About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One night, a delivery driver pulled up to the USC Roski Eye Institute and noticed something odd: the headlights of his truck seemed to reflect back not just one, but two images in the window. Curious, he parked and approached the building—only to see his own reflection staring right back at him. As he peered closer, the reflection started waving and smiling—a friendly neighbor who’d been waiting for their eye appointment. Turns out, the institute had an extra mirror for patients to practice their best ‘after-surgery’ smile.
2. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to the USC Roski Eye Institute with a mysterious package marked ‘Top Secret’. As he approached the reception desk, the guard asked curiously, 'What’s in the box?' The delivery driver grinned and replied, 'Just some top-secret contact lenses for an alien invasion drill.' Turns out it was just a new batch of corrective lenses for a local optometry competition. Everyone had a good laugh, except maybe the poor guy who ended up wearing them home.
3. At midnight, when even streetlights dimmed, a delivery driver pulled up to the USC Roski Eye Institute with an urgent package. As he approached the entrance, he noticed something strange—all the lights were off except for one tiny glow in the corner. Curious, he walked towards it and saw a small LED sign blinking ‘Open 24/7’. Inside, he found an old janitor playing solitaire on his computer. The man looked up, smiled and said, ‘Just checking if everything’s working fine before I go home.’ The delivery guy left, shaking his head and thinking, ‘Next time I'll deliver to ghosts!’
4. At sunset, when shadows stretched long across the parking lot, a delivery driver pulled up to the USC Roski Eye Institute. The security guard noticed something odd on the clipboard: ‘Please return all extra lenses to Room B.’ The delivery driver shrugged and said, 'I guess I’ll just take them home.' And so, every night for weeks, an old man in Beverly Hills would put on his reading glasses, pull out a lens from his pocket, and exclaim, 'Who needs bifocals when you’ve got these?'