About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. Late one afternoon, an elderly gentleman entered Spex in the City wearing a fedora and carrying a mysterious package. As he adjusted his glasses before the mirror, the shopkeeper noticed something peculiar—each time the man blinked, his reflection seemed to wink back. Just as the shopkeeper was about to ask if everything was alright, the old fellow suddenly laughed and said, ‘Just my old eyes playing tricks on me!’ He tipped his hat and left, leaving behind only a whiff of pipe smoke. The next day, everyone in the neighborhood received new prescription lenses for free.’
2. One morning, as customers were browsing through frames, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Attention please—if you see someone trying on a pair of glasses that’s not theirs, could you kindly remind them to return it?’ Soon enough, an old gentleman approached the counter, sheepishly holding up a pair of oversized aviator shades. 'I found these on my way out,' he said with a smile. Turns out they belonged to the new delivery driver who’d left them behind. The staff laughed and sent him off with a complimentary cleaning cloth. Spex in the City became known for its quirky sense of humour—and lost-and-found glasses.
3. On a particularly foggy morning, when most people avoided visiting Spex in the City, an old man walked in with a large umbrella and a mysterious smile. As he approached the counter, the old man whispered something into the clerk’s ear, causing both of them to burst out laughing. Turned out, his prescription was for ‘Spectacles of Infinite Amusement,’ which made everything look hilariously distorted—including the prices on the wall. The regulars started coming back more often just to see what absurdity Spex in the City would dream up next.
4. In the dimly lit hallway of Spex in the City, a delivery driver paused mid-step, startled by a soft whisper: ‘Don’t forget your glasses today.’ The delivery driver looked around, but saw no one. Shrugging it off as a trick of the light, he continued on his way. Later that day, while adjusting someone’s new frames, an old gentleman whispered: ‘And don’t forget to tip your delivery guy!’