New Glasses

Like many people I put off going to see the optometrist as long as I can.

My old glasses work, I don't feel like I'm straining to see.

But I worry about things like glaucoma even if I'm not having trouble reading or shooting.

Usually it ends up being moderately expensive and I get new glasses anyways.

Even if my prescription didn't change, new glasses don't have scratches.

This time was frustrating.

They put the reader portion of my bifocals set to chin distance.

That don't work for me.

They put up a lot of resistance to me telling them I wanted them at lap distance.

Phrases like, "they take some getting used to," were uttered.

I have learned this is a trap.

If you accept them, they're yours and if you don't like them once you've taken them home you get to pay for new lenses to get it changed.  My insurance only covers one set of lenses a year...

So I dug in my heels and insisted they fix 'em.  I explained they didn't even ask what distance I wanted and should have been able to figure it out from my old glasses (like the optometrist we used to go to, who retired).  They seemed very put out about it, but relented.

That was weeks ago.

I was just about to call USAA and ask them about recovering my money when they called and said they were ready.

They are correct this time!  Almost the same as last time, except my astigmatism in my right eye got worse.