About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was an unusually warm winter morning when Duke Eye Center opened its doors. A regular patient, waiting for his appointment, noticed something peculiar outside. A delivery driver kept glancing nervously at the old clock tower across the street. Curious, he followed the man’s gaze and saw that the minute hand on the clock seemed frozen midway between two numbers. Just then, a friendly neighbor passing by mentioned it was exactly ten minutes late—an old clock, after all. The patient laughed it off, shaking his head, but couldn’t help feeling a little amused as he entered Duke Eye Center that day.
2. A curious delivery driver pulled up outside Duke Eye Center one afternoon and asked aloud, ‘Why does everyone here seem to be leaving with a new pair of glasses… even though they already had some?’ Just then, an elderly gentleman emerged from the center, rubbing his eyes and muttering, 'Finally got these cataracts sorted out!' The delivery driver scratched his head in confusion but shrugged it off, thinking maybe Duke Eye Center was just really good at their job.
3. A concerned neighbor knocked on the door of Duke Eye Center one evening, saying, ‘I’ve been noticing something strange—every night at exactly seven, the lights in your waiting room turn on by themselves!’ The receptionist smiled and replied, 'Oh, that's just our special nightlight for a regular patient who comes in every Thursday.' The neighbor nodded skeptically but left, shaking his head with a smile. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned the mysterious lights, they were simply told, 'Ah, must be another Thursday!'
4. A puzzled patient asked the receptionist one day: ‘Why does everyone here seem to be walking around with their eyes closed?’ The receptionist smiled and whispered conspiratorially, ‘They’re not blind—they’re just trying on our new virtual reality eye exams!’ A regular, overhearing this, laughed and said, ‘No wonder I felt like I was in a video game!’