AITA for wanting my DD's glasses prescription?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

Mmkay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped using MyEyeDr many years ago because they always made me wait for the prescription. You are NTA. This is horrible practice and I'd absolutely get snippy with them.

This is where I go and they always give it to me when I pay. I never have to ask.

I'm glad they were sued and have to do this. But I am not going back there. I am vindictive like that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The actual numbers? Request a print-out, or ask the doctor to repeat them to you, and write it down. Your time in the consultation room is when you have most leverage.

You can't order glasses with numbers you've written down!
They need to provide you with a signed script at the end.

Why not? I just did that yesterday. We took my son to the optometrist. The OD put her notes in the computer in her office. When we walked out to the front desk, the printout was sitting on the counter where we checked out.

I took the printed paper home and ordered my son's glasses from https://ZenniOptical.com and I entered the numbers into the web-site and I ordered the glasses. The signed script is still here sitting on my desk and the glasses should be here in a week or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

Friend, learn how to read. I said that optometrists are totally fine for MOST PEOPLE and I then I said all of the places that I HAVE ORDERED FROM have required prescriptions. You're the one making vast generalizations, not me, LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

My brother is an ophthalmologist and complains all the time about patients who come in just to get their prescription, it's a huge waste of his time when he is turning away patients with actual medical conditions who require his expertise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

My brother is an ophthalmologist and complains all the time about patients who come in just to get their prescription, it's a huge waste of his time when he is turning away patients with actual medical conditions who require his expertise.

This is a boundary problem. He shouldn't complain about them when it's a service he offers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP: how do you politely decline ordering contacts through an office?

Should clarify, I am good at saying no, but their assumptions "how many months would you like to order" instead of asking if I want to in the first place are difficult to rebut.

First you need to understand that this is a manipulative sales tactic and they are doing this intentionally.

They are not your friends. You need to think of them as fraudsters and then be an adult and say no thanks I’d like the prescription.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP: how do you politely decline ordering contacts through an office?

Should clarify, I am good at saying no, but their assumptions "how many months would you like to order" instead of asking if I want to in the first place are difficult to rebut.

You don’t understand what politeness is. They know what they are doing and you are not a grown up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP: how do you politely decline ordering contacts through an office?

Should clarify, I am good at saying no, but their assumptions "how many months would you like to order" instead of asking if I want to in the first place are difficult to rebut.

First you need to understand that this is a manipulative sales tactic and they are doing this intentionally.

They are not your friends. You need to think of them as fraudsters and then be an adult and say no thanks I’d like the prescription.

I actually didn't realize this - no background in sales. But it made me feel gross. I can find my spine now, thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

My brother is an ophthalmologist and complains all the time about patients who come in just to get their prescription, it's a huge waste of his time when he is turning away patients with actual medical conditions who require his expertise.

Yep, optometrists are the specialists in refraction. The ophthalmologist who did my cataract surgery does offer refractive exam, but I get the feeling that it's offered reluctantly. Also, he has a printed list of optometrists to whom he refers patients with more complicated refractive needs. As soon as I mentioned that my previous prescription included prism, he referred me to one of those optometrists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tell them I need it for something they don’t offer, like a prescription snorkel mask. Passive as hell, but it works. Even if I have zero intention of ordering said mask.

Yes, I could go to a different optometrist that doesn’t make this difficult. But this one is really convenient, has hours that work for us, the doctor works well with my kid, and we don’t need anything complicated. It’s just their administration that sucks, and I can get around that.

That's really pathetic, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

My brother is an ophthalmologist and complains all the time about patients who come in just to get their prescription, it's a huge waste of his time when he is turning away patients with actual medical conditions who require his expertise.

Translated, this means, "I resent having to provide the services I offer to the public, and which they specifically made an appointment for, unless the person availing themself of my services also purchased hugely overpriced corrective lenses form me that they can get far cheaper from other sources."

In other words, your brother is a d*ck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

Uploading your prescription is the last part of ordering.

I have never uploaded one.

Depends on the store. The better online places ask for it, but places like Zenni Optical don't.

Zenni absolutely asks for it every time I order glasses there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The actual numbers? Request a print-out, or ask the doctor to repeat them to you, and write it down. Your time in the consultation room is when you have most leverage.

You can't order glasses with numbers you've written down!
They need to provide you with a signed script at the end.

Why not? I just did that yesterday. We took my son to the optometrist. The OD put her notes in the computer in her office. When we walked out to the front desk, the printout was sitting on the counter where we checked out.

I took the printed paper home and ordered my son's glasses from https://ZenniOptical.com and I entered the numbers into the web-site and I ordered the glasses. The signed script is still here sitting on my desk and the glasses should be here in a week or so.

I literally ordered glasses for my daughter from Zenni a week ago and had to upload an image of the prescription (in addition to typing in the values to confirm)
Maybe you had a valid prescription still in your account or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing you’re seeing an optometrist at a commercial eyeglass fitting and sales establishment. You should be seeing an opthalmologist. They are physicians.

I’ve worn glasses since I was a small child, and that’s a long time. I have never even heard of a physician not handing over a written script, let alone resisting providing one.

A good rule of thumb is that if a health care provider (or any service provider for that matter) resists your reasonable requests, they’re not the right one for you.

And no, you don’t need a signed script to order glasses, at least not online.

This PP doesn't know what they are talking about.
(1) It's TOTALLY unnecessary for someone to see an ophthalmologist unless they have a specific reason to (strabismus, for example). Optometrists are totally fine for most people.
(2) I've ordered glasses and contact lenses online from several places and ALL of them have required me to upload my prescription. If they don't require that, they are not a reputable place and I would not trust them.

It's true that most optometrists work in a setting that also sells glasses, but they are legally required to give you your prescription. If they don't, report them to the state board of optometry and find a new optometrist.

Actually, I know precisely what I’m talking about.

Optometrists are “TOTALLY” fine, until they’re not, and part of the problem is they don’t always know when they’re not.

Not “ALL” online vendors require written prescriptions, and the glasses I’ve gotten from those who don’t have been accurately made, as verified by an ophthalmologist.

My brother is an ophthalmologist and complains all the time about patients who come in just to get their prescription, it's a huge waste of his time when he is turning away patients with actual medical conditions who require his expertise.

Translated, this means, "I resent having to provide the services I offer to the public, and which they specifically made an appointment for, unless the person availing themself of my services also purchased hugely overpriced corrective lenses form me that they can get far cheaper from other sources."

In other words, your brother is a d*ck.

Np. I don’t think you understand the difference between an opthamologist and an optometrist.