Flying in Scrubs

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TX_COWDOC
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6:42p, 8/21/25
Curious- why do people fly in scrubs? See it every time I fly. Discuss.
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In reply to TX_COWDOC • 7:03p, 8/21/25
TX_COWDOC said:
Curious- why do people fly in scrubs? See it every time I fly. Discuss.


Vet techs gotta get places.
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In reply to TX_COWDOC • 7:05p, 8/21/25
It's a thirst signal. They want you to take them to the mile high club.
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In reply to Bob Knights Liver • 7:43p, 8/21/25
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work
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In reply to Aggie369 • 7:57p, 8/21/25
Aggie369 said:
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work


Too logical, find a different reason please
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8:04p, 8/21/25
They are pretty dang comfortable. Better than the heifers that wear flannel pajama pants on flights.
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8:09p, 8/21/25
once you get a TSA pat down wearing scrubs, you'll never go back
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In reply to TX_COWDOC • 8:43p, 8/21/25
TX_COWDOC said:
Curious- why do people fly in scrubs? See it every time I fly. Discuss.


Juicy pants are in the dryer.
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In reply to Aggie369 • 8:56p, 8/21/25
Aggie369 said:
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work

I've flown in scrubs a couple times and it was this reason. Work a full shift and head straight to the airport for a late flight and I just didn't feel like changing.

Plus like someone else said, they're really comfortable.
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9:00p, 8/21/25
Zero reason to fly in scrubs. I don't know why it is so, but I absolutely abhor being seen outside of the office or hospital setting in scrubs.
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In reply to Bob Knights Liver • 10:16p, 8/21/25
Bob Knights Liver said:
It's a thirst signal. They want you to take them to the mile high club.
you mean the Air Sex Society?
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In reply to TX_COWDOC • 11:12p, 8/21/25
Somebody apparently got a phone number wrong and added me to a distribution list for travel nurses. I just delete the messages so I can't really explain it, but seems that there is a decent amount of demand for nurses willing to travel. I get a notice about an opening a couple times a week.
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7:37a, 8/22/25
I get that medical professionals need to travel. Perhaps the anal retentive surgery faculty that trained me at the TAMU CVM 25 years ago were overly sensitive about wearing clothing from the hospital to public places and vice versa.
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9:05a, 8/22/25
op be like...

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9:20a, 8/22/25
Probably the lack of TLC in their lives lately.
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10:27a, 8/22/25
there is a class of doctor for whom not letting people know theyre a doctor is like holding in a sneeze.

i assume people in scrubs are dental hygienists though

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In reply to Aggie369 • 10:28a, 8/22/25
Aggie369 said:
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work

Takes no more than a couple of minutes to change.

These people just want to let people know that they're a doctor or nurse and that they're important people.
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In reply to Kool • 10:31a, 8/22/25
Kool said:
Zero reason to fly in scrubs. I don't know why it is so, but I absolutely abhor being seen outside of the office or hospital setting in scrubs.

Agreed. Scrubs are a duty uniform.

But but you can now pay $75 each for tops and bottoms and have your name stenciled on them. (Yeah it doesn't make it any better."
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In reply to Jawn Dough • 10:38a, 8/22/25
Jawn Dough said:
Aggie369 said:
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work

Takes no more than a couple of minutes to change.

These people just want to let people know that they're a doctor or nurse and that they're important people.

No no.

The only "important people" in healthcare now are the glorious bean counter overlords in the "c-suite."
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11:10a, 8/22/25
I've had to do it multiple times. No time to change between the OR and airport.
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In reply to Jawn Dough • 11:13a, 8/22/25
Jawn Dough said:
Aggie369 said:
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work

Takes no more than a couple of minutes to change.

These people just want to let people know that they're a doctor or nurse and that they're important people.


Maybe. A lot of device reps have to wear scrubs and travel to cover cases.
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In reply to bam02 • 11:14a, 8/22/25
bam02 said:
I've had to do it multiple times. No time to change between the OR and airport.


Ewwww.

You shared germs from the OR with everyone in the airport and on the plane.
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In reply to maroon barchetta • 11:15a, 8/22/25
No, you wear scrubs over your scrubs at most facilities
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In reply to TX_COWDOC • 11:16a, 8/22/25
TX_COWDOC said:
I get that medical professionals need to travel. Perhaps the anal retentive surgery faculty that trained me at the TAMU CVM 25 years ago were overly sensitive about wearing clothing from the hospital to public places and vice versa.


I took my scrubs off ASAP when leaving the hospital. If I was doing anything after work that didn't include a stop at home first, I changed at work. I was not interested in spreading the Brack germs anywhere else.
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12:35p, 8/22/25
I don't know if I've ever been on a flight with someone wearing scrubs. I've never really noticed what other people are wearing. I have worn shorts and flip flops on a flight before. It was glorious! I'm sure scrubs can't be far behind that level of comfort.
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In reply to bam02 • 12:56p, 8/22/25
bam02 said:
Jawn Dough said:
Aggie369 said:
Leaving work to go somewhere or going somewhere to work

Takes no more than a couple of minutes to change.

These people just want to let people know that they're a doctor or nurse and that they're important people.


Maybe. A lot of device reps have to wear scrubs and travel to cover cases.

But they will still be going into the OR.

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12:56p, 8/22/25
Can you spell nosocomial infection, boys and girls?
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In reply to Mr. Thunderclap McGirthy • 1:12p, 8/22/25
I wear my scrubs in the OR

Ive never flown in scrubs but if I had to fly somewhere to be in a case I would likely fly in scrubs.

Maybe that's what you're saying?
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Mr. Thunderclap McGirthy
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In reply to Aggie369 • 1:21p, 8/22/25
Those scrub dispensers make it almost completely unnecessary. Those that use rfid or code can be set so the reps can scrub up and then change back while leaving.

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1:27p, 8/22/25
Of course the following should be noted:

None of this applies to anesthesiologists. They do whatever the **** they want to.

They are the warrant officers of the medical world.
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In reply to Mr. Thunderclap McGirthy • 1:36p, 8/22/25
What is the equivalent of a CW5 in this metaphor? chief of anesthesia at Seattle Memorial?
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2:27p, 8/22/25
There really is no reason

I leave work in scrubs, have even changed in the car at the airport
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In reply to Mr. Thunderclap McGirthy • 2:32p, 8/22/25
Champion of Fireball said:
Those scrub dispensers make it almost completely unnecessary. Those that use rfid or code can be set so the reps can scrub up and then change back while leaving.



These are a scam that need to go away fast
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In reply to bam02 • 2:41p, 8/22/25
The upfront cost is steep. I've not seen a long term cost analysis looking at how much it saves because you are not replacing scrubs that walk out the building every day.
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