Just one of those things...

[rivka]

The earpiece of my glasses snapped off this morning while I was talking with a client.

They haven't been fitting well for a while - the earpiece has been loose and wobbling. Tightening the screw didn't help - that wasn't where it was loose. So my glasses kept twisting askew on my face, and I kept fiddling them back into position. Until today.

I reached up reflexively to fiddle my glasses into position, and the lenses came right away without the right earpiece. I fumbled for it, trying not to lose track of my sentence, but there are some things you can't do without losing your savoir faire.

"It's still behind your ear," my client said. I plucked the earpiece from where it perched uselessly atop my right ear, set it on the desk, and went on with the interview.

This evening's exciting last-minute entertainment: a trip to the optometrist. Maybe they can be fixed, but somehow it seems unlikely.

Comments

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

My optician told me (when I used to wear glasses) is that my glasses got like that because I would use a single hand rather than both hands to remove the glasses from my face. As a result, they would eventually get wobbly and break in the same way.

Hope they can fix it!

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I've had opticians weld my glasses (metal framed) twice, where the circle that holds the lens in has broken in different places. They can't be welded again, are getting floppy, and I'm just holding on in desperation now. :/

Now might be a good time for a new look for you -- blue princess glasses? cat-eye? :)

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I hope they can fix them, or if not, that finding a new set of frames is simple and quick.

I should go back on the framehunt again, myself.

[brooksmoses]

I consider my engineering degrees to be a license -- nay, a calling -- to consider design that behaves like that to be offensive; something that's that close to being a part of one's body should not need that sort of special attention to avoid damage.

As a result of that, I've worn "Flexon" frames (the ones that advertise with earpieces wrapped around someone's finger and then flexing back straight) almost since they came out. The real advantage of them has nothing to do with being able to twist them into pretzels; it's that all the little bends and tweaks of daily life don't add up; they simply don't get wobbly or warped.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Good luck getting them fixed sweetheart. If worst comes to worst, you know where your old glasses are.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

My optician told me (when I used to wear glasses) is that my glasses got like that because I would use a single hand rather than both hands to remove the glasses from my face.

Argh. Because of my short, non-bendy right arm, I always take my glasses off one-handed. It's just possible, but awkward as hell, to reach my right arm to my glasses. Hmph.

[okoshun.livejournal.com]

I just got your reply to this today, but another thing that my optician did mention is that if I do have to remove my glasses from my face with one hand, that I should remove them using the bridge, rather than grabbing one of the arms and pulling the glasses off (hence bending them and causing the lenses to fall out and the arms to break earlier than they should have).