And now I have a week off

[XCashier]

So....

if that woman's daughter couldn't seeeeeeeeeeeee, how did she not notice her glasses not on her face the second she walked out of the class?

That could depend on how old the girl is and how recently she started wearing glasses. I remember one time when I'd first started wearing glasses (I was eight and my vision had just started to blur) and my family went to the State Fair. I'd forgotten them at home, but my parents didn't go out of the way to go back and get them, so I had to squint at everything. Taught me a lesson PDQ! It's a shame this kid's parents aren't so smart.

And I pretty much agree with Jester's post. every one of those SCs and the high horses they rode in on. I'd also add to the long list of non-tie wearers "anybody who works with machinery of any kind". So yeah, that SC is, for the most part, screwed by his own bitchitude.

[Daemonmonkey]

This. I could probably pass for legally BLIND without my glasses (can't even go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without 'em. And the big black E on the thingy at the eye doctor? Can't see it. At all.), so I really don't understand how people who wear glasses can lose them. Don't they realize their vision is fuzzy/gone completely? I had to update the Rx on my lenses recently and had to rely solely on my contacts for over a week. Talk about annoying.

Well, I'm one of those.

I've just started to wear glasses, and I have forgotten them a couple of times, especially as I only need them for reading.

That said, I wonder how this brat could attend class and not realize she hadn't her glasses with her...

[AccountingDrone]

When my brother was in 11th grade, he was in a trade program [plumbing] and got snowed in overnight. He lost his bridge [for a front tooth that got knocked out playing football a few years previously] at some point in the overnight [and had no explanation for losing it]

He got chewed out my our mum, not the school.

[NateTheChops]

Here are a few stories from the past week at work

It's Called a Job. Get One

Seriously, the only downside of being at the top of the foodchain is that people like this will assuredly never die from predation. And they're everywhere.

I will blame everyone except my child!

I've been without my glasses for a year. They fell into the ocean as I was walking along Pickering Wharf. I tell people it's because Neptune wanted to see if we had the same perscription and he didn't give them back.

Strangely enough I've been just fine without them.

[Sapphire Silk]

So....

if that woman's daughter couldn't seeeeeeeeeeeee, how did she not notice her glasses not on her face the second she walked out of the class?

She actually might not have. When I was that age, I was only nearsighted a very little. I only needed my glasses to read the blackboard. I was supposed to wear them all the time (they also corrected my strabismus or "crossed eyes") but I hated them cuz I got teased so badly, so I'd leave them at school "by accident" all the time so I wouldn't have to wear them at home.

Mom's just being histrionic because she was inconvenienced.

[EricKei]

This. I could probably pass for legally BLIND without my glasses (can't even go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without 'em. And the big black E on the thingy at the eye doctor? Can't see it. At all.), so I really don't understand how people who wear glasses can lose them. Don't they realize their vision is fuzzy/gone completely?

I'm just a hair short of this level of no-see-um-ness (last prescription (nearsightedness) was 7x magnification plus or minus 0.25 in each eye) >_<

I can see without them to get around the house, tho mostly because I know where everything is, but I still need to feel for light switches on occasion. However, computing is nigh-impossible unless I sit less than a foot from the monitor, and driving is right out. It's like going through a nasty downpour without the benefit of windshield wipers or headlights.

I have lost them temporarily before and I hate it...the worst part is when I reach up to adjust my glasses that aren't actually on my head at the time...

[DGoddessChardonnay]

So....

if that woman's daughter couldn't seeeeeeeeeeeee, how did she not notice her glasses not on her face the second she walked out of the class?

For that matter, why the Hell did she even take them OFF to begin with?

I know on occasion I may have to remove my glasses to rub my eyes if they start getting wet or I feel something scratchy, otherwise they're on my face from the time I get out of bed in the morning until I go back to bed at night.

Some people really need a good kick in the ass . . .ets.

[chainedbarista]

Some people really need a good kick in the ass . . .ets.

which is pretty easy, because they're pretty much all ass...ets.

[XCashier]

She actually might not have. When I was that age, I was only nearsighted a very little. I only needed my glasses to read the blackboard. I was supposed to wear them all the time (they also corrected my strabismus or "crossed eyes") but I hated them cuz I got teased so badly, so I'd leave them at school "by accident" all the time so I wouldn't have to wear them at home.

Peer pressure can be horrible. Heaven forbid anybody differ from the norm. I hope you didn't hurt your eyes on account of them.

I got teased about my glasses too. Later on, some of the kids who'd called me "four eyes" ended up needing glasses themselves. But they'd refuse to wear them, saying it made them "look ugly", so they ended up squinting at everything. Yep, those premature crows feet make you look sooooo much prettier than glasses do. Dumbasses.

[BrenDAnn]

CRML, I'm very sorry you had to deal with all that. Gives me a headache just thinking about it.

Jester--I think I love you. Your post was beyond perfect!

Re: Glasses I'm supposed to be wearing some. Haven't since the Boxer pup I had at the time decided to chew them up. Worst part is, if I get stopped by the police, I'm in trouble--it's on my license that I'm restricted to corrective lenses!

[Jester]

...the worst part is when I reach up to adjust my glasses that aren't actually on my head at the time...

I actually do this on occasion, as I have not worn contacts in a while, and have started wearing them again recently, but every now and then, out of habit, I'll reach up to adjust my glasses....which aren't there.

Jester--I think I love you. Your post was beyond perfect!

I try. Just ask anyone who knows me. I'm very trying!

Worst part is, if I get stopped by the police, I'm in trouble--it's on my license that I'm restricted to corrective lenses!

Get thee to your eye doctor NOW and get those lenses. I speak from experience when I say you don't want to be arrested, spend the night in jail, and/or get your car impounded! (Not that that ever happened to me....from not wearing my glasses/contacts, anyway....)

[South Texan]

T: Damn it! I was just about to leave...crap....I really don't want to deal with her...does she know you are talking to me?
Me: Yes.
T: Is she standing next to you?
Me: Yes.
T: Crap. Then I have no choice. Send her in.

We had a receptionist who was brilliant when it came to situations like this. She would call the extension of whoever the person at the desk was demanding to see, but would not say anything to indicate we had picked up our phone. Instead, she would say, "Oh, I'm trying to find South Texan. Mr. Screaming is at the desk to see him right now. Is Mr. Texan still in?"

We then could tell her whether we were or were not in depending on if we wanted to deal with the person right then. The person in front of her never got wise to it, either.

[Skeen]

We had a receptionist who was brilliant when it came to situations like this. She would call the extension of whoever the person at the desk was demanding to see, but would not say anything to indicate we had picked up our phone. Instead, she would say, "Oh, I'm trying to find South Texan. Mr. Screaming is at the desk to see him right now. Is Mr. Texan still in?"

We then could tell her whether we were or were not in depending on if we wanted to deal with the person right then. The person in front of her never got wise to it, either.

That is the most beautiful piece of diversionary receptionist work I have ever seen. Bravo!

[Kogarashi]

I actually do this on occasion, as I have not worn contacts in a while, and have started wearing them again recently, but every now and then, out of habit, I'll reach up to adjust my glasses....which aren't there.

That's when I learned to turn the accidental adjustment into scratching the bridge of my nose or running my fingers through my hair. But yeah, I do that too when I've worn my glasses a long time and then suddenly switch back to my contacts. I like my contacts better, though, because I think I look better in them (I don't have super-cute frames for my glasses, so I just look nerdy and frumpy when I wear them).

I'm all but blind without my lenses now, but when I first got them in grade school, it wasn't so bad, so I can see the student honestly forgetting them. Does NOT excuse the mother in any way. She was just a whiny brat about having to come in to get them.

[Primer]

I'm too paranoid about my eyes to wear contacts. But I'm at the point now that it is quite obvious to me if I forget to put my glasses on in the morning! I used to forget them a LOT!