"I'll take those... the glasses off your face!"

[JuniorMintz]

Ok, I'll admit, it's always pretty flattering when someone likes the frame you're wearing so much they want to buy the same one for themselves. It's happened to me quite a few times, I suspect because I have a collection of eyewear that is about as huge as Imelda Marcos' shoe collection.

Still, I couldn't *believe* one exchange I had with a patient about a year and a half ago. (This is an old story, lost a couple of hacks back.)

I was doing a frame selection, and the lady commented that she liked the glasses I was wearing. I said thank you very much, and continued to show her more of the frames we had grabbed.

She tried a few, then commented *again* on my glasses.

I thanked her again, and she asked "Do you mind if I try them on?"

It caught me off guard a little bit, but I just said sure, cleaned them off, and handed them over.

She tried them on and *loved* them. She even kept saying "I can see out of these and everything!"

I squinted at her chart and realized that our prescriptions were actually very similar so she was telling the truth.

There was a bit of an odd silence as she kept looking at herself, pulled her hair back off her neck, and looked again. Finally she said "I'll take these!"

"Really? Sure, no problem! I'll order that frame for you this afternoon, and it should be here in a couple of days... I'll order your lenses in the meanwhile to speed things up a bit, and everything should be ready sometime next week... most likely, anyway."

It was at that point when she stopped and glared at me.

"No, you don't understand. I'll take *these*."

....

"My glasses?"

"Yeah, what's the problem? I can see out of them already, why should I wait a week when these are perfect?"

...

"Uhm, I need them back. You know, to see."

And here comes the funniest part. "What? But you don't wear glasses!"

:wtf: :doh:

"Actually, I do. Can I have them back now? I need to see what I'm doing while I write up your charges."

She stared at me for a bit, and finally took them off and shoved them at me. "FINE, whatever!"

Wow. Just... wow... o_O

[Kiwi]

you took the words right out of my mouth, wow, just, wow.

Ive had customers ask if they can buy my clothes before (never worked in a clothing shop by the way) and my vintage 1950's maroon shoes... but crap thats just clothing

I dont NEED clothing.... you should have pulled her wedding ring off and been all, sure we can trade, how much is this worth?

[bars.of.a.rhyme]

I wouldn't have let her even try them on, for fear that her inflated head would stretch out the frames.

I'd love an update when she comes back to pick up HER (not your) frames.

[Brighid45]

:eek: O.M.G!!!

You weren't wearing glasses? Where the eff did this lady think she got the ones she took RIGHT OFF YOUR NOSE? And how the heck were you supposed to SEE after she trotted off with your frames and lenses? JM, you were a lot more composed about her behavior than I ever would have been!

Ye gods. The complete insanity of that SC's entitlement mania is giving me a headache. I have to go lie down now.

[Becks]

That whole part about her saying that you don't need glasses, even though she's trying on the very pair that was on your face, is mindboggling. :confused:

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

[insert the sound of a bazillion brain cells screaming out in anguish then grabbing a .44 Magnum and shooting themselves here]

I'm not sure how to answer that one and I'm usually one for a snappy comeback to these idiots.

Mongo

[chainedbarista]

i would think that she could see out of them without trouble should have been a huge clue that, yes indeed, those are prescription glasses and that you need them, but then again, i was giving her far too much credit for having thinking capacity.

i'll try to curb that urge in the future *kicks optimism-darn you anyway!*

[Spiffy McMoron]

And here comes the funniest part. "What? But you don't wear glasses!"


I don't know why, but for some strange reason, whenever I hear something really dumb, I have the inexplicable urge to use my head as a battering ram on the closest wall, perhaps to punish my brain for processing what I had just read/heard.

I have a headache now.

[Boulder_Bear]

you took the words right out of my mouth, wow, just, wow.
I dont NEED clothing....


No one needs clothing. I think we should all just go around naked.

/sarcasm

[MacPrince]

Procedure for this scenario:
1.) Make up a ridiculous price for a pair of glasses.
2.) Add several zeroes to the end of that price.
3.) "OK, I'll sell them to you for $68,100.12. Cash only!"

At least she didn't try to steal them when you handed them to her, I suppose.

[JustaCashier]

Going along with her apparent line of thinking that your glasses were just for "show". I've worn glasses since I was about 6 y.o. I remember it seemed that everyone working in the Optometrists office wore glasses. I thought that was a job requirement for them. To wear prescription glasses.

Remember, I was six!

[Crazyredhead]

No one needs clothing. I think we should all just go around naked.

/sarcasm

What happens when it gets cold??? :censored: :puke:

[Crow The Robot]

I think my brain died. Did she think, that you just wearing the glasses for show or something? Cripes, what a dope. You should have said "Wow I really like your purse can I have it?":devil:

[karma_gypsy]

Procedure for this scenario:
1.) Make up a ridiculous price for a pair of glasses.
2.) Add several zeroes to the end of that price.
3.) "OK, I'll sell them to you for $68,100.12. Cash only!"


LOL, I agree . . . What was she thinkin? That you were a model for glasses? Was this her first time ever getting glasses? It's a good thing you weren't wearing contact lenses!!! (or is it?!!)

[evilhomer]

What??? Ummmm,.... what???

Did she forget that these came off your face? My memory capacity is running at about 0.00001% right now, but even I would remember taking your glasses second earlier. (Hypothetically speaking, I would never ask to see someone's personal property in the first place, and in a million years wouldn't have the audacity to expect said person to give up their personal property).

I want to give her the benefit of a doubt and say that she must have thought you were living manequins, like say guys in a stereo store walking around with MP3 players. But the glasses were obviously prescription, and any idiot knows that wearing improper prescription glasses blurs your vision, gives you headaches, and possibly damages your vision. What kind of dumbass would expect you to be subjecting yourself to that? ... oh right ;)

[Juwl]

What happens when it gets cold??? :censored: :puke:
One thing's for sure, though, Americans would start exercising more, so we don't have to look at our ugly bodies. No, I'm not saying I think Americans are ugly, I'm saying Americans think they're ugly.

[pbmods]

I think my favorite part about the whole exchange is that you went *way way WAY* out of your way to make her life easy. I mean, you practically offered to grind the glass for her lenses in the store so she could have them ASAP.

And what did you get in return? Typical SC ingratitude.

[beercashier]

I don't think I would ever ask to try on someone else's glasses. That is just strange and then for her to want to take them!!! :eek: Just so odd!
Wasn't there a Seinfeld episdoe where George bought someone glasses from him?

[MystyGlyttyr]

I used to wear fake glasses just because I liked the style of them. Just another accessory to me. But when you took my glasses off my face, put them on your's, and your vision doesn't change, that makes it clear that they're fake. When your vision gets either worse or better...well. Anyway.

(Off topic, I used to put on my grandmother's glasses when I was little and walk around looking at the ground because they warped things so that it looked like the floor was dipping under my feet. Quite bizarre. :lol: )