Waiting for eyeglasses
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
St. Catharines, Ontario
February 2, 2022 11:25am CST
Early December I finally got my new eyeglass prescription filled. That is, I took it in to the optical place and picked them out. They were having a special buy one pair, get the second for hardly anything more...They said two weeks.
Nope.
"The holidays and everything" was the excuse.
January 3rd or so, I was able to pick up one pair. One pair. Same prescription, nothing different. Still was given the "holidays" excuse.
Went back January 31st. You'd think they'd be ready, wouldn't you?
Nope again. They were supposed to be "on route".
Got a call the next day saying they got lost somewhere, but I could come in and pick out another pair at no cost. It's not all that easy for me to get there, so I'll just have to wait until Juanita comes down again. 
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
2 Feb 22
It seems many places are so behind on doing anything and getting stuff.
I am sorry it has taken so long Barbara.
And yeah do you have to drive far to get there all the time?
Your friend takes you I guess. Still.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Feb 22
Far? No, not really... I can take a bus to the mall, then walk through the entire parking lot to get back to the road, cross 4 lanes of traffic, then walk through another big parking lot to get to the optical place.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
6 Feb 22
@BarBaraPrz Guess you are still waiting for these
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
2 Feb 22
Wow! That's a bit on the silly side, in my opinion.
Pretty and I went in for eye exams two weeks before Christmas and picked up both pair of glasses four days later. Walmart has problems but the optical department isn't one of them.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 Feb 22
To really rub it in, I heard a commercial on the radio for a place that'll make your glasses in 15 minutes. Yeah, right. It's in Toronto, anyway.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Feb 22
@DaddyEvil It's not like dollar store readers. There's a lot of things to take into account for glasses to work well for the wearer.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
2 Feb 22
@BarBaraPrz They must have a stock of pre-made lenses and just pop them into the frames they have on hand.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Feb 22
I hate when that happens.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Feb 22
Nicer than this snow that's coming down again.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Feb 22
Not what I expected from this well-known chain.
@Marilynda1225 (91035)
• United States
3 Feb 22
How frustrating!!! hope you can get there and there's no hangups with the new ones
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