourite colours, and also happen to be the colours of the trans* rights flag!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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Second jab. I got one for my first jab as well, bit I don't think I took a piccie.

(No Ill effects as yet, 18 hours in...)

Did they guess your mental age when deciding which sticker to give you?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

But I bet if they thrust a seagull and/or wasp into your hands as a thankyou you'd be pleased as punch. I think they did trial that in some areas but it didn't seem to have a positive effect on vaccination rates overall.

Maybe that's the way to overcome the antivax idiots - train wasps to vaccinate people.

 

[Yossarian]

Good colours on that sticker but the crown - "la corona" - seems like an odd design choice.

 

[BillRiver]

Good colours on that sticker but the crown - "la corona" - seems like an odd design choice.

Yeah that's only bit I don't like.

I'm a sucker for a love heart.