Adventures in Vision World

Recently I noticed things in the distance suddenly seemed somewhat blurry. Nonchalantly I made the comment to a coworker that I thought my eyes might need to be checked (I've always had 20/20 vision). My coworker informed me a local vision center was offering a $1 eye exam. Confident I would only spend $1(and that perhaps my eyes were just "tired" lately from sitting in front of the computer, etc.)I promptly made an eye exam appointment. Well color me stupid but I spent a heck of a lot more money than $1. As stated in a previous post, I paid over $400 for the two pairs of glasses I received (incredulously the second pair was "free"). Because I have never needed glasses, I had no idea that eye glass frames and eye glass lenses are not one and the same as far as pricing goes...oh no, you have to pay for both! Though my vision is not terrible, my lenses had to be ordered from Texas as they were currently out of stock. One pair was ordered for reading/using the computer while the other pair was ordered for driving and seeing things more clearly from a distance (consequently I have since found this second pair has made everything appear clearer and as a result wear them nearly all the time). The following Friday, the vision center called and informed me my glasses for driving were in and that my glasses for reading would be in on Sunday. I immediately drove to the vision center and picked up the first pair. I was flabbergasted to discover that while wearing the pair of "driving" glasses they actually made everything seem blurry while driving. On Sunday, when I picked up my second pair (AKA "reading" glasses), I informed the staff there must have been some sort of mistake as the first set made street signs seem extremely blurry. After checking the paperwork, it appears the person who initially called me about the first pair accidentally mixed up which pair had arrived. Thanks vision center...lure me in under the pretense of spending only $1 and then nearly cause me to have a car accident after giving me reading glasses and telling them they were my driving glasses. Geez...