{"id":18,"date":"1999-08-05T18:23:48","date_gmt":"1999-08-05T22:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geomix.com\/wordpress\/?p=18"},"modified":"1999-08-05T18:23:48","modified_gmt":"1999-08-05T22:23:48","slug":"glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I had gone to an eyeglass chain store to get new lenses made and numerous problems had ensued: two incorrect prescriptions, lenses made wrong, denials.\u00a0 <\/span>By contacting a management person in another state I was told to go back to get new lenses\u00a0 <\/span>for free. \u00a0<\/span>It had taken me months to go back to get the free lenses, partly because I had been so busy and partly because I was frustrated.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Eventually I began the complex task of fitting progressive lenses with an extremely nice middle aged woman.\u00a0 <\/span>I am probably as demanding as the most demanding customer, insisting that everything be perfect and of the highest quality.\u00a0 <\/span>It is one’s vision, after all, and not just as a photographer but as a human it is important.\u00a0 <\/span>When the glasses were ready to pick up I called and was told she would be there until eight o’clock the next evening.\u00a0 <\/span>When I arrived about seven o’clock, I was told the woman was not there, then that she had stepped out to run an errand and to wait a while.\u00a0 <\/span>I waited a while then left, leaving word that I’d been there.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The next day I called and asked to speak to the lady, who was the manager.\u00a0 <\/span>When she got on the phone she was extremely apologetic, but I told her it was no problem; after what I’d been through, that couldn’t possibly bother me.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>“What happened?” she asked.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I explained that I had lost my soul mate.\u00a0 <\/span>She was quite sympathetic.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When I arrived, she spent a long time with me, perhaps an hour.\u00a0 <\/span>The glasses were perfect, providing vision just as if I were not wearing glasses at all–the wonder of modern research and technology.\u00a0 <\/span>I agreed that an antireflective coating would be a good idea, but wanted to take them to use them for a while before I got the coating.\u00a0 <\/span>I was at the point of having numerous pairs of corrective lenses each with special characteristics, but this pair was clearly the best, and I had a special occasion in mind when I wanted to wear them.\u00a0 <\/span>I was told to be careful not to scratch them, because they would have to be remade before they could be coated if they were scratched.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>…<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When I explained that I\u2019d lost my soul mate to the manager, she told me she\u2019d been through something similar, but fortunately reconciled with her mate.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>“So you’ve found the man of your dreams?” I said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>“No,” she said. “I’m gay.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I had gone to an eyeglass chain store to get new lenses made and numerous problems had ensued: two incorrect prescriptions, lenses made wrong, denials.\u00a0 By contacting a management person in another state I was told to go back to get new lenses\u00a0 for free. \u00a0It had taken me months to go back to get the free lenses, partly because I had been so busy and partly because I was frustrated. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eventually I began the complex task of fitting progressive lenses with an extremely nice middle aged woman.\u00a0 I am probably as demanding as the most demanding customer, insisting that everything be perfect and of the highest quality.\u00a0 It is one’s vision, after all, and not just as a photographer but as a human it is important.\u00a0 When the glasses were ready to pick up I called and was told she would be there until eight o’clock the next evening.\u00a0 When I arrived about seven o’clock, I was told the woman was not there, then that she had stepped out to run an errand and to wait a while.\u00a0 I waited a while then left, leaving word that I’d been there. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The next day I called and asked to speak to the lady, who was the manager.\u00a0 When she got on the phone she was extremely apologetic, but I told her it was no problem; after what I’d been through, that couldn’t possibly bother me. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “What happened?” she asked. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I explained that I had lost my soul mate.\u00a0 She was quite sympathetic. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I arrived, she spent a long time with me, perhaps an hour.\u00a0 The glasses were perfect, providing vision just as if I were not wearing glasses at all–the wonder of modern research and technology.\u00a0 I agreed that an antireflective coating would be a good idea, but wanted to take them to use them for a while before I got the coating.\u00a0 I was at the point of having numerous pairs of corrective lenses each with special characteristics, but this pair was clearly the best, and I had a special occasion in mind when I wanted to wear them.\u00a0 I was told to be careful not to scratch them, because they would have to be remade before they could be coated if they were scratched. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 … \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When I explained that I\u2019d lost my soul mate to the manager, she told me she\u2019d been through something similar, but fortunately reconciled with her mate. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “So you’ve found the man of your dreams?” I said. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “No,” she said. “I’m gay.” \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jeffdawson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}