((Did she say 12 letters? I see 8… I don’t see another line 4 anywhere… oh well maybe I heard that part wrong))

“Z…D….R….”

“No ma’am, line 4.”

**squints and mentally counts the lines, checking it with the actual NUMBER “4″**

“Z…D…R…”

“No, you need to read line 4 please”

((Is she on crack? It’s clear as day. Those ARE the letters on line 4))

“Umm… that *is* line 4…”

Then the lines that are lit up switch to a different set.

“Sorry, that should be better.”

((Gee thanks))

**reads from the first column**

“Z…O…L…C…”

**reads from the second column**

“S…N…. R… Z…”

((Ok, that went fine. They’re pretty small, I hope she doesn’t have me read the smaller line))

“Read all 12 letters please.”

((One, two, three, four… eight…))

“There’s only 8.”

“There are letters in the right column. What are they?”

**squints trying to make out even a blur of color that might be letters but sees only white**

“I don’t see any letters there.”

“Is your hair in the way?”

**moves all the hair from my face**

((Maybe they’re white letters… maybe faint faint pale peachy white colored letters…))

“No, I don’t see any letters.”

“Are your glasses for distance or reading?”

“Distance… and reading… I see no letters in the right column at all.”

((holy shit have I lost some sort of weird sight?? I can’t see ANYthing in the right column… oh my God what if I can’t get my driver’s license renewed???))

“What are the colors on line 3?”

((Oh good, she’s moving on. This is easy.))

“Green, Red, Red, Yellow”

“There’s a red light at the bottom of the screen…”

**looks at the little red light**

((Phew… another easy one))

“Is it inside or outside the white box?”

((WHITE BOX??? FUCK!!! I CAN’T SEE A WHITE BOX EITHER!!!))

**tries to reply calmly**

“Umm… I don’t see a white box…”

All other lights on the little screen get turned off so the red light is the ONLY thing on the screen.

**squints and unsquints, trying to refocus… trying to control my breathing**

((maybe it’s little itty bitty white box so close to the little red light that it blurs together))

“I don’t see a white box at ALL”

Suddenly… from out of freaking nowhere… appears a bright bold white box.

“OH!! There it is!”

“There. That might help. Sorry, I had those things turned off because the person before you had eye problems”

**breathes a huge sigh of relief, panting, as the adrenalin releases its hold on me**

((Thank GOD!!!!))

“The red light is INSIDE the white box! And the right column says C….Z….R…O”

“That will be $25″

Yeah, nothing like your driving future flashing before your eyes… or NOT