Specsavers

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, while an old lady was reading glasses through her magnifying glass, a small boy entered the store and exclaimed, ‘Grandma, look! The glasses are talking!’ The old lady peered over her spectacles, squinting suspiciously. 'Talking, did you say?' she asked, adjusting her hearing aid. With that, she reached for her walking stick and followed the boy inside. Turns out it was just an ordinary pair of specsavers, whispering softly as they adjusted to the light. Grandma laughed, shaking her head, and whispered to herself, 'Young ones these days...'

2. In the early hours of every Wednesday morning, a mysterious voice would come over Specsavers’ intercom: ‘Attention please—your new prescription is here, but it’s not quite right.’ Employees would rush downstairs only to find nothing out of place. One day, an elderly gentleman entered and asked for his usual reading glasses. When he tried them on, he exclaimed, 'These are perfect!' The next week, same story—until one Wednesday morning, the intercom crackled again: 'Your new pair… makes you look like you're seeing double.' Turned out, the delivery driver had accidentally swapped his specs with those of a regular who wore identical frames.

3. At closing time one night, as the last customer left Specsavers, a delivery driver asked the owner: ‘Why does your store always smell like bacon?’ The owner smiled mysteriously and replied, 'Because every morning I bake fresh bacon for my staff.' The delivery driver scratched his head in confusion, but soon realized it was just another quirky Specsavers tradition.

4. In the dim light of dawn, a sleepy-eyed man muttered under his breath, ‘Specsavers must be open today—my prescription is due.’ As he stumbled in, an old neighbor grinned and asked if he needed help finding his way around. The sleepy-eyed man replied groggily, 'No thanks, I just need my glasses.' Turns out Specsavers had been closed for weeks, and everyone was laughing over coffee when he finally arrived.