Dr. My Eyes....

How much does vanity cost? And when I say vanity- I mean seeing without squinting.  I found out recently it costs not only my money but my TIME!!!! I'd forgotten what it's like to live in the city where Dr. triple or quadruple book their patients.   Bad Grief (I mean, what is so "good" about grief?!).  Last week I spent over 6 hours at the optometrist.  Six hours!!!  I made an appointment to get my eyes checked.  To me that means glasses, contacts, cataracts, lasik, fake eyelashes, eye patch, etc.  "Eyes Checked!"  The whole kit-n-kaboodle.  But no, not my guy.  Appointment 1- walk in and notice the sign that says "If you want contacts, please tell receptionist."  So I told the receptionist, I'd like to have my eyes checked for contacts too.  Her reply "Oh, the contact Dr. just left for the day.  He'll be back on Friday."  Okay, make that appt.  So that first visit pay 45.00.  Thank you, insurance.  The way I see it, I got charged for sitting my butt in their chair!  You've seen those (massage) chairs in the mall.  Pay $10.00 for 10 minutes or something like that.  I've noticed no one is paying but everyone is sitting in them.  Well my Dr. charges $45.00 for a two hour "sit."  Finally I get called to go behind the magic door.  The one everyone in the waiting room is waiting to open and praying their name will be called.  Yep, 2 hours later, "Strawberry!"  I was asked to sit in another waiting room and my name would be called shortly.  They took info and had me WAIT again!!!!  You get the picture.  So I got to do this all over again on Friday for the contact appt.  Only that time it cost 45.00 for office visit and 55.00 for contact fitting.  This is all before actually purchasing glasses and contacts!!!  So there you have it.  Squint for free and possibly accrue some wrinkles around the eyes or pay out the eyes and still squint when you wear your contacts because you really need bi-focals.