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Turns out some people don’t take too kindly to others wearing job-related uniforms or else they risk being blamed of being imposters
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The author of the post worked in a pet store for years and they’ve got a few pairs of scrubs and eventually they left this job and started college
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The author decided to keep some scrub pants since they were comfortable for everyday wear
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When they went outside to check the mailbox recently, the neighbor spotted them and assumed they were a nurse
After getting a ‘no,’ the neighbor lashed out at the author, claiming they were ‘stealing valor’
So, five years ago, when the Original Poster (OP) was still in high school, they found themselves a part-time job as a kennel technician at a pet store. The author didn’t do anything specific in their job there, they simply helped the vet to take care of the puppies. Nevertheless, at work, the OP received a few pairs of scrubs.
Perhaps the store owner wanted all the employees to look“medical,”maybe there was some other reason – we don’t know and probably never will. And it actually doesn’t matter – especially since the OP left this job after starting college.
The author liked the job, but it wasn’thigh-paid, and they really wanted to do without student loans and whatnot. So the OP quit, but they kept part of the uniform. They gave away the shirts, but kept the pants to wear around the house. After all, they’re really comfortable…
Then one day the author went out to check the mail wearing one of those pairs of pants. Aneighborwho lives near the mailboxes was watering her garden, and she asked the author if they were in college studying to be a nurse, like her daughter. When she received a negative answer, the neighbor suddenly lost her mind.
The woman scolded the OP for the fact that they have no right to wear the scrubs since they’re not a nurse, and that it looks like ‘stolen valor.’ That is, people study for years in college to earn this honorable right – and the author is pretending to be someone they are not.
It’s good, the OP recalls, that the woman didn’t go into personal details when describing the situation – after all, the commenters, and among them were many neighbors in the area, fully supported her. And so the author, in turn, decided to enlist the support of the folks online.
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Of course, Iryna agrees that in order to become adoctoror a nurse, you need to put in a lot of time, effort and money. But at the same time, scrubs are not a distinguishing feature of a doctor, like shoulder straps or a cap are for apolicemanor a soldier.
“I have seen people wearing scrubs at home or in other everyday situations more than once – and no one accused them of stealing valor. It seems to me that this neighbor simply blew a scandal out of literally nothing,” Iryna summarizes.
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