If you're wearing sunglasses when you're out, do you take them off when going into a store or do you keep them on?

Yes.

You let people see your eyes so you can talk and put them at ease. What are you, a cop in Alabama whose authoritah someone needs to respect?

On.

I'm blind as hell without my glasses and I never remember to bring my extra pair so if I'm wearing my sunglasses they stay on no matter what. If it was only going to be a few minutes I wouldn't swap even if I had my normal pair.

I never understood the "sunglasses indoors in douchey" thing anyway.

I don't get it either. If people wear sunglasses, whether inside or outside, they chose to wear them for a reason. Even if the reason is just "forgot to take them off". No one's deliberately wearing sunglasses to be rude to you...

I haven prescription sunglasses. Generally I don’t wear them inside, occasionally I’ll forget that I have them until after I’m in the store though. My eyesight without glasses is terrible so I leave them on. Sorry if I look like an asshole but I would have trouble navigating my way and finding what I need without them.

Transition lenses are great. Try them for your next pair. They do lag a few seconds transitioning back to transparent when going indoors.
- They kinda suck for driving though, because they don't turn dark inside a car.
- They take ~2 minutes to go from dark to light and most don't ever go perfectly clear so there is always a super slight tint.
  They go dark super fast though.. like 10 seconds.

Depends how long I'm gonna be in there and how well I can see with them on. Well lit? In and out? They stay.

I take them off because I can’t see shit.

I feel like it’s fine. I don’t know, I would maybe stare an extra second at the person wearing sunglasses. But really, who cares? Do what feels comfortable for you. At least here in the States, we are way past anachronistic rules like taking your sunglasses off indoors.

Manners. Maketh. Man.
- Oops am blind and wear sunglasses inside. That makes me incapable of having manners. /s

There are 2 types of people who wear sunglasses indoors: the blind, and assholes. - Larry David

I just slide ‘em up on top of my head if it’s like, more than 2 minutes but less than an hour, especially in the summer.

I think the stereotype is douchebag because people don't think about all the possible legit reasons. I wear them when I have a migraine, often even at home. You could also wear them because they're prescription and you forgot the other pair at home. Or you simply forgot you have them on in the first place. We shouldn't judge but people like to judge. And they mostly judge douchebag because maybe more people wear shades indoors as an effort to build a personality around their empty shell of a self.

I have prescription sunglasses, and occasionally forget I'm wearing them. But I try not to wear them in a store.

Same. I occasionally happen to leave the house with only sunglasses and then I’ve got no other choice if I want to look at a menu behind a counter or somesuch. I still tend to take them off first inside and then go through this little dance in front of the staff where I theatrically put them on in an attempt to ensure that everyone understands my predicament. I’m British after all.

I wear clipons, because I need prescription glasses, and having to swap from prescription glasses to prescription sunglasses back and forth multiple times a day is an ADHD recipe for losing an expensive pair of glasses.

I take my clipons off indoors though, but that's mostly because it's really hard to see indoors with them on :P

Any advice for choosing clip ons? I'm in the same boat
- Flip up ones, as long as you're not vain (which you aren't with clipons anyway), solve this problem nicely. Go for polarized, oleophobic too...

I have photophobia, so I leave mine on. Though recently, I've started wearing blue blockers, and those also help with my light sensitivity.

You should wear them at night so everyone knows how cool you are. For even extra cool points, you can smoke and do drugs.

I wear it to cover my bloodshot eyes.
I can smoke and do drugs IN the store, right?
- It's the law that you have to.
I do because at night the street lights are way too bright... Yes people look at me weirdly 😂

I mean I used to wear sunglasses at work at my desk because everything in the office was just too damned bright. Same with a restaurant job for about 2 hours of sunset when the light streamed in the windows.

Who cares what people think? Protect your eyes and do whatever you like when entering a store. As long as you can see fine, it doesn’t matter.

Whenever I see someone with sunglasses inside, I always chalk it up to a) not being arsed to remove them, b) light-sensitivity due to migraine/hangover, or c) being on some sort of drug (sunglasses = invisibility cloak/comfort blanket for some folks).

All of these are totally valid. Douchey is as douchey does, if folks are acting polite/keeping to themselves I don't judge.

Here 's one more. I wear glasses for my bad eyesight. I have sunglasses that have the same value of correction. Sometimes, in the summer, when I'm out and I don't think I'll go inside anywhere, I leave my normal glasses are home.
So then, when you stop unexpected for groceries, you look like a douchebag with your sun glasses on, but you can't really take them off because you don't see shit without them.

I have see-through sunglasses, because they are specially made for my eyes. I can’t take them off inside because then i cant see well. But thats exactly why i opted for see-through glasses, so people can still see my eyes. They aren’t hidden :)

I believe that makes a difference to people, they just want to be able to see your eyes :)

I dunno if you know this but everyone has see- through sunglasses... otherwise they'd be called sunwalls. ;)

Barring any eye issues, I remove them always when speaking to people. I find it disrespectful to speak without making visible eye-contact.

What i hate is when someone gets offended i don't initially recognise them when they've got half their face covered.
Take the fucken glasses off and say hi properly you awkward ass bastards! I got shit to do, and i don't need to feel bad for the next half hour because you made me squint to recognise who the fuck you are!
- Pretty sure people usually try to avoid you

Usually take mine off. Though there are times I forget I'm even wearing them.

Depends on how long I'm inside, how dark the store is and how much of a fuck I give on a given day. I do think that most people think it's rude/douchey/etc., but I'm not convinced that I should care about that kind of moralizing of etiquette (though I do care, to various degrees, what people think of me).

It's somewhat harder to see inside with sunglasses, but I, too, wear prescription glasses so it's a bit of a hassle to change to normal glasses.

Depends

I'll probably take my sunglasses off inside because it's going to be hard to see.

If the inside is as bright as the outside, then I might be inclined to keep them on.

Under 5 minutes it isn’t

Especially if it’s a small store/ gas station

On. But I have phototropic glasses 😁

I always take them off because I find it rude to keep them on.

I have two of the same pair of glasses, one with normal clear prescription lenses, and the other with prescription lenses that are tinted brown and polarized. I often forget to switch them out because the sunglasses make everything look so damn good, but I carry them both with me and usually switch to my clear glasses if I’m indoors for more than a minute. But if I pop into a gas station or something for 30 seconds then I’m definitely not taking them off.

I never take sunglasses off inside, unless there's an actual reason (like not enough light, or if I need to see colors correctly when shopping). There's always too much light everywhere, it's always too bright, and it's even worst at night because of the contrast between the darkness and the blinding lampposts. So light sunglasses everywhere.

As a bonus, that way I never have to bother with eye contact. Couldn't care less if people think it's rude: if I took the sunglasses off I'd inevitably forget to make eye contact and they would think it was rude anyway. Fuck eye contact.

Clip ons, I don't always remember they're on if it's bright out, but I usually take them off

Not because it's douchey, but because it's harder to see.

I remove my hat and sunglasses because I was taught it is polite to do so.

"OMG that guy with his hat on is so fucking offensive"
Hat I do sunglasses I don’t depending on how much light hurts my eyes that day.

if I'm high and it's bright in there im keeping my vibe thanks

If I don't remember to take them off in my car(or I'm just feeling carefree) then Ill wear them inside because as long as it's well-lit I can see better with my prescription sunglasses. If it's dim then I do that thing wear I lift them slightly to peak out from under them to focus on important visual details like prices.

Off. I'll likely need to switch to readers.

I just bought some cheap sunglass readers! $5 at Dollar Tree.

A few years ago, I went out and brought myself a nice pair of perscription sunglasses, trouble was I didn’t have any spare cash to buy regular glasses. So, for about 2-3 years I had shades on everywhere I went, day or night. What I noticed is that if you’re confident enough people don’t really mind or act any different. Now that I have both, I easily keep the sunglasses on without noticing and there is no fuss usually unless I go into a bank or something.

Reaction lenses that take 10 minutes to calm down if I even glance at a window.

My solution? Dig deeper into the basement, tape up the windows and stare at a screen at all timea

I don't use reaction glasses simply because they don't work in cars due to the UV filtering in modern glass, so I have prescription sunglasses and often forget the clear ones so if I'm out and about they're staying on otherwise I can't see or read.

Indoor lighting with sunglasses on is too dim for my tastes. Alternatively, my shades might be too dark. I'll put them in my bag or on the brim of my hat, if one or the other are available.

Take them off and replace them with my regular glasses. I need to see

I like to wear them in places with fluorescent lighting, but some people really get uncomfortable with that. Sometimes I imagine they must be feeling the same thing I feel when I need to make eye contact during a long conversation

It's really nice to see the imperative for eye contact making other people uncomfortable for once because they can't see your eyes 😈
Fuck eye contact.

i keep em on because i have autism and eye contact is hard

Holy shit. I never realized that this could actually bother people. I thought the jokes about it were based in the same place that jokes about popped collars are.

i always take them off when i'm talking to someone inside, it's rude not to imo. or if not quite rude then certainly weird/bad vibes

Depends on the sunglasses. Sometimes I'll put them up on my head, sometimes I keep them on. I use them to deal with light sensitivity so they're occasionally handy indoors.

I keep 2-3 shades on me of varying darkness at any time. Usually I'm wearing light rose-tinted ones.

I wear mine inside but I also have those ones with speakers in them so I always take them when I'm speaking to people either way.

I just push them on over my head, and rare I hang them in my shirt.

I take 'em off. The inside of a building is glare-free enough.