Stanton Optical

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up to Stanton Optical one morning with a box full of new frames. As he opened the trunk, he noticed an old man adjusting something on the sidewalk. Curious, he walked over and saw that the man had placed a tiny sign next to his chair: ‘Will Adjust Your Vision for Just One Dollar.’ The delivery driver laughed and said, "I’ll take two pairs, please!" The old man grinned and adjusted them both perfectly. From then on, whenever anyone needed their vision fixed in town, they simply asked 'the guy outside Stanton Optical.'

2. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, an old man walked into Stanton Optical. He didn’t look like anyone who’d been in there before, and he carried something under his arm that nobody could quite make out. The old man slowly unwrapped a pair of spectacles so delicate they looked like they belonged to a doll. ‘These,’ he whispered, handing them to the astonished clerk, ‘are for the lady next door.’ As the sun rose higher, everyone realized the glasses were perfect—just like her smile.

3. A curious customer asked the clerk one day: ‘Why do all your glasses seem to point left?’ The clerk smiled and replied, 'Ah, sir, those aren’t just any old glasses—those are our special mirrored frames. They reflect whatever’s on their right side!' A delivery driver overheard and shook his head, saying, 'Next time I’ll ask for a pair that points straight ahead.' The story became legendary in Stanton Optical, where every new employee gets a tour and a good laugh.

4. In the dim light of early morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Stanton Optical. He noticed something odd in the backseat—a pair of spectacles so large they seemed to belong to someone from another era. The driver picked them up and placed them on his own nose—suddenly he could see everything upside down. A regular customer walked in, laughing: ‘Hey, did you get those new specs everyone’s been talking about?’ The driver nodded, grinning, as he adjusted his giant lenses. ‘Never mind,’ said the customer, ‘I’ll just keep coming here for my prescriptions.’