Heee, did you just say, "Yes." ?Originally Posted by Pogu
My boss asked me if the lensometer reads in plus or minus cyl the other day.
Heee, did you just say, "Yes." ?My boss asked me if the lensometer reads in plus or minus cyl the other day.
I have never used or had access to one, but do autorefractors have button for + or - cylinder refraction?
Chip
The one I use reads in minus cyl only.
The one I used had a Transpose button. You could read in either + or -, then transpose to the opposite sign.
I always preferred the old dinosaur kind where you had to know math to use them. . .
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
So this is not exactly a stupid question, but it did seem pretty stupid...
A mom comes in to purchase contacts for her adult daughter.
me: "Do you want a 6 month supply? She has roughly 6 months left on her RX."
her: takes phone out, calls daughter; speaks on bluetooth earpiece; gets confused in discussion with daughter; pulls wax-encrusted bluetooth earpiece from ear and tries to hand it to me. "Here, you just talk to her."
me: "I am NOT putting that in my ear."
her: oh... She'll take a 6 month supply.
Wesley S. Scott, MBA, MIS, ABOM, NCLE-AC, LDO - SC & GA
“As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.” -Albert Einstein
My mother was helping me do inventory, and by that I mean she was trying on all the frames. This woman has worn glasses since about 1960 and has been listening to my optical gripes since 1998. She puts on a Vera Cruz frame with the Komen pink ribbon on the demo lens. "I like it but I can't see through the ribbon, do I have to have it on there?" Unreal. I just stared at her and kept scanning frames.
You have just failed parental test #499.............how smart is my child, currently?
Don't you just love people who let you do all the computer inputs, then pull out their cell to call the person who's got the credit card? I've had them hand me their phone plenty of times but not the earpiece. Ewwwwwww.
so gross. And definitely stupid.
How about this one: "My father got these glasses about 7 months ago, but he just passed away. He never really saw good out of them so can we get his money back?"
90% of everything is crap...except for crap, because crap is 100% crap
OMG. What do you even say to that?
I previously mentioned one like this a few months ago. A lady was looking for a frame for a recently deceased relative that was to be buried; asked me if she could return it after. Yuck.
Wesley S. Scott, MBA, MIS, ABOM, NCLE-AC, LDO - SC & GA
“As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.” -Albert Einstein
If the problem is visual and the glasses are verified correct, then maybe a doctor recheck is in order. If they said what they said with a straight face, then you can say this with one.
Another one:
Lady comes in to pick up her glasses. I pull out the reading card and start getting arranged for the fitting.
"Does it matter if I have my contact lenses in?"
The Reply is: " Our company's policy is refunds are allotted to the patient who purchased them. So bring him in and have him request a refund and we will be happy to oblige".
A great one that happened a couple weeks ago:
A young lady (and I use that term loosely) came in to pick up her 6 month supply of contacts.
me (placing the boxes in a bag for her): Here you go! The boxes are already marked "right" and "left" for you.
patient: Is it my right or your right?
Seriously, where do these people COME FROM?!?!?!?
"You can't think about it, you just gotta let your brain do the work....."
my dad
That only happens with spoons!
A Patient missed and appointment that was scheduled 3 months out, she was on vacation. upon coming in and questing our message about missing her appointment. She proceeded to ask us Why she would schedule an appointment when she was on vacation. She was not stating a rhetorical statement. wanted and actual answer.
I had an answer for her but figured some questions should not be answered.
This was great. My co-worker answered the phone and a lady asked if we knew the number to the online sight she ordered glasses from. I've never tried crack, but man she must-a been smoking some good stuff.
I just had a patient call me upset that I sent her a post card to let her know her glasses were ready.
I told her that the number I had on file was disconnected.
So I asked for the correct number and she replied, "oh, it's a new number and I can't remember it! I'll give it to you when I come in"
Has anyone ever heard of clear polarized lenses?
Lakia Renee Sellman, A.B.O.C.
Does not exist. Lightly tinted, yes, but not clear. Not a stupid question at all. It comes up every so often.
I believe that Essilor might disagree with that statement...
Their Advantage is supposed to be a true Transitions branded lens that can go from clear to a dark with variable polarization.
It was supposed to be the next big thing and revolutionize the entire industry but it just sort of fizzled away...
Transitions Vantage is not clear in its unactivated state.
it is not polarized until activated
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