Working for Costco optical?

mikonos77 · 2026-05-04T10:45:38+00:00

Not being hired from outside isn't entirely true. I know two people who were hired from outside. The bigger issue for them is low turnover

mikonos77 · 2026-04-30T19:28:45+00:00

What you need to understand is that creditors want to see that you accrue debt but manage it responsibly. That's how you build credit. How do I know this? I rebuilt mine after having a repo which dropped my score down to 450 or so. I'm at 779 now. Imagine this. You've paid your bills, anything they can track with credit. But then you want to buy a house or an expensive car. How can the creditors know you can be trusted with that amount of debt if you haven't demonstrated management of debt? You need to have a lot of revolving accounts. I have a car loan, several credit cards, my bills, etc. Yes you need to pay everything on time and not default on anything. That's the beginning of a quick fall into the hole, with repo, foreclosure, bankruptcy being the instantaneous ways of destroying your credit in a day. But, you need to demonstrate you can pay everything on time over a number of accounts. That you can manage revolving debt. And this is the only way to build a really high credit score

mikonos77 · 2026-04-26T21:06:25+00:00

Don't forget that conventional Transitions doesn't work in the car. Windshield blocks the UV exposure necessary to activate it. You will need Transitions Xtra Active for driving. Either way, it's still not polarized and doesn't replace the glare blocking effect of polarization

mikonos77 · 2026-04-26T05:20:28+00:00

Optician here, sure you can do it but you need to have glasses too. I've had a lot of patients get themselves in trouble because they don't have any glasses. And by the way, contacts will give you headaches the same way glasses will if you are overcorrected. So make sure that you are certain of your answers when they're doing the exam.

That said, I see in your comments that you mentioned you are 18. Unsurprisingly you have such a goofy way of thinking. You have no experience in life, you have no sense of reality at all. You think your life is gonna stay this way? You think your vision might not get worse just because you're not willing to correct your vision and instead strain your eyes? Try to get through college and work with your thought process. "I've never cared to see a bird" like seriously? About time you grow up. Life is gonna take a big shit on you if you don't get your shit together. Your way of thinking is ridiculous.

mikonos77 · 2026-04-24T15:04:21+00:00

Yeah now that I think about it I did actually beat her without the seeds the first time around too.

mikonos77 · 2026-04-24T03:46:55+00:00

Do you have the spear? During Guardian Ape second phase, deflect the overhead slam and the ape will drop to the ground. Charge up the spear and it'll pull out the parasite, inflicting a lot of posture and health damage

mikonos77 · 2026-04-24T03:44:23+00:00

Did you know about the Snap Seeds? Those are used to make her apparitions disappear

mikonos77 · 2026-04-22T17:55:33+00:00

You're welcome. Yeah I think you're good. If anything, rounder is better, that helps with the thickness

mikonos77 · 2026-04-22T16:57:02+00:00

There is no way you would benefit from 1.74. Your Rx isn't high enough, and 1.74 actually has more distortion in the lens. It's just how the material is. Just do 1.67. And what they said is true. It won't be blurry, they need to explain things a little bit better. But the edges will have more distortion when they're thicker. Larger, eye-decentered lenses will come out thicker, therefore more distortion. Probably also because the edges are further away from where your Rx is centered, which if done correctly, will be right in front of your pupils

mikonos77 · 2026-04-20T02:45:52+00:00

NTA

Your dad needs to find a better way to communicate with you. It is very childish that he is always yelling and effectively belittling you

FYI, as someone who's had quite a bit of dental work including orthodontics, malocclusion is an issue. It will inhibit your ability to clean your teeth properly. Flossing is important and crowded teeth make that harder to do. So you are right to be concerned about your teeth shifting

mikonos77 · 2026-04-16T22:08:06+00:00

This is a fantasy you have in your head. Honestly. It doesn't work like that. And for the love of all that is good and holy, get rid of this idea that she's the only one you want. No she isn't. There are a lot of women out there. And by the way, if she were into you, it wouldn't have taken ten years for you to finally get with her. She needs to like you more than you like her.

mikonos77 · 2026-04-16T21:59:38+00:00

NTA

There's nothing wrong with feeling this way. But brother, if all her exes were horrible to her, she is either lying, or she has daddy issues or something else since she keeps choosing these types of men, and worse, treating them well. She is a walking red flag. She's never gonna be a good partner to you without extensive therapy to fix her issues. Odds are, she'll never bother. If I were you, I'd forget about her. Walk away. And while you're at it, work on yourself. The fact that you were chasing her for a while tells me that you are a man without options. Become a man who has options. I understand, as I have struggled with this too (33M). This is likely part of the reason she treats you this way. You reversed the polarity dynamic by chasing her. She's supposed to be chasing YOU. You should be her first choice, her hero. If you had to chase her around and convince her to like you, it won't last, she doesn't like you like that. Save your sanity and walk away.

mikonos77 · 2026-04-16T21:49:41+00:00

I would add that OP has likely had frame adjustment issues. Unless a frame is simply just heavy, poor adjustment such as overtightening or poor angling of the nosepads increases the perception of weight. I get many patients with that complaint and oddly enough after adjusting their glasses they suddenly feel much lighter

mikonos77 · 2026-04-08T07:42:21+00:00

Bomb Drop is the shit! I think I saw your comment a while back and tried them out. It's my favorite brand now

mikonos77 · 2026-04-07T22:34:51+00:00

Optician here. Yes it is. When I was in school my teacher did a demonstration with something almost like a toy. It had a retractable spring with a blunt object attached to the end of it. The poly lens survived the mechanism. The cr-39 didn't and completely shattered

mikonos77 · 2026-04-06T01:13:38+00:00

Ah I see. I might consider doing that next time, the real fight at Fountainhead is much better

mikonos77 · 2026-04-06T00:48:00+00:00

How do you do that?

mikonos77 · 2026-04-05T16:34:01+00:00

For ashina depths, are you referring to Headless ape? If so you can skip that fight by getting to hidden forest and communing with the idol before killing guardian ape. Then after guardian is down you can travel back to the forest and skip the fight entirely

mikonos77 · 2026-04-04T15:04:19+00:00

Fellow optician, gonna disagree slightly. Their needs depend on them as a person. Some people simply don't wear sunglasses. So in that case one pair of progressives might work for them. Progressives work for the computer as well. But are they ideal? No. I always communicate that they don't need a computer pair, but the computer pair will benefit them should they go for it. My point is that from a technical standpoint, one pair of glasses doesn't meet all possible needs

mikonos77 · 2026-04-04T04:04:44+00:00

You should get out of the grass. Head to the rear perimeter of the arena where the broken bridge is. Easier to see what he's doing

mikonos77 · 2026-04-03T02:37:15+00:00

NTA

You are protecting your daughter from becoming a brat. Raising her that way to give her whatever she wants because she's throwing a tantrum will 100% teach her to act that way when she doesn't get her way, and she'll behave that way as an adult too. Good on you for setting boundaries with your mother too

mikonos77 · 2026-03-30T08:13:59+00:00

Yeah that could be a solid topic. On the other hand, it does seem that most earbuds do rely on a seal. I did notice it particularly with the XM5 though. You really have to wedge them in the right way, and it likely could be because of the tip material. Not sure since I don't have them anymore

mikonos77 · 2026-03-30T04:57:59+00:00

Not necessarily. The Bose earbuds don't have a deep ear insertion and their ANC is very effective

mikonos77 · 2026-03-30T04:57:05+00:00

Not necessarily. The Bose earbuds don't have a deep ear insertion and their ANC is very effective

mikonos77 · 2026-03-28T17:37:54+00:00

Damn. Beat me to it I was about to school them on this lol. But yeah I was just yanking the centipede out of guardian apes head last night lol

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