I love small businesses! While some can be very bad, many are extremely good, and almost all are distinctive.
In the last few weeks I had the opportunity to visit a small business that was so friendly and helpful that I decided to give them a plug here. The business is Meerhoff Optica at the corner of España and Saramiento.
The manager waited on me personally, and spoke a goodly amount of English. I purchased 4 sets of new lenses and one pair of new frames. Without asking, he offered me a discount because of the size of my purchase. He also gave me without charge a new temple for my main pair of glasses as I had managed to break them for the second time.
I left all but one pair with them and he promised to call me when everything was ready. Amazingly he did, about a week later.
When I went it to pick up the glasses I was given the same care and greeted with the same friendliness as before. Additionally, the quality of the lenses was excellent (I am really picky about that because I use progressive bifocals and photogrey lenses)!
One of the very best things about living in Uruguay is the friendliness of its people–and the people at Meerhoff were an excellent example.
