Scrubs and Such

After seven years of wearing scrubs five days a week I was really excited when I heard that standard dental school attire was business casual. I was so excited I started immediately looking at all of the dress clothes at TJ Maxx and picking out what I absolutely needed.  Well that was short lived.  Merely four weeks in I was stopped as I promenaded down the hall in my favorite loafers and informed that as we would be in the lab that afternoon appropriate attire was scrubs. What? Already?  Oh yes, and it gets better.  At least at work I had nice black carhartt scrubs with clever things like pockets and a zip fly.  Here it’s back to the dark ages.  We were required to purchase from the student store, burgundy scrubs with no pockets, no fly, and a drawstring that you have to untie at the risk of dropping your drawers to the floor every time you go to the bathroom.  Anyway I dropped those like they were hot (and by that I mean I returned them to the store, not that I may or may not have lost my grip on them while standing at a urinal).  I found some unapproved scrubs in the same color with pockets, zipper, and elastic and while not thrilled with the situation, am considerably more comfortable.  Even flint likes them.