This review is for the Eye Doctors there- not glasses and LensCrafters.
Dr. Lin and staff deserve 5 stars. Dr. Miller deserves no stars because he was being an intentional jerk.
I found all the staff to be very friendly and helpful. I saw Dr. Lin for my eye exam and contact lens fitting and she was great- a real straight shooter, a good listener, dry humor and very patient. I liked her a lot.
I went back today for my contact lens fitting check (I wore them for a week before we were to finalize the new prescription). I thought I was seeing Dr. Lin again, but it turned out they'd scheduled me with Dr. Miller instead. I had seen his reviews and people seemed to like him, so I thought nothing of it.
After being seated outside the door to the room he was in with another patient, I heard him and noticed a strange way of speaking to her. She was asking questions and it seemed he was trying to rush her. At one point she said "so are you suggesting..," He cut her off mid sentence and said to her "I'm not suggesting anything. Did I say that?" I thought that was very rude. He also was referring to himself in the third person like: "you'll be thinking 'Dr. Miller was right'" and "but you know Doctor Miller will see that and xxxxxx". So I was feeling a little apprehensive already.
When he was ready for me he was friendly and shook my hand. He looked over my chart and said "So what are we doing here?" I briefly shared how I felt about the new contacts, what was good and what was bad, and how my needing to move to bifocals was creating some new decision making for me.
I told him that I had agreed with Dr. Lin not to look at the strength of the sample pair when I put them in for my trial period, so I wouldn't make any presumptions or judgements (my words, not hers) and just see how they felt and worked out for a week. He literally rolled his eyes up and shook his head with a dismissive snicker. Then he snarked that since she was 'playing games' with me, I should probably see her, not him. Soooo weird! I told him specifically that I didn't feel like she was playing games *at all*, that I agreed to it and I thought it was smart. and that I really liked her. His response was "OK, whatever." Really???
When I told him that I was seeing long distance better with my trial contacts, but things up close were blurrier, he made some snotty comments about since I was nearsighted I should be able to figure out what that was. "A stronger prescription means you see better far away and not so well close-up. Weaker prescription means your vision is not so good far-off, and is better close-up. It's not that hard to figure out. If you're nearsighted and you know you're nearsighted...c'mon. (insert snicker) You're smarter than that!"
Well duhhh. That's why I was TRYING to discuss this with him, as well as using multi-focals instead. He said the cost was about twice as much as regular lenses (which is what I thought based on previous discussions with my Dr. years ago), and was trying to avoid. So we agreed I should wear this pair for one more week and come back and see Dr. Lin next weekend.
Then he said he was going to dilate my eyes, and I told him I wasn't going to be dilated because I'd had a reaction to drops before. He looked at my chart again and saw Dr. Lin's notes about this. Then he said "Oh c'mon! WHAT reaction? People think they have reactions all the time". I told him I'd felt nauseous and faint seconds after the drops hit my eyes. The Doctor I was with at the time had taken it quite seriously, and had me lay down. She had told me to avoid them in the future, and I had. Dr. Miller said "That was probably from the numbing agent, have you had a kid? Are you allergic to morphine or pain killers? You're just so sensitive."
Whaaaa? I told him I never said I was *allergic* to the eye drops, I said I had a *reaction* to them, and I don't know why. maybe it was dye. Who knows. And that Doctor seeing me told me NOT to use them in the future.
I was getting really mad now, so I said "Why are you gunning for me? What is this? I just met you and you're giving me crap!" He said "No, no, it's just that you have to make a choice, so that's up to you. See you ARE so sensitive!" (insert another snicker)
He then said that they can do air puff tests in lieu of dilation. I told him that his staff actually did the air puff test on my first visit. In his best Beavis and Butthead tone, eyebrows up: "I KNOWW that, it's MYY business." I was waiting for him to put his hand on his hip, snap his fingers and do chicken neck like a 16 year old gum-snapping girl. OMG.
Doctor Miller, I met you five minutes ago, and you sir, are a first class weenie.
That was it. I said "Okie Dokie, Thanks a bunch!" I stood up, grabbed my purse and started to the door. He started (I think) to try and reset the vibe, but I was clearly done.
See Doctor Lin. She is great. If you see Dr. Miller, better hope his panties aren't in a bunch. read more