The College of Optometrists

I was thinking, for fun, how all the optical knowledge can be reduced to a few simple laws. My tutors at college never told me these - I learned the hard way!

The most important being

KISS - keep it safe and simple

Murphy's Law - expect the unexpected to happen unexpectedly, or is it what can go wrong - WILL!

Less is More - never give the whole whack - if you get get away with less.

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Don't fix which isn't broke !

Do unto others before they do unto you.

The cost of a product or its urgency will always be directly related to the probability of it being lost in the post.

If a Px walks in with a bag full of glasses which they are unhappy with the chances are you will add to the collection.

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Don't change the shpere by more than +/-0.75, the cyln by more than +/-0.50 the axis by more than 10 degrees; and NEVER reduce the add

never do anything without arranging an escape route.

clinically that means when ever you do -work out before hand how to proceed if it goes wrong.

business, it means don't stick the neck out - or sign anything without without a get out clause being added.

Never offer to do a quick adjustment: The frame will always break

If the only excuse for not doing a test is that you can't be arsed, then do it.

A picture paints a thousand words. A badly drawn diagram works wonders when explaining anything slightly technical.

& remember the family motto

"illegitimus non carborundum"

A quick look always takes an hour and an emergency referral.