LensCrafters

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In LensCrafters, whenever a new delivery driver arrived with boxes of lenses, the store’s parrot would start squawking and flying around frantically. Employees tried everything—turning off lights, playing calming music—but nothing stopped the bird’s sudden fits until one day, a regular noticed something odd about the deliveries. Finally, someone suggested checking the labels on the boxes. Turns out, every time a delivery driver brought in frames or lenses from ‘Opti-Wacky’ brand, the parrot flipped out thinking it was a party whistle! Since then, employees just order from other suppliers—and the parrot now enjoys quiet retirement as a pet therapist.

2. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, an old man began visiting LensCrafters every morning. He’d quietly slip in through the side door and sit down at one of the empty fitting chairs. One day, a delivery driver noticed him and asked, ‘Sir, why do you come here so early?’ The old man replied, smiling, ‘I’m just waiting for my glasses to be fixed.’ Turns out, he was always the first customer—himself.

3. In LensCrafters, every morning around closing time, a small dog would appear from nowhere and patiently wait for the last customer to leave. No one knew where it came from or why it chose that spot. One day, an elderly gentleman walked in wearing his favorite pair of glasses. As he left, the little dog trotted over and sniffed his shoes, then disappeared just as quickly as it had come. The next week, the old man returned without his glasses—only to discover they were safely waiting on the counter. Since then, everyone calls him ‘LensCrafters’ lucky guy.’

4. In LensCrafters, whenever someone tried on their first pair of glasses after years without them, they’d gasp and exclaim, ‘I can see my reflection!’ One day, a delivery driver tried on some reading glasses and declared, 'Now I can finally read those street signs!' His boss just shook his head and said, 'No wonder you always missed your turns.'