What Is The Stupidest Question You Have Been Asked

**opty4062** · 04-29-2014, 06:04 PM

Hey y'all. I had one today that I'd like to nominate to the Hall of Fame. It's not so much stupid as just well...you tell me.

Took a very grumpy 87 year old woman back today to check her VA before the doc was going to see her. After small talk revealed to her that I am married with children, this was her question:

"When you and your husband make love, do you find you censor yourself in volume or activity to prevent the children from knowing what you are doing?"

And with that, my friends, I WIN THE INTERNET, at least for today.

**optilady1** · 04-29-2014, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by opty4062

Hey y'all. I had one today that I'd like to nominate to the Hall of Fame. It's not so much stupid as just well...you tell me.

Took a very grumpy 87 year old woman back today to check her VA before the doc was going to see her. After small talk revealed to her that I am married with children, this was her question:

"When you and your husband make love, do you find you censor yourself in volume or activity to prevent the children from knowing what you are doing?"

And with that, my friends, I WIN THE INTERNET, at least for today.

so. gross.

**Bey Patrick** · 04-29-2014, 11:35 PM

Can you put a "Transition Tint" into my old lens???
So that they can be transitional lenses??

**fjpod** · 04-30-2014, 02:28 AM

Can I get those Variflux transmissionals with Crystal Light? I have stigma, you know.

**EyeSore** · 04-30-2014, 08:54 AM

Pt. Does this case come in any other color other than black
Me No
Pt. Does it come in blue

**cowboytelemark** · 04-30-2014, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Bey Patrick

Can you put a "Transition Tint" into my old lens???
So that they can be transitional lenses??

This actually isn't a dumb question. It just illustrates that opticians often do a poor job of educating patients on how a photochromic lens works.

**cowboytelemark** · 04-30-2014, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by AngeHamm

My current pet peeve is the patient who asks, "What color is this?" about every frame they try on. Did they not teach you your colors in kindergarten? Also, if I call it "aubergine" instead of "purple," is that really going to change how you like the way they look?

I agree with EyeManDan, people want to feel unique. So call it something interesting :). My pet peave is people who try on a frame that looks great on them, then say something like, "I love this frame, it is a great color. What other colors does it come in? Will you order them in for me?"

**CLaughner** · 04-30-2014, 10:45 AM

When you changed the nose pads all my tint fell out! SMH

**SeaU2020** · 06-17-2014, 01:03 PM

A customer called us the other day and said she was having TERRIBLE diarrhea and she wanted to know if we had a chair she could "borrow" because she didn't want to stain her furniture!

"I'm sorry, we don't have any chairs like that here" was the reply.

#still cannot believe it#regular customer #off her rocker

**Outkast** · 06-17-2014, 02:17 PM

"Can you take these lenses and grind me a few sets of contact lenses out of them?" Dead serious...

**Aarlan** · 06-17-2014, 02:30 PM

Have a decent one from a recent encounter my frazzled Optician shared with me:
Pt called mad as He!!. She was furious that the bifocal FELL OFF of her spectacles. It was there one week, now it's gone. Woman is a bit older, but still a nice woman in the office all the times I've seen her. ABSOLUTELY ADAMANT THE FELL OFF!!!!, and How dare we sell glasses where the bifocal can fall off.

Comes in with the pair in question...old set of +2.00 readers from drug store...her real bifocal pair was deeper in the purse....

**EyeManDan** · 06-17-2014, 03:34 PM

The best I had is a mother who picked up her daughters glasses who was away at school. She came in to weeks later wanting to know why the daughter could not see out of the glasses and the frame was not the one picked out. After checking invoices, orders calling labs and such, it turned out that the pair of glasses belonged to the mother. When I said that the glasses were hers and not her daughters she was kind claimed she didn't wear glasses. She purchased 2 pairs six months ago and gets 2 pairs dv/nv every 2 years for the past 10 years.

**CGalloway** · 06-19-2014, 01:45 PM

These have all given me quite a laugh! My recent favorite quote is:

Do you take cash? To which I chuckled and replied yes. The patient then said..."well you see those signs everywhere that say "no cash on premises"...really???

**m0002a** · 06-19-2014, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by CGalloway

These have all given me quite a laugh! My recent favorite quote is:
Do you take cash? To which I chuckled and replied yes. The patient then said..."well you see those signs everywhere that say "no cash on premises"...really???

I think it was a perfectly reasonable question given the signs you posted, and it was rude to laugh at your customer.

**CGalloway** · 06-19-2014, 01:48 PM

Oh and also from a budget optical...

Patient received a reading only rx from our ophthalmologist and presented it for filling at a budget optical..it was labelled as reading only...budget optical calls our office to ask for add power on rx...seriously??

**CGalloway** · 06-19-2014, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by m0002a

I think it was a perfectly reasonable question given the signs you posted, and it was rude to laugh at your customer.

We have no signs posted...she was referring to other businesses she had seen them in...m0002a here's your sign.

**CGalloway** · 06-19-2014, 01:54 PM

Perhaps you should have read more closely when I typed "those signs everywhere" I was not referring to all over the walls at our office...the pun here is she thought those signs meant no cash was accepted...bless your heart as we say in the south

**m0002a** · 06-19-2014, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by CGalloway

We have no signs posted...she was referring to other businesses she had seen them in...m0002a here's your sign.

I don't think your original post was clear on that.

**m0002a** · 06-19-2014, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by CGalloway

Perhaps you should have read more closely when I typed "those signs everywhere" I was not referring to all over the walls at our office...the pun here is she thought those signs meant no cash was accepted...bless your heart as we say in the south

I am guessing that your customer got a little rattled when you ridiculed them for asking if you took cash. Aside from the comment about signs elsewhere that no cash is accepted, it was a reasonable question IMO. How many patients do you have that pay cash?

**waynegilpin** · 06-19-2014, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by CGalloway

These have all given me quite a laugh! My recent favorite quote is:

Do you take cash? To which I chuckled and replied yes. The patient then said..."well you see those signs everywhere that say "no cash on premises"...really???

Only if the cash is green and says "In God we trust" on the back.

**CGalloway** · 06-19-2014, 02:04 PM

Okay, first I did NOT ridicule my patient and she was not rattled. She is an awesome lady who obviously did not understand the signs she had seen. And for the record I have a few patients who pay in cash. Thanks for the warm welcome to Optiboard. I have been accused of ridiculing patients and being rude by someone who wasn't even there. I have been a licensed optician for 28 years and have never been intentionally disrespectful. m0002a, take a deep breath and move along

**CGalloway** · 06-19-2014, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by waynegilpin

Only if the cash is green and says "In God we trust" on the back.

+1

**EyeSore** · 06-19-2014, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Outkast

"Can you take these lenses and grind me a few sets of contact lenses out of them?" Dead serious...

We sure can but it'll cost ya.. :)

**AdmiralKnight** · 06-30-2014, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by SeaU2020

A customer called us the other day and said she was having TERRIBLE diarrhea and she wanted to know if we had a chair she could "borrow" because she didn't want to stain her furniture!

"I'm sorry, we don't have any chairs like that here" was the reply.

#still cannot believe it#regular customer #off her rocker

Oh you.

**jakesd** · 08-19-2014, 12:11 PM

I will have to remember this thread when i get some of these questions. Especially the irate customers and I need a good laugh.

I didnt read the whole thing, but I love it when a patient comes in 6 months or later and says, "I never could wear these glasses. I just want my money back."