An eye-opening experience at the eye doctor last week [View all]
Had a little liquid filled bubble on my eye lid so I went to the eye doctor to have him drain it with a syringe.
While there started some small talk with the doctor and he asked me how long I have had one lazy eye. Told him that I have had it since I was a born. Told him my parents never did get it repaired and by the time I had gotten older and asked my own eye doctor about having it repaired then it was too late. I was told that after 20 years of that muscle trying to keep that eye straight it had become stronger than it should actually be. He told me he could straighten it out but because that eye muscle is now so strong there is a very good chance it would tend to pull that eye to far the other direction after the surgery. So I left it alone.
Last week this new eye doctor inquired where I worked while he was working on me. Told him I was retired from Ford. He said I looked young. Told him I hired in at Ford when I was still in high school and took the 30 And Out soon as I could.
He acted kind of befuddled by that and I asked him why? He said companies are no longer hiring someone with the eye defect I had since birth. Said they will only hire the cream of the crop now days. He said people with the eye defect I have I wouldn't have had a chance at getting a good job in today's job market.
That was a startling thing to hear. Just something I have been thinking about.
Don
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