Do you ever get those psychologically frail women patients who swear up and down "my tint's not dark enough".
"Darker."
"Darker!"
"DARKER!!!!!!"
What do you do with that?
Do you ever get those psychologically frail women patients who swear up and down "my tint's not dark enough".
"Darker."
"Darker!"
"DARKER!!!!!!"
What do you do with that?
I give them the science. If that's rejected, I'll give them what they want, but I tack on a very large PITA surcharge.Originally Posted by drk
Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. - Richard P. Feynman
Experience is the hardest teacher. She gives the test before the lesson.
There are also limitations as to how much you can tint a lens before it is rendered useless under normal conditions; think glacier lenses, something task/environmental specific.
Sell them a pair of Jonathan Paul Fitover's for over the sunglasses (and a red tipped white cane).
Just sell them a welding helmet.
And...you're done. :)
Welding shade 10.
tint welding 10, keep soap, water and microwave in office to undo. dont send them back to lab for no reason.
Sounds like a turnaround problem. Tell her to come back tomorrow and watch your problems start to disappear.
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I send them all to an eye doctor in Ohio!
I can't stand people who are psycho about their vision. 20% of the light hitting your retina shouldn't be a problem, Mrs. Mole.
Google OCD and you'll find estimates that 2% of the population has it in some form. But that's supposed to be the same ratio as sociopaths. Hmmm... I'd rather deal with her. God knows I've had to deal with both types and then some but I've come to accept it comes with the profession.
Thank goodness I'm amply compens...oh bother!
We used to see that a lot, but when we started offering them polarized lenses, 99% of them were fixed.
Just a thought, have you tried putting the patient in an unlit closet with the door closed.
To be fair, I've never been quite comfortable in a #3 of anything myself; always need it just a hair darker to be really comfortable outside.
When I comply, I usually get back "Oh...too dark!"
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We do a black mirror over a grey polarized and that is as dark as we will go. Anything else and it is time to move on.
So that's where all those referrals came from !
You are welcome!
Every business needs a niche!
Heh, recently had something like this happen, only it WAS too dark. The lab sent back what was supposed to be a SV G-15 #3 job on trivex with a tint that looked something in between G-15 #2 and a sort of turquoise... Sent it back with a match tint sample from a pair of Ray-Bans and got back what were essentially welding lenses. Guess someone at the lab got lazy/PO'ed.
Labs + tinting = blech!
Barry,
You do your own tinting? What about it fading with out an AR over it? We try to avoid tints by charging an extra $50, but we send a tint sample for 100% of our tint jobs to the lab and they are ar coated so as not to fade. It is a pain, but we tell folks it is the hardest thing to do is a light tint with AR.
For what it is worth, most of my "psychologically frail" patients who ask for this kind of nonsense are men.
After I explain science, like Mr Martellaro does, I usually get asked if "the man" still works here.
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I truncate this to ... tinting = blech!
I remember the '80's and not interested in returning!
-Tony
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