Scrub Pants HATE Thread

[Deferoxamine]

Dear Scrub Pants,

Thank you for having pretty much no pockets, except for one about 2 inches away from my butt crack. Lovely.

Thanks to you, I spend hours each day on the floors fantasizing over how many extra pockets I can sew onto my white coat, or how many layers of cargo pants I could smuggle into the OR underneath the scrub pants - I'm guessing 5 layers would probably raise an eyebrow.

And thank you for being utterly useless at retaining any of my body heat. I might as well just dress myself in Charmin Ultra - far more practical, and probably cheaper.

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[Knicks]

I have about 5-6 pockets on my scrub pants.

What brand you using, bro?

 

[cyclohexanol]

I also have 5-6 pockets on mine, and a zipper fly ftw. Check out the landau cargo scrub pants. 👍

 

[Rogue Synapse]

Those are useful for places that allow you to bring in your own scrub pants from outside. We're only allowed to wear fresh scrubs provided by the hospital in the OR.

 

[SLUser11]

Dear Scrub Pants,

Thank you for having pretty much no pockets, except for one about 2 inches away from my butt crack. Lovely.

I'm trying to envision this. So, you don't have the standard back-left or back-right pocket? Do you suffer from an asymmetric butt crack?

Thanks to you, I spend hours each day on the floors fantasizing over how many extra pockets I can sew onto my white coat, or how many layers of cargo pants I could smuggle into the OR underneath the scrub pants - I'm guessing 5 layers would probably raise an eyebrow.

That seems like a weird fantasy. What exactly are you going to put in all those pockets? What do you really need in your pockets that a white coat plus scrub pants cannot provide?

And thank you for being utterly useless at retaining any of my body heat. I might as well just dress myself in Charmin Ultra - far more practical, and probably cheaper.

So your legs are getting cold? That's weird too, but easily fixed with some long underwear.

I'm assuming you're female?

This just seems like an odd thing to obsess over. Scrub pants kick @ss. They're comfortable and easy to exchange when bloodied. In my opinion, it is a perfect piece of clothing.....

 

[womp]

Isn't the OR usually really warm?

 

[apachepony78]

My issue is that they are so comfy, and I wear them so often that I don't realize that my other pants are getting tight lol. 😱

 

[Tiger26]

Scrubs to me are so amazing that I would refuse to do any specialty where they weren't a predominant part of the wardrobe . . .

Not having to throw on a tie gives me back pivotal moments in my day that are often the difference between being exactly on time and being fashionably (but not professionally) late . . . . .

 

[45408]

I like jeans more than scrubs, but I definitely don't hate scrub pants.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

Isn't the OR usually really warm?

Definitely not. They're usually on the colder side to keep those surgeons in their gowns and gloves comfortable. The patient is most often on a warming device as opposed to heating the whole room. An exception is in pediatrics, where the OR suites are usually kept a few degrees warmer.

 

[SLUser11]

Definitely not. They're usually on the colder side to keep those surgeons in their gowns and gloves comfortable. The patient is most often on a warming device as opposed to heating the whole room. An exception is in pediatrics, where the OR suites are usually kept a few degrees warmer.

It's all perception. I feel like the OR is always TOO WARM. I absolutely agree that the patient needs to be warm for the procedure, but as soon as their temp is adequate, I'm cranking the thermostat down.

Peds cases can make me sweat like crazy, but burn cases are in my opinion the worst, because I have to decide if it's worth wearing a reinforced gown to prevent burn goop from going through the gown onto my wonderful scrubs. Warm room plus thick gown equals profuse sweating, no matter what fancy ice pack or cooling system is available....

 

[DeadCactus]

I hate scrub pants. But only because if I let my thoughts wander too much, the crotch is a bit thin and doesn't really hold much down...

 

[Deferoxamine]

Addendum 1: Thank you, scrub pants, for repeatedly slipping down in the OR before a surgery so that I can give a full moon to 7 strangers.

Addendum 2: Thank you, scrub pants, for those times I have to pee, take a tinkle, and make a sprinkle. One drop of urine turns into the size of Pangaea in 5 seconds sharp, so my attending can shake his head at me and diagnose me with stress incontinence.

 

[deleted87716]

Thank you, scrub pants, for those times I have to pee, take a tinkle, and make a sprinkle. One drop of urine turns into the size of Pangaea in 5 seconds sharp, so my attending can shake his head at me and diagnose me with stress incontinence.

...and with that, I give you the infamous "pee pee on my scrubs" thread. 🙂

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=1755530

 

[agranulocytosis]

My hate for scrub pants come from their fit.

At 6'2" and a buck 80, my body proportions are such that my legs are longer than my torso, by quite a distance. Even a 2XL pant size is uncharacteristically short. Imagine MC Hammer and his parachute pants, but much shorter.

Ah, but today was swell! The 2XL pants had the waist of an XL but the length of a 3XL. Sweet Jesus I've never felt so alive with the bottom of my scrub pants actually covering my socks without having to tie the pants to the bottom of my arse.

Those pants will be sorely missed.