Socializing after work in your scrubs

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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!

You guys are getting off track again. We're talking about partying in scrubs now -- focus, people, focus!!! Now I say you just can't be sexy in scrubs --- unless you're a guy. Oh yeahhhh.... a scrub-wearing young man with a nice smile and a stethoscope can always make me say....yes, you can take my vitals any time.....

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Specializes in ICU.

So, after work today, after sitting in the conference room with no patient contact in scrubs, I stopped in this shopping center on the way home and went into a fro-yo place in my scrubs, then thought I would take a walk while eating. What did I see when I walked past a gym? A bunch of derranged guys inside!!! I mean they must be derranged, because they were wearing SWEATS.

I ran like H ell I tell you....

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.
I see you know my last blind date....

I am truly sorry.

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Specializes in PACU.
Holy poop! Is this a joke?

Let's make sure I've got this right: Women in sweat pants = "trash". Oops, I mean, they look "trashy". Men in sweat pants = probably "deranged or under the influence".

Please tell me I misunderstood those comments, you guys. I'm begging you all to tell me I just read that wrong. I can't believe someone could be that judgmental of others about what they wear. No, wait, I can believe it. Someone in this situation seems "deranged", but it certainly isn't the guy who goes out in his sweats.

I may indeed be deranged (actually, I probably am). But I'm not the type of deranged that I associate with sweat pants on men in public.

I don't judge people based exclusively (or even primarily) on their clothes, particularly if they're appropriate to the situation. For example, a fit man who's been exercising might legitimately be wearing sweats. In my experience it's usually unwashed 300+ lb dudes, or "homeless" dudes approaching to ask for money for meth, who wear sweats in public places, with the exception of en route to and from the gym. Perhaps there's some regional variation, but among men I know it's taboo to wear sweats in public.

I honestly don't know anything about women's fashion. So long as a woman's pannus is concealed I don't really care what she's wearing, other than perhaps if I notice that it's, ah, flattering. :loveya: I will say that I am traumatized from seeing a 400 lb woman in a bikini in a wal-mart. :barf01:At least it wasn't a 400 lb dude in a bikini.

Is my having an opinion about the appearance of a certain piece of apparel really that distressing? Don't you think certain things look certain ways? Perhaps if you saw me in my somewhat preppy clothes you'd think "wow, that dude looks like a dork."

We all have opinions on certain matters. I accept that others may choose to have different fashion opinions, and I'll overlook just about anything if someone acts in a matter appropriate to the circumstances. Being honest, kind, polite, etc. to people is what really counts.

Cheers.

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Perpetual Student:

My problem with the sweat pants comment was that it was such a broad generalization. You said you wear preppy clothes. I wouldn't think you're a dork, but if I were to say, "That guy's probably a stuck-up d-bag because all I've ever seen are total d-bags wearing preppy clothes like that," I'm sure you'd have something to say about it. I could be wrong and you might be a nice guy who just happens to like the style. Just because you commonly see people who you think look trashy or people who are "deranged or under the influence" wearing sweat pants, it's not really fair to associate everyone in sweat pants with that image. That's all I meant. The way your comment was worded just rubbed me the wrong way.

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Specializes in Trauma, Emergency.

I don't see why a nurse after work in scrubs is any grosser than a business person who's shaken hands with 30 people, been on two air planes, and pulled his pants down to poop in 2 public restrooms in the period of a day... Yes, we visibly encounter grossness. But there is a LOT of VERY transient, invisible, virulent, transmissible stuff out there too. If you're that opposed to germs, you're the one who should consider avoiding the bar- germs aren't limited to people in scrubs.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

perpetual student,

where i live, much of the population lives in sweats, jeans, etc. after work. my husband and our male friends and neighbors look snappy and preppy all day, but they change when they get home. our neighbors are mds, lawyers, phds, etc. not what one would generally think of as a down and out bunch. bluemushroom and i just objected to your hasty generalization. how people dress in their off hours varies greatly according to region.

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Well if "Ted Eck of Pine" thinks it's bad... I mean, he's head of the CDC? An infection control nurse? Oh, a random newspaper reader. Well I'm convinced!!

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Specializes in CICU.
Well if "Ted Eck of Pine" thinks it's bad... I mean, he's head of the CDC? An infection control nurse? Oh, a random newspaper reader. Well I'm convinced!!

Lawdy, if folks have to change going to and from smoke breaks... I might was well just carry their phones the whole dang shift.

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"...So long as a woman's pannus is concealed I don't really care what she's wearing..." says Perpetual Student. The medical dictionary definition didn't enlighten me at all, so I looked up pannus in the Urban Dictionary. Eeewwww, the mental image..... **icon of me barfing**

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it is not as if anyone is going around rubbing the mercandise on themselves.

Is that the definition of "fomiting all over town"?

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This is absolutely unprofessional and unhygenic. One of the most stressed topics in hygene class was how to properly wash your hands and to shower and change right after shift. Oh and to never ever wear your work shoes in the house. Common sense when you consider what us health professionals come into contact with on a daily basis.

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