That’s kinda genius to be fair.
I wonder how far they’ll go before they give up?
Individual letters each on their own sheet of A4
Sorted in alphabetical order?
Knuth Paper-Stack Notation
Braille.
I went to an “eye institute” at a local hospital cause I had a non traumatic brain injury that gave me (temporary!) blind spots and it was in the same office as a memory clinic, I guess those two go together and there was a sign at the desk, for the memory clinic, about how you needed to remember to have brought something with you, which I thought was funny, a memory clinic requiring you remembered something in order to see you
My adhd clinic ‘misplaced’ my diagnosis several times, I had to email a copy of it to my doctor in the middle of my appointment at one point.
The irony wasn’t lost on me. The doctor didn’t appreciate my pointing it out in the subject line of the email though.
“This will be the fifth time I have provided you with your own records of me. And I have become exceedingly efficient at it.”
It’s been eight years. They’ve stopped trying. I can still see. Mostly.
Wait until the mobile billboard parks in front of your house and the bullhorn attached reads it to you.
Yeah they like to make it sound very official too like they’re part of some government body and it’s your duty as a citizen to give them in particular your money. They spammed me for an impressive amount of time. I just ignored them and eventually they gave up.
I get texts. I’ve told them to stop now. I usually go every other year or so. They keep insisting I should go every year, but I haven’t had any massive changes in my vision year-to-year. My glasses usually get worn before my vision changes in a meaningful way.
If that ever were to change I’d of course re-evaluate my intervals.
I need some new glasses because the frame broke on one of them and so I’m down to my backup pair, but I don’t want to order them using an old and possibly slightly wrong Rx and I keep procrastinating on going to the optician for some reason. I think the last time I had my eyes checked was before COVID; I really ought to make an appointment.
Well if it’s been that long you probably should! Take this as your call to action!
My glasses usually get worn
I usually wear my glasses before the next appointment too.
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Funnily enough, Canada only (partially) pays for vision tests every second year, even with private healthcare, so I have never gotten a yearly eye exam.
I wish we did that here in Sweden.
It’s probably still cheaper in Sweden than it is in Canada with coverage.
Between my government coverage and workplace private coverage, I still have to pay $100 for the eye exam, and I am blind enough that I have to be choosy with frames or I go over the 2 year limit on cost for my glasses (lenses alone cost >$200 before I add coatings, and I only have $500/2yr in coverage for frames, lenses and contacts put together).
Yeah it’s probably a fair bit cheaper. Haven’t actually looked recently but last time it was free with a pair of glasses. That offer isn’t always available though.
