The thing that amazed me the most is the turnover rate at which they do this. The average operation lasts about 10 minutes. It's like a fast food restaurant Would you like fries with your cornea?

Ah, youth. Amazed...or horrified? I'm, sorry, but I'm an old fart and I think I just need to check in to some spa somewhere in Arizona that can give a rubdown and make me more jaded.

If the [censored]-up rate is 5 percent -- 1 in 20 -- then I would expect 19 Lasik customers out of 20 to chime in one how well it worked out. Fair enough. But.....