Will never live down “I got a little prick for nothing.”

Midwestern father and husband Clive Jensson was disappointed because he couldn’t donate blood at his company’s blood drive. “I had just gotten a vaccination, and it was too early to give blood I guess,” said Jensson. “I was disappointed, I won’t lie.”

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The main feeling that lingers on longer is regret – at his poor choice when he saw co-workers at lunch time.

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“They asked me how giving blood went,” Jensson related, “and I made some poor word choices that will inevitably force me to quit this job.”

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The word choices in question – “I got a little prick for nothing” – has since appeared in his email signature file, on colorful posters found at Jensson’s desk after he went to the bathroom, and was subtly referenced by the CEO when discussing earnings results during a company-wide call.

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Jensson is trying to figure out which current co-workers he can use as references who won’t refer to this sentence.