# Dear Inventor of the Hidden Zipper - Please Eat Shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746 "2012-02-23T17:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/41 "2012-02-24T18:10:43Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > You know, despite the comfort factor, I think I would hate wearing scrubs. They just looks so…sloppy. Yes, I know that being a nurse is a sloppy job, and scrubs are appropriate. I just wouldn’t enjoy it one bit. Depends on the scrubs, just like any other clothing. [Cheap unisex scrubs](http://www.allheart.com/ahb1set.html) look sloppy as hell because they’re cut really boxy and wrinkle like nobody’s business. Better [quality](http://www.allheart.com/ck2934.html)[fabric](http://www.allheart.com/ck1031.html) in a figure-appropriate [cut](http://www.allheart.com/ck25724.html) looks much, much more polished. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/42 "2012-02-24T18:27:49Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > You know, despite the comfort factor, I think I would hate wearing scrubs. They just looks so…sloppy. Yes, I know that being a nurse is a sloppy job, and scrubs are appropriate. I just wouldn’t enjoy it one bit. Exactly. I appreciate the utility of scrubs, but I (not-so-secretly) covet old school white nursing dresses with stockings and caps. 😃 > [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Depends on the scrubs, just like any other clothing. [Cheap unisex scrubs](http://www.allheart.com/ahb1set.html) look sloppy as hell because they’re cut really boxy and wrinkle like nobody’s business. Better [quality](http://www.allheart.com/ck2934.html)[fabric](http://www.allheart.com/ck1031.html) in a figure-appropriate [cut](http://http://www.allheart.com/ck25724.html) looks much, much more polished. I was really, really hoping your last link might take me to a picture of a scrub top that wouldn’t make me look like a half deflated beachball, but the link doesn’t work for me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/43 "2012-02-24T18:45:26Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Depends on the scrubs, just like any other clothing. [Cheap unisex scrubs](http://www.allheart.com/ahb1set.html) look sloppy as hell because they’re cut really boxy and wrinkle like nobody’s business. Better [quality](http://www.allheart.com/ck2934.html)[fabric](http://www.allheart.com/ck1031.html) in a figure-appropriate [cut](http://www.allheart.com/ck25724.html) looks much, much more polished. Fixed the last link for you. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/44 "2012-02-24T18:54:27Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Better [quality](http://www.allheart.com/ck2934.html)[fabric](http://www.allheart.com/ck1031.html) in a figure-appropriate [cut](http://http://www.allheart.com/ck25724.html) looks much, much more polished. Humm - marginally less sloppy, but still not appealing at all. It’s like people who wear yoga suits to work - um, you’re wearing sweats, you know? Just because they make your ass look good, doesn’t make them business attire. Obviously if I had to wear scrubs I would opt for the cute ones - the top in your last link would actually be cute weekend wear I think. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/45 "2012-02-24T19:30:21Z")
The last one is too far from most people’s vision of “scrubs” to fly with most employers, though. I’m lucky, I can wear pretty much any “scrub” in home health care. But I’m not the right shape for that cut, sadly. Also…of course those look cute! They’re selling scrubs! How do they look on real people who aren’t standing with a popped hip and perfect lighting? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/46 "2012-02-24T19:50:16Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > The last one is too far from most people’s vision of “scrubs” to fly with most employers, though. I’m lucky, I can wear pretty much any “scrub” in home health care. But I’m not the right shape for that cut, sadly. > > Also…of course those look cute! They’re selling scrubs! How do they look on real people who aren’t standing with a popped hip and perfect lighting? I used to work at a Life Uniform in college and we sold a lot of tops in a very similar style to that last one, without the smocking at the neckline. It was one of the approved styles for a fairly large group of nursing homes. They had to have theirs in solid colors, though. That particular top is actually something we’re considering for the new ophtho clinic I’m going to be working at soon. As for the last point, you ask the exact same question about every single article clothing you ever see advertised, right? Scrubs suffer from bad lighting, imperfect figures, unflattering poses, and lack of someone running around after you with a steamer all day at about the same rate as other clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746/47 "2012-02-24T21:06:06Z")
The uniformly young and attractive ladies who work at my orthopedic guy’s office all wear the same “line” or something of designer scrubs in teal and brown - they’re hilariously high fashion scrubs. Some of them are cute little tunic tops, some of them have a little wrap detail, that sort of thing. It cracks me up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-inventor-of-the-hidden-zipper-please-eat-shit/613746.md?page=2)