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"Glasses"

I need glasses for driving because I can't read awesomely at long distances and the optician says I'm a danger if I don't have any, so I submitted after a several minute long sleeper hold and decided to go ahead and get some glasses. I get the lenses free because I'm still in full time education but the frames I have to pay for myself.

So, I wandered around and I found myself screaming until my lungs bled "Why the hell are they all so gosh darn expensive?!" It's a little piece of metal to hold two pieces of glass in front of my eyes, even the little pieces of glass, the ones that are carefully laser-cut to my eyes special requirements, are free. It's a piece of frickin' metal and if you want a piece of metal that doesn't cut into your forehead you have to pay upwards of £85.

What the hell are they trying to acheive? Just because they're opticians and therefore failed medical school, much like dentists and Puerto Ricans, they are angry at the world so try and hurt other people by being overcharing anal-punchers? Well thanks alot you assjacks, optometry isn't a real degree choice anyway, you probably did it at a community college nightschool and majored in media and film studies. Gah.

Gah, quit whingeing, my new pair of glasses cost me the best part of £400. :-|

Designer frames, super thin & light lenses and that reactions stuff that keeps harmful rays out of my eyes.

Paradox: wrote:
> I only need my glasses for distances (driving, reading stuff far away
> etc), so to get permentant lenses would be a little pointless. If I
> needed them full-time I'd probably get contacts though.

The only people that use glasses part of the time are the people that need them to read things close up.

We need a ridiculous name and the choice to wear ponchos on tuesdays.

Amen to that, bredren.

I'm left-eyed too, lets make a society.

Big gay Sheepu.

I look great in both.

I'm in more or less exactly the same boat as you, Para. Noticed my eyesight failing me a bit for longer distances and, seeing as I'll be learning to drive in 2 months, thought I'd get it sorted now while I've got plenty of time on my hands.

Had my tests (I'm left-eyed you know, that threw the optician for a while) and now my glasses are waiting to be picked up. Bah. Glasses don't suit me. Nor do hats. Or the colour orange.

I only need my glasses for distances (driving, reading stuff far away etc), so to get permentant lenses would be a little pointless. If I needed them full-time I'd probably get contacts though.

Yeah, I've considered it myself. If my eyes get really bad and I end up wearing glasses that look like jam jars, then I'll consider it some more.