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Few things make me feel less attractive and confident than trying to pick out new glasses to have made, but the time finally came today.
Since I mostly wear my contacts these days, I really just needed some emergency back-up spectacles, and as such wanted to go the cheapest route possible. So picked out some funky, cheap, plastic purply frames, took them to the counter. The young woman who took my order looked at the frames, looked at me, said,
"Have you tried these ON?"
"Um, yes."
"Are you sure you don't want to try them on again, just to be sure?"
"Um...yeah. Why? They'll work with my prescription, right?"
"Yes, but, well...they just look a little"--and here she dropped her voice to a near-whisper--"like they're for an old...an older person." I must have looked blank, because she added helpfully, "You know, like an old lady would wear."
Then, as she was taking down my information:
"That's your REAL name?"
"Yup, sure is."
"Oh boy! 'THANKS, mom and dad,' right?"
"Heh, um, well, I've always liked it."
"Oh...well."
Give that girl a customer service gold star!
Since I mostly wear my contacts these days, I really just needed some emergency back-up spectacles, and as such wanted to go the cheapest route possible. So picked out some funky, cheap, plastic purply frames, took them to the counter. The young woman who took my order looked at the frames, looked at me, said,
"Have you tried these ON?"
"Um, yes."
"Are you sure you don't want to try them on again, just to be sure?"
"Um...yeah. Why? They'll work with my prescription, right?"
"Yes, but, well...they just look a little"--and here she dropped her voice to a near-whisper--"like they're for an old...an older person." I must have looked blank, because she added helpfully, "You know, like an old lady would wear."
Then, as she was taking down my information:
"That's your REAL name?"
"Yup, sure is."
"Oh boy! 'THANKS, mom and dad,' right?"
"Heh, um, well, I've always liked it."
"Oh...well."
Give that girl a customer service gold star!