Good for you! (But I really meant after a procedure.)
For safety's sake (for you and the asker) it provides another check on your identity so that you don't wind up with the wrong meds or the wrong procedures. Annoying, but win-win.
In that case, I'd think that simply asking me what my name was would have sufficed. (Even if they were actually worried that I slipped a ringer into my bed while they weren't looking, he could have been well prepared.)
But more to the point... Not one single solitary person gave me an acceptable reason when I asked "Why?"
They could have just looked at my wristband, fer cryin' out loud!
