In our office we had a women that would come in for her yearly exam , wearing tin foil on her head. (she would not take it off) It kept them from hearing her thoughts. I am not sure who them were but she worried about all us that did not have the tin foil . We have not seen her in years maybe them came and took her .
I had a guy in here yesterday that had fallen, his fall was stopped my his face, which had a pair of glasses on. The metal frame was MANGLED, one temple was bent 90 degrees and was sticking straight out. I told the gentleman that I would attempt to bend it back to where it belonged, but there was a chance that it would break while doing so. He says you mean I'd have to buy a new frame then? Yes sir if it breaks you would need a new frame. I explained that there was only one way find out and that was to just try to bend it back. I explained that I had all of the tools and the know how to do it but that was no guarantee that it wouldn't break and that I was not going to be responsible when it breaks. He looks at me, takes the frame out of my hand and says I'll go find someone else. I wished him luck. Geez...people!
Y'all need to put up 'no bozos' signs on your doors.
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.
A lack of planning on your part DOES NOT constitute an emergency on mine!
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.
"I have to have polycarbonate lenses because I am allergic to plastic"
Many years ago I had an elderly lady come in and tell me her bifocals were to high. I asked to look at them and she said, "Oh it's not your fault, they were fine when I got them. But at night when I take them off, I don't want to fold the temples so I set them upside down on the bedside table and the bifocals have slid. So when I put them on in the morning they are to high. I ask her how long she has had them and she says about two weeks. Thinking quickly, I tell her no problem for the next two weeks, turn them over on the night stand and they will go right back into place after that just fold them up normal and they will be fine.
A month later she brought me a pie to thank me from saving her the cost of new lenses.
That's when I learned, don't argue with crazy people, just be crazy right along with them. It makes the job much easier and you get pie.
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I need to make an appointment with the dentist, yes ma'am we are an optical clinic we do eye exams and sell glasses and contacts. Are you trying to be funny, no ma'am we are a no fun zone. Well I need to see a dentist, I'm sorry ma'am but I can't help you with that. F*** you I need my teeth cleaned, sorry ma'am I can't help you with that. What kind of dental office are you, a very poor one ma'am. Why do you have glasses in your office, to confuse the public ma'am. Well if I need glasses maybe I'll come back but this is the worst dental office I've ever been in, have a Merry Christmas ma'am.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark Twain
"I am a queen and I should be treated like one" (from a woman wearing a crown. I s--- you not).
In our dispensary they always give me the difficult patients. Apparently they think I have a skill for working with the crazy ones because before I became an optician I worked as a Special Ed Aide in our area schools. So yes, I would say that education has really helped me a lot dealing with some patients!!! (and the occasional optician!)
I dunno if this will size up to some of the stories here but ill give it a go.
We made two pair of glasses for this 86 year old guy. After going back and forth with his Dr and trying to get the correct RX and 4 Rx's later we finally made him 2 pair of glasses that he could see out of. When he tried them on in the store they were wonderful, but when he got home he couldn't see a thing out of them. I suggested that it may be a lighting issue. He told me he was going down to the army/navy store to get a runway spot light. I laughed but he was serious. He just came in with two pair of glasses that he thought we made him. He told us that he cant see out of either of the glasses. He called the Dr's office where he got the RX and brought them the glasses. They agreed that the glasses he brought were from an older RX and the poor guy is just in a terrible way. I came up with an idea to have him bring all the glasses he had so we can neutralize the glasses and find out which ones were his. Bad news bears. He told me that he took all of his extra glasses and donated them to the lions club except for the two pair that he brought in. I called the doctors office and they agreed that he came in with a bag full of glasses and there's probably no way to find them because they have a ton of boxes who knows where they are. Fortunately our lab took pity on us and are sending us 4 more ft 28's bless their hearts. Im sending them chocolate chip cookies.
And this is why this profession occasionally makes me feel like throwing up in my mouth😎
90% of everything is crap...except for crap, because crap is 100% crap
Phone call today, pt complains of not being able to get used to her new glasses. When told she needed to come back to the office, bring the glasses and let us double check the fit and talk about her problems in person she asked: "Can my Mom just drop them off and y'all fix them and call me?" *sigh*
WE also had to invest in magical pliers and other various tools in addition to a magic shelf
you cannot believe what a difference they make!
The magic tools are the best! And don't forget the Mythical LAB that fixes anything.
An elderly woman came in yesterday and told me that something was drastically wrong with her new glasses, and that they were ruining her eyes. When I inquired as to what the problem was, she said that when she took off her glasses, she got double vision. I looked at her Rx and she has 7 diopters of vertical prism! I patiently explained why she needs to wear them all the time, and she was happy I explained it to her. Glad I didn't go with the response I really wanted; Repeatedly hit myself upside the head and say, "Why does it feel better when I stop?!!!"
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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