Glasses: the most defining feature of a nerd.

One of the most annoying things about being a nerd is needing glasses. Some people like glasses because they remind them of sexy secretaries, or because they make them look smarter, or because they're like another accessory that can complete an outfit. Personally I hate them, and am of the view that they are really bloody ugly. Not only this, but they can be inconvenient at times. When it rains, they get droplets of water on them and it gets hard to see, much like being on the inside of a car with no windscreen wipers. When it's cold, they fog up with every breath taken. Even steam from hot food fogs up the lenses, making the world appear even more obscured than it does without glasses.

Since wearing glasses, I've developed a slight fear of looking down, in case my glasses slip off, which has happened a stupidly huge amount of times. As much as they feel as fixated as any other facial feature, they're actually not. Luckily they have never fallen off whilst looking down a stairwell (probably because now I'm afraid to look down, even when I'm not wearing glasses, because I forget that I'm not wearing them). Speaking of stairwells, once upon a time I locked myself in one and had to call someone to rescue me, because the door was locked from the inside but open from the outside.

I think the moral of the story is to avoid stairwells at all costs. Never look down one, never look up one, never look directly at one and then walk closer to it and have the door shut behind you. Be lazy and use an escalator instead.