[masklinn]

> I am unfairly taking the inference from what you said that opticians are somehow 'fake'.

Opticians are equivalent to pharma techs (or dental hygienists as dogma1138 noted), could you be thinking about optometrists (sometimes called Ophthalmic Opticians in the UK)?

[barking]

Probably, I wouldnt know which is which. I have been very impressed any time I've had my eyes checked.