![]() Pretty soon there were plenty of open seats, but I stayed on the floor because I didn’t think I could move without throwing up. A couple people grumbled, but I didn’t care I had a boyfriend who bought gift cards off me for eighty cents on the dollar, so I was all set.Įvery few minutes, Susan (I think it was Susan?) called a name from her clipboard and one of us would leave the room. She read all the usual disclaimers and warnings, and reminded us that compensation would be issued in the form of Amazon gift cards, not checks or cash. She said her name was Susan or Stacey or Samantha and she was a fellow in the Clinical Research program. The vibe was a lot like the DMV except we were all getting paid by the hour so people seemed happy to wait all day.Ī doctor in a white lab coat got up and introduced herself. They had free coffee and chocolate donuts and a big TV playing The Price Is Right, but most everyone was looking at their phones. There weren’t enough chairs and I was among the last to arrive so I had to sit shivering on the floor. ![]() ![]() The directions brought me to the campus medical center in West Philly and a large auditorium filled with women, all between eighteen and thirty-five years old. A few years back I was running out of money so I volunteered for a research study at the University of Pennsylvania. ![]()
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