Visionworks

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while waiting for his prescription glasses, a regular noticed an old leather case on the counter. Curious, he picked it up—only to discover a pair of spectacles with lenses so powerful they seemed to bend reality itself. Putting them on, he saw down the street his neighbor watering his lawn, but when he blinked, the hose turned into a firehose aimed directly at him! A delivery driver zoomed past, pedaling backwards on a unicycle. Confused and amused, our regular asked the optometrist what happened next. ‘Just take them off,’ she smiled, ‘and everything will go back to normal.’ And indeed, after a brief dizzying moment, life returned to its usual mundane self.

2. One day, as a regular patient waited for their new lenses, they heard an unusual announcement over Visionworks’ intercom: ‘Attention, please! We’ve received a special shipment today—eyeglass frames designed especially for penguins.’ A puzzled customer asked if these were for real penguins or some kind of novelty item. A delivery driver shrugged and said, 'Who knows? Maybe someone’s got a penguin with perfect vision!' Later that week, a neighbor stopped by with her pet penguin, claiming it needed glasses after watching too many movies on her big-screen TV. The end result was everyone laughing—and Visionworks now had a reputation for anything but ordinary eye care.

3. While browsing through Visionworks one afternoon, a curious customer asked aloud: ‘Do you ever get glasses delivered here that are… alive?’ The clerk smiled and shook his head, replying with a straight face, 'No, sir, our glasses are strictly of the plastic variety.' A nearby delivery driver chuckled softly, muttering under his breath, 'Must be that new neighborhood watching too many sci-fi movies again.'

4. While browsing through Visionworks one morning, a curious customer asked aloud: ‘Why does every pair of reading glasses here seem to have a mind of its own?’ The clerk smiled and replied, 'Ah, well, that's because each pair has been programmed with the personality of our most demanding customer!' Just then, an elderly gentleman approached, muttering under his breath, 'Where on earth did I leave my glasses?'