YSK That many people with a disability consider their aides (wheelchair, etc.) an extension of themselves. You should ask before touching or moving them.

[u/LtSoundwave]

Read this article and was surprised to hear how many people struggle with this. Even if you are trying to help, you should ask first.

www.bbc.com/news/disability-49584591

[u/indiggitably]

It's obviously not the same kind of disability, but I'm super short sighted and if you touch my glasses without asking your kneecaps are forfeit.

[u/Axelma → u/indiggitably]

Same for me. I hate it when people ask if they can try them on as if they're a toy. For me these glasses are my eyes. I can't do anything without them.

[u/iktnl → u/Axelma]

I usually don't mind, but some people then proceed to grab the fucking lenses.

Still don't understand how they think this is a decent way to grab glasses, do they also smear their sunglasses with fingerprints?

[u/Eclania → u/iktnl]

I do not have a vision problem, but I love my sunglasses and I can't even fathom how someone thinks it's okay to put their greasy mitts on the lenses of any kind of glasses. I think the one I hate the most is when people put folded up glasses lenses down like whatever rough ass surface they put them down on can't scratch the absolute shit out of the lenses.

[u/sycamotree → u/Axelma]

Eh, I mean I don't like when people take them without permission but I usually don't care if people ask to put them on. Sometimes irritating when they look and say "wow you really are blind". I'm aware of how bad my eyesight is lol.

[u/[deleted] → u/sycamotree]

I have a bad habit of this. I only do it to friends. I find it interesting to see how the differant lenses impact vision. It's kinda trippy. Especially if someone has differant strengths for each eye.

I think it's also handy to gain a bit of perspective. My vision wearing your glasses may be a good estimation of your vision sans said glasses. So I know when you are wandering around looking for them I need to get up and help because you literally cannot see them on your own (like my sister) and not becuase you loose everything that isn't bolted into your head (like my mother who can see fine enough without them and just needs them for reading).

Maybe I'm a lazy bastard but I'm not jumping up out of my seat to help my mom track down her glasses. She can find them herself and looses them at least once a day (thank god she switched to contacts). My sister on the other hand looses them about once a month and if they are not in the usual places is plain unable to find them and actually needs help.

[u/sycamotree → u/[deleted]]

I'm not legally blind or anything so I wouldn't really need assistance finding my glasses. Or if I do it'd be more on account of my ADHD, not my glasses lol.

[u/grumpyfatguy → u/Axelma]

LPT: don't hate when people ask, hate when they don't.

I wear glasses and don't mind when somebody asks to try them on. Sometimes people just want to compare prescriptions, or girls are being mildly flirty, or a million other friendly reasons.

You are not me, so if it bothers you just learn to say "no" politely, because we live in a society and that is something we do.

[u/[deleted] → u/indiggitably]

Good luck getting hold of my kneecaps without your glasses.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

What?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

imagine not wearing your glasses and posting to the wrong thread

[u/tydestra → u/indiggitably]

I only take my glasses off to sleep/shower so I treat myself to really nice, usually expensive frames because its like getting a really nice pair of sneakers/purse except its on my face most of the time.

I will absolutely kick someone in their shin if they grab my glasses without asking.

[u/indiggitably → u/tydestra]

Right, exactly. I gotta wear these pretty much every waking moment of the day. They're basically part of my face, of course I'm gonna shell out for nice frames.