Saturday, October 07, 2006

Salt Lake Sees Lack of Eye Doctors

SALT LAKE CITY--Residents of the expanding metropolitan area of the Salt Lake Valley are feeling the effects of growth from increased commute time, more construction, busier stores and post offices and now a longer wait time for services such as optometry.

"I called a month ago to go see an eye doctor," said Bryan Bryner, attorney in Salt Lake. "I need new contacts bad," he said. Friends say that Bryan has needed new contacts for awhile.

"At first I thought he was just a really bad softball player," commented his roommate Chad Nelson, "I mean he would strike out.....in softball and we're pitching to our own team."

"We just wanted to put Bryan into right field," said his friend Rocky who wished to remain ananamous. "I mean, who hits it to right field?"

"I noticed that he may be having problems when he continues to run the dishwasher on clean dishes that I have just ran," said his brother Garth. "And when I showed him the shelves we built in the basement, he stood with his back to the shelves and facing the concrete basement wall telling me they look great."

Other witnesses in the area have reported Bryan stumbling down the front porch steps, tripping on the sidewalk and trying to open up other residents' Ford trucks in the morning to get to work.

"I have an appointment for October sometime, but I can't seem to find where I wrote down the doctor's phone number to confirm the appointment," he commented.

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