AIBU?
To think he was too close for comfort?
Conuregreen · 02/04/2021 01:28
Maybe this is my fault as it's nearly been a decade since I had my eyes tested. I decided since I've started driving to check my prescription. I usually do not go anywhere and am trying to be as careful as possible ( just had baby, been told I was vulnerable) but since covid cases have been low recently I thought it was now or never to go. However they had no windows/doors open. A man was seeing the optician before me and had no mask on. The appointment went over by 20 minutes. When I finally got seen I was asked to remove my mask to do the tests, and then had the optician literally up to my eyeball breathing the same air as me. I wanted to run out of there. I was allowed to take my mask off to try frames. The whole situation screamed unsafe to me. Now I'm worried I should have cancelled the appointment. I read up on the boots website before going and they went on about all the safety measures they had in place but it definitely felt like a different story when I got there. Has anyone else been, was this also the case?
Conuregreen · 02/04/2021 01:37
@LostInABlizzard it's crazy to me that even professional healthcare works are doing this! They should be the first ones to know the importance and set an example for it. I remember when i went into labour and all the midwives around me had their masks under their chins!
user1473878824 · 02/04/2021 01:53
I absolutely see your concern, but where did you think the optician would be able to check your eyes from? Before the pandemic they didn’t get close to your face just because they liked it. I would assume opticians are taking regular tests like most people in similar lines of work.
Conuregreen · 02/04/2021 01:55
@user1473878824 honestly it's been 8 years since I last had a test. I knew you had to put your face on the machine but I did not remember the optician literally looking into my eyeball with his nose pressed up against mine. He was so close I couldnt breath from the anxiety
AmberItsACertainty · 02/04/2021 02:39
I had an eye test during covid. Both me and the optician kept our masks on. And the receptionist. It was winter so door closed and there wasn't any windows in the test room. My glasses don't fit brilliant due to being fitted whilst wearing a mask, wish I'd been able to take it off for that part. He wasn't up in my face particularly though. They do have to get quite close ordinarily though, for a few seconds here and there.
Midlifelady · 02/04/2021 02:46
I'd complain to the manager or whomever was in charge. My eye test was appointment only, time between each to wipe down equipment, everyone inside had masks on all the time, and you were not allowed to pick up the glasses, you asked to try one and then afterwards they were put aside to be cleaned before replacing on the shelf.
The optician has to be very close to you to do the exam, but you should both be wearing masks.
BurningRed · 02/04/2021 06:13
Hi @Conuregreen it might be worth sending feedback to Boots.
I had an eye test before Christmas in Boots and all safety precautions were taken. Both wearing masks. I held my eye for the bit when you pull it down and look in different directions etc etc. This wasn’t the experience I had at all.
Some feedback needed - this sounds not right.
steff13 · 02/04/2021 06:25
@DramaAlpaca
Yeah, same. They gave me a little plastic bin, and I had to put every frame I tried on in it so they could be sanitized.
picklemewalnuts · 02/04/2021 08:02
@Pricklypear12
Can I ask is it normal for faces to touch? The OP says his nose was touching hers, @Laggartha says similar.
I had an experience (1 in 40 years of eye tests) where I was very uncomfortable- it was like dancing cheek to cheek, his face pressed against mine and his breath...
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