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    That covers such a giant range of duties, pay...

    That covers such a giant range of duties, pay rates and can lead to a tremendous amount of obnoxious replies! lol Can you be more specific? Are you writing a pamphlet for an optical school, a job...
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    I will be in the business 20 years coming up this...

    I will be in the business 20 years coming up this December. I was delivering pizza part-time and living on 3 credit cards which I rolled the balances around on every month when I found an ad for a...
  3. Don't let it get to you, Snoozy. There's not...

    Don't let it get to you, Snoozy. There's not really a personality test to become an optician and there is a surprising amount of "Optical Eliteism" on this board. Most of the folks are ok and there...
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    And here's my "Ahaaa! " moment. I should have ...

    And here's my "Ahaaa! " moment. I should have thought of that :P I keep 2 in standard tuning, 1 in open G and 1 in open D and a square neck reso that I'll change as I feel the mood lol.
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    At the risk of opening myself up for the "here's...

    At the risk of opening myself up for the "here's your sign" award of the day, I have to ask, why 3 capos on the headstock? I own several but usually only have them each on their own seperate guitar.
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    haha ya think? I believe he was kidding....

    haha ya think? I believe he was kidding.... < this board needs a sarcasm font.... >
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    Sadly, this is not only a well written and...

    Sadly, this is not only a well written and thought out post, but probably the most true thing I've seen about the optical industry in a while. As an optician for 20 years, I recently started working...
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    single spindle bench polisher?

    Where's a good place to get an inexpensive coutner-top polishing unit? And possibly a small manual grovver as well.
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    We've got an i-terminal from Zeiss in our office....

    We've got an i-terminal from Zeiss in our office. It's kind of cool to see that ''techno-phile" patient's eyes light up when you stand them in front of it. Some people are more impressed with gadgets...
  10. It sounds like a a plate full of work but if...

    It sounds like a a plate full of work but if that's your goal, do it and do it well :) If you want it, make it happen. It won't be easy but nothing worth doing is etc etc and other cliche's lol
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    uh... what? I've been an optician for just over...

    uh... what? I've been an optician for just over 19 years, I'd like to think I'm pretty good at it.... At the very least I'm competent lol
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    Thank you!!! I've been watching the hijack all...

    Thank you!!! I've been watching the hijack all day and chuckling to myself. There's ALWAYS at least 1 person on EVERY internet forum who takes it upon themselves to
    derail a thread. Be it a...
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    omg!!! You give ice cream cones?!?!?!

    omg!!! You give ice cream cones?!?!?!
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    Well technically, I'm the one printing the rx out...

    Well technically, I'm the one printing the rx out so it's all above board :) Dr. hands them off, I go over the options and all that while pulling up their chart on the computer < paperless office...
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    How do you respond?

    Here's a good topic for discussion..
    The Dr. hands a patient off to you, you greet them and introduce yourself and before you get a chance to look at their paperwork, they state firmly "I'm not...
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