re: Why do hospital workers feel it's OK to wear scrubs to a restaurant?

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If they couldn't wear their scrubs then they would have to tell everyone they are a doctor, ain't nobody got time for that.

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When you live with a medical professional you learn the "tells" of the players.

Doc's do not usually wear scrubs in public, if they do their name and M.D. will be clearly displayed on the scrub shirt.

If a Doc does wear generic hospital scrubs out in public they will usually be wearing dress shoes, not athletic shoes, and will rarely have a ID badge.

No name on left breast of scrub, casual shoes and ID badge = Nurse, scrub tech, rad tech, nurse aid, other hospital worker.

Other than Docs most don't change clothes at work because there is no place to change or keep other clothing at the hospital. There are physicians locker rooms, and locker rooms for OR personnel, but everybody else comes to work and leaves in the same clothes.