I have also enjoyed this thread again - my story is from 1972 - VERY elderly patient came in complaining that her glasses gave her lumps on her pubic bone, and then hiked up her skirt, and downed her underpants to show me. I was without words.
I have also enjoyed this thread again - my story is from 1972 - VERY elderly patient came in complaining that her glasses gave her lumps on her pubic bone, and then hiked up her skirt, and downed her underpants to show me. I was without words.
Every damn time, haha. That or they say "Transitions" when they mean "progressive," but that is understandable, just a matter of synonyms :POriginally Posted by frank
WHAT?
You win. Hands down. And apparently pants down too.
Holy Crap!
"Strictly speaking, there are no enlightened beings; only enlightened activity." -Shunryu Suzuki
"When are you getting married?"
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
Funny. Or:
"Do you feel like hanging out with me tonight, if I promise not to go psycho?"
OH MY MY MY!
Lost for words on that one.
Studpidest thing my patient did: Got a call from my local LC, calling to confirm patients last exam date. Seems she crossed out and wrote a new date, in pencil, over the ink one that I wrote for her back in january of 2010.
"no!, mine are no line trifocals, NOT bifocals!!"
"Y'all sell transistor lenses"
$99 complete pair sign out front....... "which ones are the .99 cent glasses?"
Or my personal fav..... "do you carry Chanel?............how bout Medicaid?
Also had a older gentleman describe his stool to me i a very thick southern accent and asked what my thoughts on his latest BM and how it related to his eyes??? I stopped wearing a lab coat out front after that.
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Well were his eyes blue or brown?
This one came from a very young new optician that they apparently pulled right in off the streets.
"Hey, What are transitions?"
I explain to her.
"So they're like magic?"
*sigh* yes, I bewitch all of my lenses before they pass final inspection.
This is not optical related, but it made me laugh. I ordered food from Taco Bell and asked them not to put any vegetables on my food.
Employee-" Ok that's blah blah blah, not vegetables. Would you like me to add lettuce to those?"
That's right I forgot lettuce was considered a meat.
haha.
-"Is this a matter of life or death?"
---"No. this is a seg height."--Seth, and Dalene
"In matters of style, swim with the current;
In matters of principle, stand like a rock."--Thomas Jefferson
'Will 9.00 an hour be enough" ????????
"Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde"
I had a guy come into my store one day to have his glasses adjusted. It was an easy fix, but while I was straightening out the temple, I noticed that the person who had dispensed them to him had never clipped off the self-tapping screws. I took the initiative and clipped them off.
Well, when I went out to give them back to him, he started to press the temples close to his head while looking around the room, as if he was listening for something. A few moments later, after a bit more prodding at his temples, he removed the glasses and was aghast. He cried out, "You cut off my antennas!!"
Stunned, I stammered back to him that I could put new ones on, which appeased this gentleman. When I came back again with new un-clipped screws, he told me that he could pick up radio signals, and that the new antennas would take a little time to tune to the right frequency....
He thanked me and went on home.
I wish folks like that would come in wearing tinfoil hats, so I know right away what I'm getting into.
Feebird, you should have told him you did him a favor. That analog signals are being phased out, you replaced them with "digital" screws.
I have had parents ask me (while I was making the child an artificial eye) 'When is he gonna be ready for a transplant?"
Chip
Can you clean my iPhone?
What is the difference between the sunglasses at gas station and the ones you have? and why do they cost more than those?
Actually, it's amazing how many people share this idea...on a daily basis. They sometimes know that the "expensive" amber/eagle vision ones are better.
Can I get Variflux transmissionals with Crystal Light?
Thats pretty much awesome
Pt came in today for the first time since 2003 with broken frame. Can we order new frame for lenses? Checked and frame is discontinued. Suggest new exam and specs. Can we find frame for lenses to fit in? We find something that works, barely. Suggest exam and new specs. In due diligence, point out that frame is not a good fit, lenses are not 100% secure in eyewire. Pt is willing to "make do". Ask for payment for frame, pt goes off on 30 minute trade about inferior product to begin with and how we should be happy to replace for free to keep "his business". This, after being told from the get-go that replacement frame would run in the $ to $$ price range. After total waste of more than an hour of time, pt leaves mad with lenses put back in broken frame. Let me just add, pt was high myope, approx -7.00. Pt was in business attire, wearing watch that was worth more than my car. And he walked mad and threatening the dreaded "call your boss to complain" over $50.
My eyes could not roll farther in my head.
My apologies for this being more of a vent than a question. It's just been one of those days.
What's a Master's degree?
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
I love when we take patients back for their "pre-exam" and they say "Will I need my glasses?"
or you ask them, Do you have your glasses with you today? ...No, I didn't think I needed them.
I want to say "Do you take your teeth when you go to the dentist?"....one of these days!
Another one.... Customer calls in the next day we did his exam and:
Customer: I had my eye exam yesterday but Dr. didn't write my seg height. Can you give that to me?
Me: Hmmm, no I can't as seg ht. is not a part of the exam. We take your seg ht after you choose your glasses as it will change in each frame.
Customer: Ohh that is ridiculous. I am not dumb. You guys do everything to keep my business there. Why would my eye measument change in different frames?
Me: Clearly sir you are not dumb but maybe a little bit of reseach would help.
Customer: I am not coming back there again. You people are liars. And he hangs up....
Gokhan: Just tell them that is taken by the person they buy thier glasses from.
Brown Eyes: I have had them not bring thier artificial eye when they were here for an artificial eye check-up.
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