Short story - Distance vision test

Distance vision test
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Going to the ophthalmologist after almost 17 years of laser treatment was an adventure in itself. 

For Rohit, it's the one thing he disliked to hear, that you have to start wearing spectacles again.

How much he wished he had not gone there. Such a painstaking experience.

In rows and rows of patients he too was made to sit, one staff from nowhere appears and pour eye drops to dilate, to make  his pupils larger. The doctor can examine once it's done,

After almost 30 minutes, again they poured eye drops.

Sitting there for almost an hour, waiting for his turn. Eyes filled with tears, can't even clearly see the person sitting next.

Another staff wearing white shirt and trousers started calling out patients name! 5 were called and still his name was not in the list.

What a pity! He thought, I have meetings to attend, clients are waiting for calls. Where am I stuck!

After a couple of minutes, she walked towards him and told him, "please meet me at room number 18".

He was so annoyed, where am I going to find your room, huh?

But no one was there to respond, she had gone back to her room. Completely ignoring his tantrums.

He somehow reached room number 18 which was exactly opposite room where he was sitting. All he has to do was to turn around and walk. Instead he walked through the entire corridor and hit the wall and turned all the way back, finally he entered room number 18.

Well, Rohit, please sit down.

She brought the device closer, to  have a refraction test to check his vision. A refraction test is when the patient look through a device with different lenses at an eye chart about 20 feet away to find out any vision difficulties.

Placing different lenses she asked him to read. Like a preschooler he started to read.

He kept on reading with different lenses, sweating and trying to wipe his sweat.

Looking into his brown eyes, she was wondering why on earth it never occurred to him that he should have paid a visit!

Muttering to herself she called another senior colleague of hers. Just to make sure the *patient* need extra tests.

Finally she showed few more and declared his fate!

Sir, you need reading glasses!

Oh, really?

He felt relieved, its only reading glasses, that literally means his vision is intact. He need to wear the reading glasses only when he read or work on his computer.