Vetcetera Clients don't make passes at vets who wear glasses...

January 15th, 2007  

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Reflective metal frames
I think they are the best looking, some of those choices are kinda scary looking!

Carla January 16th, 2007 08:56:00 AM

Short version: You may not have intended to link the cost of glasses and eye care with the cost of vet care by writing this post, but you did.

Longer version: As a near-sighted pet owner who has well-cared-for pets, and who does understand how much vet school and running a vet practice costs, I just have to say that I hope you don't have clients who have poor eyesight reading your blog. Because if my vet had THAT many pairs of glasses and posted them all to a blog and asked me to vote on which ones I liked best, frivolity stated or not, I might start adding it up: $150 minimum for the each pair of frames, $200 for the lenses, $50 for the lens protection, times 20, adds up to a whole lot of money! Granted, some people don't get the lens protection, nor do they go for the feather-weight lenses, so that might knock it down some... But still.

Sometimes when the public has a perception of your trade being one way ("Vets charge so much!") and you highlight what to some is a very expensive obsession (e.g. I only spring for new eyeglasses once every couple of years because they cost me the better part of the post-mortgage remains of a monthly paycheck) you might be unintentionally reinforcing some perceptions of your profession, whether they are based in reality or not. This coming from a librarian, who gets equally annoyed with the current fetishization of those in my profession AND the librarian = un-hit-on-able/not young comparison... Really - that was unnecessarily insulting.

You never know who's reading your blog. Apparently in me you found the perfect storm for this post!

That said, I like the blue steel frames a lot. :)

Megan January 16th, 2007 10:30:00 AM

I'd personally wear the metal reflective frames or Starry Night (I had butterfly deep purple sunglasses with glitter built in- I cried when they broke irrepairably).

Professionally for you- I'd err on the side of conservativism! Nothing says older like inobtrusive conservative glasses. I don't know what Miami would think conservative either. But if you show up in the office wearing Chanel glasses, they are going to think you charge too much.

Megan- I went with the assumption those photos were in the shop- she doesn't own them all. But hey, I could be wrong.

Georg January 16th, 2007 01:25:00 PM

Given the font size on this blog, I'm not at all surprised by the number of glasses. I'll be needing more pairs myself, since I enjoy this blog very much and intend to keep reading it. (Actually, I just zoom the text, but still ... )

haggis January 16th, 2007 02:37:00 PM

Haggis: I did try to make the font bigger recently but I guess it's still not big enough. I'll work on it.

Dr. Patty Khuly January 16th, 2007 06:01:00 PM

Ferragamo Daily Wear or Blue Steel, but *I* want Starry Night.

Johanna January 16th, 2007 06:08:00 PM

Okay, now I feel like a TOTAL idiot. I'm guessing Georg was spot-on and I didn't read the post the way you intended.

My apologies... Sigh... I can't wait until retirement (less than 30 years now!)

Megan January 17th, 2007 06:09:00 PM

Is Blue Steel a "Zoolander" reference?

Posey January 17th, 2007 08:38:00 PM

OK now I'm going to have to confess...yes, my name is Patty and I have a frame problem. But they're not all prescription and not all expensive and I have been collecting them for 20+ years and I really only buy a new pair when my prescription changes (which is almost every 18 months, now!) and I'm not a candidate for Lasik (sigh) and really...the bottom line...I don't make much money (double-sigh). I promise you'd be surprised to hear what I make. But everyone's got to have an obsession.

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