Walmart Vision Center

This Vision Center houses the office of optometrist Laura Vodopivec, whom I can’t quite tell is either really nice or really good at pretending to be nice. Regardless, she is fairly good at her job and very efficient, all the while making time for her patients.
The reason I chose to get my eye exams done here is because the other optometrists in the area (notably, those in Willimantic) said I would have to wait MONTHS to get an appointment as a new patient. Appointments with Dr. Vodopivec, on the other hand, can usually be made a week in advance, which was especially shocking, given that that Dr. Vodopivec only works part-​time.
The staff at this office is kind of… weird. One guy is aggressively friendly, while another woman doesn’t really talk at all unless you initiate the conversation.
Given my insurance co-​pay, I only had to pay $ 20 for the eye exam itself, but the contact lens fitting cost me a whopping $ 70. I’m not sure if this is on-​par with the typical cost of a contact lens fitting, but it certainly did a pillaging on my wallet. (A note about the contact lens fitting: If you are «prescribed» to wear a new type of contact lens, you’ll have to come in again a week later for Dr. Vodopivec to check to see if the contacts feel okay. You won’t get charged for this additional visit, though.)
Overall, this place is okay. Not anything to write home about, but it got the job done.