Comments on: Vision Express – What Do I Want To See?

By: Kendrick

Kendrick — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:24:24 +0000

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By: CovertJellyfish

CovertJellyfish — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:33:37 +0000

Oh, lol. How the hell did I miss the “cue” comment?

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:21:13 +0000

I kind of like the ads. They aren’t ramming sales down your throat but sort of reminding us why we need to get our eyes tested!!! I’m sure that you only buy something if you want it? I know I do! I might get my feet measured at clarks but it doesn’t mean I exclusively buy from them! And I would also spare a thought for the Opticians- they have to deal with the great unwashed. I suppose it’s like getting on a bus-you can’t control the personal hygeine( or lack of it!) of any of your customers! Have you ever been in the position where your behind someone who’s very smelly?- you can do a runner! Those poor buggers are stuck with them for at least half an hour, and close contact too! I found the ads refreshing- instead of telling you what you can’t afford( buy this-it’s dead cheap- adverts aimed at the whole population!!!!) it says, hang on- health first, then take it from there. Reassuring in the sales driven advertising world we’re subjected to!

By: Silky

Silky — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:01:02 +0000

Wait, wait. Are we going to be playing snooker at the opticians too? Because that might change everything.

By: honestly?

honestly? — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:26:19 +0000

silky have you ever been to the doctors?

have ever heard of the concept of cueing?

you are english right? i mean if you are from yugoslavia or something i understand as i remember going there in the early eighties and the cue for the bus instantly became a mob as soon as the bus arrived and there was real fist fighting to get on.
is that what youd like to see in your opticians?
a fist fight to see who goes in first and who has to wait the longest,
would you rather that the optician who tested your eyes and thought he could see something in there such as a brain tumour or cataracts forming thought
‘no bugger it this guys 20 minutes are up im goin on to the next one , this dumb schmucks eyes deserve top fall out anyway’

do you really want your optician to not perform the correct tests to determine if you will lose your sight, just because they might have to get a little close to you?

is that what you want?

if it is try moving to nigeria ive heard that there is an optician there who will not only leave you with both ears intact after your eye test, and breathe whiskey in your face but will also leave you with enough money to get the bus home, lets just hope you dont get beaten up in the cue.

By: Silky

Silky — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:20:06 +0000

Mum?

By: Kloschzin Karyzdzyoy

Kloschzin Karyzdzyoy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:14:00 +0000

Your father is a faggot.

By: Mikey P

Mikey P — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:10:35 +0000

Any chance they can add some colour to their clinics? They all look like some sort of sterilization centre from a 70′s sci-fi movie. So much white everywhere…….

By: inssey

inssey — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:52:37 +0000

Remember when spectacles came in shapes other than rectangular and were chosen not just on the basis of your prescription but on whether they ACTUALLY SUITED YOU. As opposed to making you look like the bastard child of Fabio Capello and Gok Wan(yes girls this includes you). All opticians ads share this ability. Still in 20 years John Lennon frames will be back in and we’ll all look like Tojo.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:17 +0000

I’d like to see an eye test that isn’t invented solely for the purpose of selling you glasses, whether you need them or not (or changing your prescription if you were unlucky enough to visit them before and needed glasses – surprise, surprise, you need a different prescription this time) Yes of course they take credit cards… and debentures on your primary residence.

It’s like going to the garage “you wouldn’t want to drive a car with defective brakes would you sir?…..” is nearly the same as “you wouldn’t want to go around with defective eyesight would you sir?….” Neither are real problems, but how do you know? You have to take the word of a “professional” and blithely hand over large sums of cash to correct what may or may not really be a problem.

However, I’m guessing there might be reasonable cause for accepting their findings if you keep crashing your car because you can’t stop or see where you were going……

By: qwidge

qwidge — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:33:20 +0000

How come they have 100 different ways to test my eyes but they only ever use the three.

1. Can you read these letters and recite them like a retarded police cadet who doesn’t know the call signs for each letter. “Umm V?” “B?” “No, V! Like for Volvo?”

2. Which one’s clearest, “red or green?” Here’s a sneaky hint to all optician’s clients THEY’RE BOTH THE SAME – THEY ALWAYS ARE! It’s a trap!!!

3. “Number one? Or Number two? And how about now? Number one? or number two?”
IT’S A TRAP!