Cowboy Boots

[Perfect Hair Day]

Anyone else wear cowboy boots on the wards? Do you get funny looks / snide comments from attendings? Super comfortable and great arch support for standing around all day - OR, ED, OB/Gyn.

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[flightnurse2MD]

Anyone else wear cowboy boots on the wards? Do you get funny looks / snide comments from attendings? Super comfortable and great arch support for standing around all day - OR, ED, OB/Gyn.

Yippie ki yay mutha f@#ker....

 

[Perfect Hair Day]

Yippie ki yay mutha f@#ker....

Exhibit's A through Z, everyone...

 

[Kobe Bryant 23]

If you are out west, then it is fine.


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[Staphylococcus Aureus]

I've seen a doc rock them, even with scrubs, but you need a minimal amount of actual cowboy cred. You will look like a fool if you've never ridden a horse or even worked outside.

 

[Rekt]

Exhibit's A through Z, everyone...

If that little joke hurts your feelings, then you're not man enough to wear them.

 

[popopopop]

I worked with an older trauma surgeon that does this. He was a badass for sure.

 

[Perfect Hair Day]

If that little joke hurts your feelings, then you're not man enough to wear them.

Sticks and stones will break my bones, BUT WORDS WILL HURT FOREVER

 

[Fission Chips]

Most of the Uro residents at my school wear them. They do get pissed on a lot though.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Yes but the rule of thumb is you must be a badass.

 

[Perfect Hair Day]

Yes but the rule of thumb is you must be a badass.

Confidently can say I've got more grit than most of the soft handed attendings I've worked with.


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[deleted480308]

Those boots better not be shiny new. Boots should have seen dirt

 

[Staphylococcus Aureus]

 

[Saxappeal1]

Pulling. Them. Off.

 

[Saxappeal1]

Sticks and stones will break my bones, BUT WORDS WILL HURT FOREVER

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[tiedyeddog]

I wear them outside the OR.


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[coldcase331]

Anyone else wear cowboy boots on the wards? Do you get funny looks / snide comments from attendings? Super comfortable and great arch support for standing around all day - OR, ED, OB/Gyn.

Would depend on where you are. Midwest+south would probably be ok. Can't imagine the northeast or west coast not giving you **** for wearing them.

And make sure they are a nice pair, like the $120+ kind.

 

[Crayola227]

Would depend on where you are. Midwest+south would probably be ok. Can't imagine the northeast or west coast not giving you **** for wearing them.

And make sure they are a nice pair, like the $120+ kind.

the northwest wouldn't care if they are nice and just generally go with your whole aesthetic

 

[Staphylococcus Aureus]

Like mustaches, men's jewelry, bow ties, etc. if you are badass you can pull it off with no questions asked. If you are a tool you will be treated as such.

 

[NickNaylor]

In Texas (where I am), wearing boots isn't a super uncommon thing, though I'll admit that it's been a while since I've seen someone wearing them. Here, though, boots can be a pretty big deal, and a nice pair of boots can run north of $1000. Depending on the style, they can be perfectly appropriate clinical attire.

 

[SpecializedSurgeon]

Our residents get them as gifts when they go out to a private practice rotation run by a bunch of our graduates in their PGY4 year.
Wearing them is fully accepted, sometimes encouraged as they tend to be high-end, although most wear cheaper boots as nobody wants to get their nice ones bloodied up

 

[Styrene]

Where do you guys live? I'm in NY, and I've never seen anyone in a professional setting wear them. In fact, I didn't even know it could be done.

 

[SpecializedSurgeon]

Where do you guys live? I'm in NY, and I've never seen anyone in a professional setting wear them. In fact, I didn't even know it could be done.

Texas (no surprise)

 

[Perfect Hair Day]

Where do you guys live? I'm in NY, and I've never seen anyone in a professional setting wear them. In fact, I didn't even know it could be done.

Florida

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Where do you guys live? I'm in NY, and I've never seen anyone in a professional setting wear them. In fact, I didn't even know it could be done.

Pretty much any state between the coasts will have docs that wear them to varying degrees

 

[t5Nitro]

Some Lucchese will look nice. Go for it.

 

[Keladry]

Where do you guys live? I'm in NY, and I've never seen anyone in a professional setting wear them. In fact, I didn't even know it could be done.

As a premed, I shadowed a doc in NYC who wore them with suits. He just hated dress clothes in general, though, so he did everything he could to wear what he liked that was still technically within the hospital's dress code.

 

[ortnakas]

I've seen an ortho resident who wears them (Great Lakes area), but as a student I don't know if you can pull them off without being "that guy."

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

I've seen an ortho resident who wears them (Great Lakes area), but as a student I don't know if you can pull them off without being "that guy."

Probably depends on the state, wouldn't be surprised if students got away with it in places like Texas or OK.

 

[Donald Juan]

Like mustaches, men's jewelry, bow ties, etc. if you are badass you can pull it off with no questions asked. If you are a tool you will be treated as such.

Did you seriously just put mustaches in the same category as bow ties and jewelry???

 

[Staphylococcus Aureus]

Did you seriously just put mustaches in the same category as bow ties and jewelry???

I don't see the intent of your question, they're all examples of pulling it of being contingent on the bearer. You've never seen a badass with a mustache compared to a fop who's shaved around his upper lip for two weeks?

 

[Donald Juan]

I don't see the intent of your question, they're all examples of pulling it of being contingent on the bearer. You've never seen a badass with a mustache compared to a fop who's shaved around his upper lip for two weeks?

We all know that a sweet stache can be a way to show off ones rugged masculinity, and women find them irresistible. I can't imagine a bowtie doing the same.