In order to get stuff for my contacts, even the simple all-in-one type that I use, I have to go to an "Optik." This is irritating. Contact fluid is just like any other commodity in the U.S. and it can be found in any supermarket. But here in Germany this is not the case. I'm wondering if this "Optik" thing is a holdover from the middle ages, when goods and services were partitioned by guild; maybe the "Optik" is the present-day equivalent of the eyeball guild. Or something.
Posted by Alan at September 18, 2002 07:16 PM