Questions that could ruin your day
 

How am I going to pay for my 3 kids' college educations?

And 2 or 3 weddings? (hopefully)

Will LASIK destroy my profession?

Will the doctor retire when I'm 52, leaving me unemployed?

Will my kids fight in the global war on terror?

Will global warming, a terrorist attack, a celestial body hitting the earth, nuclear war, or any other catastrophe radically change civilization as we know it - during my lifetime?

Why is this mark on my face asymmetrical?

Will people not hire me because I'm fat?

Is this just a "keep you up awake at night thought"? Or are opticians seeing a decrease in business that's directly attributable to LASIK?

And what about online glasses places that will sell you your prescription glasses for $20 instead of $200? I just got $17 glasses from eyebuydirect.com. Not trying to ruin your day more, but how can a local optician compete with that?

Are they coming to take me away (ho ho hee hee ha ha)?

"Hey Shawnee, did you see your name in the paper?"

I don't think it has, yet. In fact some of the people who havehad LASIK still need glasses. As the affordability of LASIK increases, it may effect eyeglass sales. So it's not an immediate threat, but...

You can get a business suit for a lot less on-line, too. But who will take the measurements accurately to ensure a good fit, and who will tailor the suit once you get it? What happens if you break the glasses? Will your on-line provider replace a frame under warranty? If they send you a new frame, how will you get your lenses from the broken frame to the new one? Oh, buy a whole new pair? Hmmm... Don't forget that you know a lot more about suits than you do about glasses - much of what you pay your optician is for expertise, not product. In the future, I expect to have an "on-line package" that will include product design, measurements, and adjustments, the price of which will make your on-line purchase about the same as you would pay in my shop. Luckily, eyeglasses are NOT a commodity.

Why are they towing your car?
Did you remember to turn off the stove?
Those letters from the IRS weren't important were they?
Do you know how fast you were going?
Would you step back through the metal detector, sir.
Why is that dog barking at your suitcase, honey?

Is that horrible rash on my doctors hands anything serious?

I have a flight out of Philadelphia on USAir this Saturday. How much of a disaster is this going to be??

Do you understand these rights?

Is that one or two blue lines?

Wait, what pill did I give your son?

Um, where's the baby?

Where were you on the night of the fourteenth?

What is this funny rash?

Why did I take the red pill?

How am I going to find homes for these nine puppies?

was that a fart ???