It's very difficult to straighten up when you're standing on them.
Years back in MO to buy a pistol we had to have two letters on letterhead stationery as character references with the application to purchase to the sheriff. I went my family Dr and asked for one. He wrote it out on an Rx pad for me. The Deputy said he never got one that way before.
This is reality. I have a small Blind Society company nearby. With the improvement of medicine, some workers underwent operations that restore or improve vision. And one elderly man was extremely disappointed with his wife's appearance - "I thought she was prettier." And he has already lived with her for many years, the children are adults...