Happy birthday? Happy anniversary? Happy boss’s Day? Happy New Year? Yes, these are all important milestones for us, and each one is a great opportunity to reload or, at least feel old. But sometimes, it does become a kind of slog because there are so many so-called “Happy ________ Day” celebrations. Since the list is already long, I decided, what’s a few more? To give us something to celebrate at work, here’s a few “Happy _______ Days” especially for optometrists: Happy…
- Correct seg height Day
- Teen boy can insert his own contact lens in one try Day
- The new phone system worked immediately Day
- The doctor remembered to zip his fly Day
- No staffer called in sick on a beautiful, sunny Friday Day
- The patient who saw sudden onset flashes came in before Friday at 4pm Day
- No, I won’t call you in something for your red eye on Saturday Day
- No breakage at the lab Day
- The day’s last patient showed up early Day
- The patient says “I still want it” when insurance doesn’t cover it Day
- The post LASIK patient adores his new progressives Day
- I lost one of my GP contact lenses and I’m leaving for Italy this evening Day
- Two guys named Jeff came in at the same time and we totally mixed up their charts Day
- My sister gives me free contacts from the supermarket she works at Day
- I’m an airline pilot, and don’t tell my boss but I can’t see crap out of my left eye Day
- You just found out all of your employees meet at Happy Hour after work every day Day
- I would like to schedule all six members of my family on the same morning, but they may not all be able to be there Day
- You’ve remade my glasses three times, and I still can’t see and I totally blame myself Day
- I sleep in my lenses because my cousin does and has never had a problem Day
- I think wearing glasses will make my kid’s eyes worse Day
- Your office is a 10-minute drive, which not convenient, so I’m switching to a big box store that’s 20 minutes away Day
- My legislators cannot pronounce “glaucoma” Day
- I want LASIK so I can wear sunglasses Day
- Doctor, do you think I should buy my contacts from you or on the internet Day
- I could never wear my glasses and I’m telling you that eight months later at the gym Day
- The IRS called, so I gave them your home phone number Day
- I accidently stuck a spoon in my eye so can you write me a prescription for fentanyl Day
- The state board can’t find your CE hour submission Day
- Another forgotten password Day
- An OSHA agent is here, and he wants you to tell him the boiling point of G-15 dye Day
- A 90-year-old patient wants you to call her to discuss her $8.00 copay Day
Enjoy your special days, doctors. If you can survive just one day at a time, you’ll make it all the way to “Happy I’m outta here Day.”