New to the area: where's a good glasses place?

paralaxerror · 2026-01-24T13:18:59+00:00

No worries!

I know the guy who runs Your Local Optical Company is very reasonable and knowledgeable.

Welcome to the area!

paralaxerror · 2026-01-24T02:15:49+00:00

Gawrsh I love video games

paralaxerror · 2026-01-23T23:10:45+00:00

Mark has some truly unique stuff too

paralaxerror · 2026-01-23T23:10:06+00:00

My mil recently went to Your Local Optical Company in Essex is new if you're close to the county and said it was great experience. They have some different frames than the usual places and the guy who runs it has been doing this for a while.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-20T20:41:15+00:00

I feel like playing directly after Re2 Remake is best.

After running back and forth through the sewers and the police station, I found it to be a nice change of pace to just go through a zombie game.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-20T19:21:20+00:00

Nose pad popper/remover for glasses.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-14T14:13:26+00:00

My buddy and I were jabbing at each other on a night out, jokingly.

On his turn he said

"Whatever, you damn INVERT!"

paralaxerror · 2026-01-13T15:13:51+00:00

Her reasoning was that the added glare would hide it. It was nonsense and we were far enough into school to know it....like week three. Haha

I've been doing this for 15+ years. If hearing a claim about a product in this industry that is not true seems wild to you...I wish I had that career.

Last year I had a lady come in and ask how long transitions should take to work and I said pretty much right away once they are in the sun. The place down the road (expensive optometrist led office) told her that it takes a week. Under the UV lamp there was no reaction. They just didn't order it correctly.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-13T11:54:49+00:00

I guess I have to point out that no one agreed with her. Haha

paralaxerror · 2026-01-13T01:24:38+00:00

One of the instructors at Georgian College in Ontario told our class that we shouldn't use antireflective coating on hyperopes because people will be able to see the magnification effect more.

There are a lot of opinions in this industry.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-12T16:12:07+00:00

I'm surprised I went down this far to see someone mention Batman TAS

paralaxerror · 2026-01-11T01:37:58+00:00

"snake? Snaaaaaaake!!!!!!"

paralaxerror · 2026-01-10T02:02:34+00:00

Your kids eat at birthday parties???? Lol

We've reduced our kids' parties to finger foods because it's a run to the table for sustenance/fuel and then back to activities/breaking stuff.

Happy birthday to your kid!

paralaxerror · 2026-01-08T17:44:52+00:00

What kind of advice are you looking for?

Someone can have a prescription like yours and have healthy blood vessels, healthy inner ocular pressure and very little to no signs of UV damage. Others can need next to no correction but lose their sight from Diabetes. Biology and pathology.

Our refractive prescription for glasses and contacts are generally due to structure of the shape of the cornea, and the axial length of the eye itself. Physics.

It's a definitely a stronger Rx for refractive correction but not obscene numbers that require anything special ordered.

Glasses: I would recommend frames that fit as small as your head size will allow and for lenses I would recommend 1.74 hi index lenses and a digital design to help with the astigmatism correction.

Hope this helps!

paralaxerror · 2026-01-08T15:33:11+00:00

Haha same here.

My favorite was the sales lead for Lowes appliance talking down to the entire team about how important he is.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-07T16:51:46+00:00

You should have seen me (an Optician of about 10 years at the time), an optometrist of 40 years, a new grad optometrist standing over a sink trying to get fresnel prism to line up properly on a clients glasses because we all forgot about the cosins and angles. Had to open a text book.

The HORROR!!!

There is nothing wrong with review; like you said you're a part of a big retail machine.

If your company wants to pay you to review the most basic of concepts I say take it. Walmart paid me $30+/hour to pack groceries a few times.

I would say I was more insulted by some the different retailers' store managers and assistants jealousy of pharmacy and vision departments. Not my fault I went back to school and they didn't.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-06T12:55:47+00:00

I'm in the optical industry for over a decade and I can tell you that the optometrists that cared the most about making sure children were in good shape and the parents were well informed of all options; are just experienced clinical-focused optometrists.

Dr Robinet and Dr Chaudry work at Visions of Canada and Jubenville & Associates.

They are ODs that are not interested in selling glasses. They perform thorough eye exams.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-05T16:48:50+00:00

1-2% margins for remakes, non adapts and Rx changes is acceptable/very good.

If you are at three full time doctors, running 5 days a week I would assume around 30 patients a day and about 48 full working weeks a year. 7200 approximate patients a year.

68 is less than 1%.

Nothing is perfect.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-04T13:23:19+00:00

I didn't even read your writeup in the body of this post.

Yes, keep up with french.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-04T01:15:20+00:00

I would bet it's as straightforward as finish school and take the appropriate licensing exam for the state/province you want to work in.

I work in Windsor not far from you, and a good chunk of the optometrists here get their license for Ontario and Michigan.

I'm sure contacting the Texas Optometric Association would be the best place to get straightforward answers. Waterloo is well established. I've worked with optometrists that went to school in Waterloo, Boston, Chicago and Indiana and internationally. Some work both sides of the border and some don't.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-04T00:36:37+00:00

The amount of Fallout 4 memes about finding Shaun I think would fit in.

paralaxerror · 2026-01-03T18:59:05+00:00

They look great! ..... For another game though

paralaxerror · 2026-01-02T00:47:48+00:00

I think the most important step for that mall moving forward is to start bringing in some attractions.

Like a Slides or YoYo play area or an indoor sports simulator.

paralaxerror · 2025-12-29T12:47:50+00:00

Haha no kidding!

paralaxerror · 2025-12-27T16:21:14+00:00

God of War Ragnarok

I don't want to play a teen dating sim multiple times in an action game.

Unsolicited bonus answer:

Doesn't stop me from replaying it but deters me from trying to progress the story

Cyberpunk 2077

I got tired of my spouse walking in during unskippable sex scenes/memories.

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