AITA for wanting my DD's glasses prescription?

[Anonymous]

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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.

A good friend is an ophthalmologist who says the same thing. He even says that optometrists know how to fit many types of contact lenses (e..g, toric, RGP, etc) than the average ophthalmologist.

[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.

You don't really understand what PP's brother does. He wants to spend his days looking at people's retinas and stuff, not doing something so rote and routine.