July 2007 Archives

There is a fine balance of what optical practices deem good weather.

Well an extraction actually.

With all this talk of professional fees I thought I would share a little tale.....

Last week's article on Patient Anxiety in practice has really put the cat among the pigeons.

By popular request here is the explanation behind the picture of me with a medal. As you may well know I am training to do an Ironman triathlon
This is well known in my office and one of out production people, who is a keen runner, had a spare race number.

While on a domestic errand of mercy this lunchtime I witnessed a retail scene opticians dream of.

A group of four young women, between 16 and 20 years of age I would guess, rushing towards a frame display stand.

'Wow look at these,' one shrieked beckoning the others over. ' There are loads of animal prints zebra, giraffe, tiger. And look random funky patterns too. You get a chain and a case with the same pattern,' the added exitedly.
They all then started to try the frames on and comment on how good each of the others looked in their new specs.

Great news I hear you all shout. But hang on. Where was I?

Embarrasingly I was in Primark.... I was shopping for kids clothes - come on, give me a break, And the specs...... were ready readers. The price of the specs, cases and chains?

Trust me, you don't want to know.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but imagine our surprise when the latest copy of AOP's mag appeared in the Optician office.

Way back in May Optician's own Emma White ( pictured) used Dame Mary as the covergirl on her supplement Women in Optics a little over a month later and hey presto. Where will it all end?

This is a picture of Fiona Bosher the UK team member of the Oakley Transitions Ironman Team