3. SHAME THAT THE DOCTOR LIED TO HER LIKE THAT
I work for an optometrist. It was the month before school started, and a woman brought in her son to have his eyes checked for the first time.
Seems like a pretty reasonable thing for any parent, even if he was a little older than usual for a first eye exam. Better late than never I guess.
The mom was well-spoken and appeared fairly intelligent. Everything went as normal. The doctor examined the boy and ended up prescribing glasses.
The doctor explained to the mom that her son had to wear his glasses all the time since he’s nearsighted and basically can’t see clearly past 5′ in front of him.
For some reason this caused a switch to flip in the mom and she spazzed out on the doctor, saying that her son doesn’t need glasses and that the doctor is only saying that he does because he wants to make money.
She says that she only brought her son in because there was some form for school that needed to be filled out and that doctors are all a con artists trying to push unnecessary medications and interventions.
The doctor tried to calm her down and explain that he’s only trying to help them, but that she was free to get a second opinion. He gave her a copy of the kid’s prescription and sent them on their way.
About four months later, the lady is back asking for another copy of her son’s prescription. Apparently the first semester midterm results were in, and her son failed them all, because he couldn’t see the board in his classes and needs glasses!
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