The Wrong Vision Statement
I work at an optometrist’s office. A customer, whom I sold a pair of glasses to yesterday, comes back in looking really miffed.
Customer: “I was wearing the glasses all of yesterday and all last night! But when I take them off, my eyesight goes all blurry again!”
Me: “Uh… I’m sorry to be frank, but that’s how glasses work. You have to wear them to have your vision corrected.”
Customer: “Yeah, but how long do I have to wear them before my eyesight is fixed?”
Me: “You mean… like, being able to see clearly without wearing the glasses?”
Customer: “Yeah!”
Me: “Never? The glasses are required every time you want to see clearly, unless you get corrective eye surgery.”
Customer: “What?! You never told me that!”
Me: “Sir, I’ve never had to tell anybody that. Wearing glasses will not fix your eyesight over time. They’re not braces.”
He called our entire industry a scam and stormed out.
