Socializing after work in your scrubs

[klone]

Yuck! Who does this? So my husband and I are on a long weekend in Taos, NM. Friday night we were at a local bar listening to a band. In walk a group of women in their mid-twenties. They appeared to have just gotten off work, as they were all wearing scrubs. They hung out at the bar for several hours, drinking, shooting pool, dancing, flirting with men. Wearing their scrubs. Yuck! Of course, after having a couple beers, myself, I was tempted to approach them and ask if they knew how gross and unhygienic that was, but I'm not a big person, and these women were all somewhat large and could have broken me like kindling, and luckily I hadn't had so much to drink that I was that foolish (my husband, of course, bet me $5 to say something to them).

All I could think of all night was fomites!

[floridanurse1983]

I do stuff all the time after work in my scrubs. I'm not going home to change because I work in an office with absolutely NO chance of contamination.

You know what they say about "assuming" right?

[caliotter3]

Once worked at a small facility. One night when only a few of us showed up for work, we were joking with each other around the nurses station, before figuring out how the shift was going to end up being covered, that we should lock the place up, and go out on the town, dressed in our uniforms, and making certain that our facility name tags were clearly visible. The chance to negatively advertise our employer was not lost on us.

[Dazglue, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN]

So if you drive home....with your scrubs on...what about you car seat? Since a lot of people saying they don't let anyone in the houshold touch them, or they de-contaminate as soon as they walk in the door, do you not allow anyone to drive your car? Or touch the driver's seat? Just sayin'

[PediLove2147, BSN, RN]

But can we also agree that it is not a good idea to wear scrubs that have just endured a 12 hours shift out in public? Not to mention the SHOES. The shoes are wayyyyy more dirty than the scrubs.....

No. I take PUBLIC transportation home from work so unless I change after work I am going "out in public" and like I said before, I am not going to change before stopping at the grocery store because YOU think it is "not a good idea." I could care less, I get excited when people are in scrubs. I guess I am a sucker for the medical field.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Then you're lucky. My experience is usually a middle-aged man, with a pot belly sticking out from the bottom of his Harley Davidson tee, grimy sweats absolutely covered with some sort of animal fur and reeking of cigarettes, BO and a serious lack of Tide. Ick!

Holy mackerel, I guess I AM lucky...LOL....have seen some pretty yummy things wearing sweatpants. My advice is to stay closer to the gyms

[FlyingScot, RN]

Holy mackerel, I guess I AM lucky...LOL....have seen some pretty yummy things wearing sweatpants. My advice is to stay closer to the gyms

I'm also a gym rat but most of the guys wear shorts or track pants. THAT I can tolerate!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

How about this advertising for a new clothing label, maybe for my favorites, Land's End: "The Choice of Deranged DUI's Everywhere"?

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

I'm also a gym rat but most of the guys wear shorts or track pants. THAT I can tolerate!

Track pants = good

Sweat pants = bad

Nope, still don't see it.

[FlyingScot, RN]

You need to refer to my previous post.

[Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN]

Not applicable to the bar scenerio (at least let's hope not), but has anyone considered that the nurse in scrubs at the grocery store or gas station might be on his/her way TO work and not from work? We do work all sorts of insane hours, ya know. I often stopped off to pick up dinner on my way to my night shift (I was being optimistic that I might actually get to eat a lunch). Even if it is after a shift, it is not as if anyone is going around rubbing the mercandise on themselves. I would hazard a guess that the nurse's hands are way cleaner than the other people's in Walmart, so what is the big deal?

As far as sweatpants, call me trashy I guess. Wide leg sweats and yoga pants are pretty much a staple in my wardrobe. Who the heck cares?

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

You need to refer to my previous post.

Ah, I see it now You get to view Grimy, Icky Guy in sweats and haven't had the pleasure of clean eye candy in them! Poor thing :)

[vanburbian]

Then you're lucky. My experience is usually a middle-aged man, with a pot belly sticking out from the bottom of his Harley Davidson tee, grimy sweats absolutely covered with some sort of animal fur and reeking of cigarettes, BO and a serious lack of Tide. Ick!

I see you know my last blind date....