Some of you are aware that I have recently started drawing again. It's something i haven't done since i left school. I've posted some in the official artwork of the week thread and I am currently enjoying getting back into it.
However, from very early on it became quite apparent that my eyes are absolutely shot at. Fine detailing of my work has been extremely difficult, so my wife booked me in for an eye test.
We went earlier and the place was empty. The optician confirmed that I was blind as a bat before he'd even checked me out....I walked into the toilets instead of his studio, which was all rather embarassing but there you go, lol.
After he'd checked me out he pointed over to the main desk and told me to see the two ladies, who would show me some frames. So I went over, slapped my hands down on the counter and said, "right ladies, i'd like some frames that are going to make me look suave, sophisticated and debonair, and take 10 years off me".
They both looked at me as dead pan as you like, not a flicker of emotion on their faces. One of them tilted her head forward and looked at me from over the rims of her glasses. She looked at her friend and as dry as you like said, "it looks like we've got our work cut out here mavis!!!!"
My wife was laughing her head off. Honestly, I was mortified. No wonder the place was empty if that's the manner in which they address their clientele.
However, from very early on it became quite apparent that my eyes are absolutely shot at. Fine detailing of my work has been extremely difficult, so my wife booked me in for an eye test.
We went earlier and the place was empty. The optician confirmed that I was blind as a bat before he'd even checked me out....I walked into the toilets instead of his studio, which was all rather embarassing but there you go, lol.
After he'd checked me out he pointed over to the main desk and told me to see the two ladies, who would show me some frames. So I went over, slapped my hands down on the counter and said, "right ladies, i'd like some frames that are going to make me look suave, sophisticated and debonair, and take 10 years off me".
They both looked at me as dead pan as you like, not a flicker of emotion on their faces. One of them tilted her head forward and looked at me from over the rims of her glasses. She looked at her friend and as dry as you like said, "it looks like we've got our work cut out here mavis!!!!"
My wife was laughing her head off. Honestly, I was mortified. No wonder the place was empty if that's the manner in which they address their clientele.
