Looking without seeing!

Against my better judgement I chose to buy my recent new glasses from one of the 'supermarket' opticians, the decision made purely from financial consideration....bad, bad decision!

I know that one only ever gets what one pays for and I know that the last time I went this route many years ago it was a small disaster, it's looking like this is a repeat performance.

Having worn varifocals for years a new pair shouldn't have proved too difficult to adjust too, but a week on I was still tripping over and still struggling to see anything without a deal of aggravation, more concerning a week on I certainly shouldn't still be suffering a nasty persistent pain behind one eye!

Patience worn through, yesterday I sought advice from a 'real' optician, who actually bothered to check the centering of the lenses (unlike the original providers)....oh, surprise surprise, one lens has been made with the centering completely out of alignment with my eye! Hence I am trying to see through a piece of lens that may as well belong to someone else. "No wonder your eye is painful" was the opticians response, "they need re-making".

So, here begins the fight, I've lost faith, perhaps I'll let the original supermarket guys have one more try if, which I doubt, they can convince me they have any idea what they are up to but I suspect that I'll ultimately have to fight the refund fight and learn what I already really knew....that if one needs glasses one should go to a well qualified optician, not a chain of "turn em over in a flash, market share merchants"!