What Is The Stupidest Question You Have Been Asked

[davidxuonline]

Eye doctor can treat cancer?
No, but if you think prescription glasses can do you better, I'd like to sell.
Yes, please.

LOL

[becc971]

Just now, PITA patient walks in, throws his glasses down "these transitions don't work. i put them on the dash of the car, they barely turn dark at all"

[chip anderson]

Becc: Didn't you tell him they don't work in cars before the sale?

[becc971]

Becc: Didn't you tell him they don't work in cars before the sale?

ALWAYS... i talk more people out of transitions than sell them to be honest haha. he's an avid gardener, which is why he gets them. I say "they don't work in the car" they hear "its a sunglasses substitute!" but yes, i did talk to him about it.

[Psychobablr7]

I say "they don't work in the car" they hear "its a sunglasses substitute!" .

+1

[SeaU2020]

[QUOTE=abberated;375595]My Favorite...

"Dese Glasses are NO GOOD! Every time I step on them...THEY BROKEN!!" He exclaimed while throwing the pieces on the bench.[/Q

Thanks for my true laugh out loud moment today

[chip anderson]

Actually Eye DOCTORS do occasionally treat cancer. Not to sure whether any OD's have got into this yet.

Chip

[mal21]

Just thought I'd put it out there that one reason I registered for Optiboard is because I'd love to share some of the stories from our office. I think this thread is hilarious and I LOVE IT!

1) Pt. that has been calling and harassing us for a few days straight because we will not refill her 6 month expired contact prescription finally makes an appt for an exam. Shows up FORTY-FIVE MINUTES LATE and announces that she knows she's "a few minutes late" but she would like to keep her appointment. I inform her that she is more than a few minutes late, the OD has other patients to see, but we could reschedule her. She huffs and says "I will just go somewhere that isn't so COMPLICATED."

2) Pt. asked the OD "Are there any foods I should avoid while my eyes are dilated?"

3) Male pt. asked the female OD (in reference to the air puff test) "Are you going to blow me?"

4) Woman storms in and demands to know if we keep contacts in stock or if she has to order her boxes. I inform her she has to order them, but they only take about two days to come in usually. She gets in my face and says "I spent $700 on glasses here and this is the service I get? I'm out of contacts, what do you expect me to do?" (Wear those $700 glasses for two days? )

That's all I have...for now. Tomorrow is another day.

[shannon]

Ahhh, mal21, you just made me happy!

[pseudonym]

Stupid question was asked by ME while viewing very scratched glasses: "What are you using to clean your lenses?"

Stupid ANSWER came from customer: "Just this cloth you gimme."

Then he proceeds to take cloth out of his wallet to prove how well he's been treating his glasses. The cloth was still its sealed plastic sleeve.

[mal21]

Oh, I forgot these gems. First one handled by my co-worker, though I watched nearby :)

Pt. comes in and says "Something is just not right with my glasses. I can't wear them like this."
"What is the problem, sir?"
"Well, when I do this..." He tilts his head all the way to his right shoulder, covers one eye, and starts to look as far out to his peripheral as he could possibly try (I could feel MY eyes start to strain) "I just can't see! These glasses aren't right!"

While taking a pt's PD, I ask her to focus on the green light at the back of the device...
"Well, I see the green light, but not so well with my left eye." She starts closing one eye at a time...I try to remind her that I just need her to focus on it and that I wasn't testing her vision, but she continues her ramble...until her husband finally snapped at her lol

[anthonyf1509]

I read these thinking this stuff can't be true or happen so frequently...then the phone rings at closing time....

"are you open?"
Yes. We don't close for another 15 mins actually.
"good because the glasses I picked up yesterday don't work."
ok, what seems to be the trouble??
"when I take them off everything gets blurry?? It was never like that before..."

[Chris Ryser]

Just wondering how and why a thread that is ridiculing the customers of a profession, can become one of the most successful ones on a public forum and just go on and on.

[wearegood]

Do you change watch batteries?

For frame? How and where. LOL

[SharonB]

Just wondering how and why a thread that is ridiculing the customers of a profession, can become one of the most successful ones on a public forum and just go on and on.

Because - all of us in the trenches need a place to "vent", and a place where everyone (except consumers) will understand exactly WHAT we are venting about. Unfortunately.... consumers have access to this thread. That's not a good representation of our profession. Maybe comments like these should be moved to Professionals Only?

[Psychobablr7]

Because - all of us in the trenches need a place to "vent", and a place where everyone (except consumers) will understand exactly WHAT we are venting about. Unfortunately.... consumers have access to this thread. That's not a good representation of our profession. Maybe comments like these should be moved to Professionals Only?

+1

[thelittlestnixon]

Because - all of us in the trenches need a place to "vent", and a place where everyone (except consumers) will understand exactly WHAT we are venting about. Unfortunately.... consumers have access to this thread. That's not a good representation of our profession. Maybe comments like these should be moved to Professionals Only?

Agreed!

[Jamelina]

Ok not a question but thought this comment was funny:

"BUT DON'T YOU SEE? DON'T YOU SEE HOW THESE LENSES FIT RIGHT IN MY EYE SOCKETS?!"

[fjpod]

Don't you want us (substitute name of mega-company) to partner with your practice?

[Bri.Irvine]

I had a older lady call me and asked me " Do I need to get dressed to come in and buy glasses?" .....

Wow....

I've been in this field for over 13 years and the was a first for me!!

I work with more of the elderly and I have folks grab frames off the frame boards and complain the "these glases don't work! I can't see!" I reply "There's no power in those lenses yet, I have to send them away to the lab to have your custom correction put in" lol It's sad and kinda funny too...

[crazyak2003]

What about.......

"I dropped my glasses and I think all the medicine ran out."

or

"I need to get Contacts. My husbands girlfriend came over and I had to head but her and messed my glasses all up. If I get Contacts that won't happen again."

or

"I need to have my Contacts in for a Contact lens recheck?!?!?!?!?!" Duuuuhhhhhh.............

YUP........ I'm in Georgia

[fjpod]

Do I have stigmata?

[jlkeck87]

I joined this board because I enjoyed this thread. I don't see it as unprofessional. Don't you think that most professions have something like this that they use to vent/discuss their jobs? Isn't that what Peopleofwalmart.com is all about? I am just glad to know that it isn't just my office that has patients that are unbelievable.

[jlkeck87]

Do I have stigmata?

or they whisper "i have the stigmatism" like they were just told they have brain cancer.

[n711]

or they whisper "i have the stigmatism" like they were just told they have brain cancer.

And then they ask if their husband/son/daughter can "catch" it from them....

Silly patients!