Comments on: continuing the pimpin’ out process

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:36:34 +0000

I’m losing count of all the near accidents I’ve had driving near Boston hospitals while keeping one eye out for these shoes.

Here’s hoping I take out some annoying jay walking pedestrian.

By: ladyfoot

ladyfoot — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:59:58 +0000

you, mah friend, are gonna rock everyone’s socks off and out of whatever lameass shoes they are wearing when you step around with yours! as for the the no ironing shirts, they actually do work, and since you’re looking to pimp yourself out as much as possible in the future, i’m going to throw out the idea of brooks brothers-they make the best ones and at their outlets you can get a pretty good deal, until you start making money like a real person in a few years. good luck to you! … i just finished my day 1 of rotation 1, and cannot even wrap my mind around how long i have until i get to pick out pimping lady shoes.

By: mudphudder

mudphudder — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:42:11 +0000

Julie- it really sucks that hubby’s program specified that. It doesn’t make any sense as you pointed out. I can understand dress attire (e.g. pants, shirt, tie) but shoes? C’mon!

Where I went to med school, and also something I forgot to mention in the post, we could wear sneakers too. Comfortable sneakers are also not a bad idea but they can get awfully messed-up looking after a while. Fluids dry well concealed on dansko clogs but on a pair of New Balance 991’s, not so much. Plus, unless you like running in blood stained shoes, there’s a pair of $120 running shoes you just flushed down the toilet. I learned that one reeeaaal fast on my OB rotation…

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:21:26 +0000

My husband didn’t have a choice — footwear rules were actually written into his dress code. On non-scrub days, residents in his program were not permitted to wear any sort of non-professional shoes, specifically including clogs… and he was only able to wear scrubs (with his comfy footwear of choice) on his ICU months. All the general ward months were non-scrub except between 8pm-5am. Personally I don’t understand because even in the wards, he often wound up with blood on his pants when things went awry which I thought was the point of scrubs… but at least after he throws out all the clothes he wore this past year and buys all new ones, they should last far longer.

By: mudphudder

mudphudder — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:31:00 +0000

Oh my Gaaaawwwwd, Nat!!!! Ya too kind.

Julie- the difference here is that I also bought another pair of trusty danskos for the wards. My J&M’s are for when I hit the streets of Beantown and maybe for clinic to match non-black pants.

Damn, I’m stylin’ baby.

Now off to lunch.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:02:57 +0000

Husband also bought himself a pair of Johnston & Murphy shoes to start intern year. And about 4 months in, they wound up covered in blood when he had to respond to a code. (He kept wearing them, figuring they’d just collect more bodily fluids throughout the year.)

So, he just went out and bough a new pair to start residency. These shoes should be safe — radiology reading rooms aren’t exactly known for lots of blood and guts.

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:33:15 +0000

“wicked awesome”

You are definitely fitting into the Boston area well.