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

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I don't think I have ever seen an MD wearing his/her lab coat outside a hospital/clinic.

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Let me clarify that statement...

There are plenty of MD's that will wear their white coats when they are around a major hospital complex. At Johns Hopkins, people would wear their coat to nearby walking-distance restaurants.

That's not unusual, but I usually don't see someone in their white coat shopping at a local Wal-Mart or eating at a restaurant, they would leave their coat in their car.