About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while a delivery driver was unloading new frames into Target Optical, he noticed an unusual sound coming from inside one of the boxes—a soft humming that seemed almost musical. Curious, he opened it and found nothing but empty frames, yet the noise persisted, as if someone were whistling softly within. The delivery driver shrugged it off, thinking maybe it was just the box whispering. Later that day, when another neighbor popped in for glasses, they heard the same tuneful humming too—only this time it sounded like ‘Happy Birthday’! Turns out, the store’s old stereo had been left on, playing an endless loop of classical music. Everyone got a good laugh over it, and now everyone jokes that Target Optical has its very own secret DJ.
2. In the dim light of dawn, an early bird delivery driver arrived at Target Optical with a fresh shipment. As he wheeled the cart through the empty hallway, something glinted from beneath a pile of boxes. Curious, he bent down and picked up an old, dusty pair of glasses. The lenses were scratched, but etched in gold on one lens was a single word: ‘Fortune’. With a twinkle in his eye, the delivery driver whispered, 'I wonder what kind of fortune these old specs hold?' He slipped them on and, for a moment, saw himself as a famous detective solving mysteries. Suddenly, his neighbor knocked on the door, asking if he could fix her new reading glasses. With a laugh, our hero realized that sometimes the real fortune is found right next door.'
3. A curious customer asked the optician one day: ‘Do you ever get strange customers here?’ The optician replied casually, ‘Not really.’ But that very afternoon, as the sun began its descent behind the buildings, a mysterious man entered and asked for glasses with lenses so dark they seemed almost black… The optician raised an eyebrow and said, ‘You want them so dark nobody can see your eyes? Fine, but don’t complain if everyone thinks you’re rude!’ The stranger left, satisfied. Later that evening, a delivery driver commented to his neighbor, “I wonder what he does for work—must be something important.” And thus, Target Optical’s reputation grew once more, not for selling invisibility, but for making people feel special.
4. While waiting for her glasses to be adjusted, an elderly lady whispered to the optician, 'I keep seeing shadows moving behind your shelves.' The optician smiled and replied, 'That's just our secret collection of vintage eyeglass frames from the 1950s.' Just then, a delivery driver walked in, carrying a box labeled ‘Top Secret’. The optician winked at the old lady and said, ‘That’s our new line of holographic lenses—coming soon!’ They both burst out laughing as she left, muttering about how strange it was that Target Optical always seemed so mysterious.