Stanton Optical

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver left early one morning, forgetting their lunchbox on the loading dock. Later that day, an elderly gentleman picked up the forgotten container while browsing through Stanton Optical’s display cases. Curious, he opened it and found not just a sandwich but also a mysterious pair of glasses with no label or price tag. The old man tried them on, and suddenly his face lit up like Christmas morning. He walked out whistling, wearing both the glasses and the sandwich as if they were long-lost friends. A few hours later, a neighbor noticed him reading the newspaper upside down across the street—completely oblivious to traffic—but smiling so broadly that everyone waved back.

2. A curious customer asked the optician one day: ‘Why does it seem like your old display cases sometimes follow me around the shop?’ The optician smiled and replied, ‘Ah, that’s because I’ve placed our most expensive frames in front of the mirrors.’ A delivery driver nodded knowingly, saying, ‘Of course—you’re trying to catch us off guard!’ And everyone had a good laugh.

3. A regular dropped by Stanton Optical one afternoon, asking for his usual prescription. The optician looked up from his work and said, 'Your glasses are ready, but I noticed something strange today...' The regular leaned in curiously. ‘What’s that?’ he asked, pointing at a small note stuck to the frame. The optician smiled sheepishly. ‘It seems your new lenses are also slightly convex, making everything you see look like it belongs to an old friend.’ They both laughed as they imagined what the world might look like through those peculiar specs.

4. A delivery driver rushed out one rainy night, leaving behind an unusual package wrapped in brown paper. Curious customers soon noticed it sitting unattended near the front door of Stanton Optical. Inside was a strange contraption—a pair of glasses with lenses that seemed to distort reality in funny ways. Soon enough, customers started trying them on and laughing hysterically as their reflections appeared stretched or skewed. It turned out to be just a prank from a neighbor who loved practical jokes, but Stanton Optical became famous for its quirky sense of humor ever since.