One of the nursing assistants who took care of my mom wore designer, Baby Phat, scrubs. Those scrubs probably cost more than a lot of the outfits in my closet. Maybe I am old, but I just don't understand why someone would spend so much money on clothes worn to clean shit and vomit. I don't know what nursing assistant's earn, but I am sure it is not much.
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How's your Dad? Well, I hope, as well as you hope he might be.
thanks for asking--he has good hours and bad ones.
That assistant most likely wore those "designer" scrubs to maintain their own dignity. It probably helped him or her as they cleaned other people's parent's shit and vomit. Maybe it helped them enough to give a little extra, not only cleaning but making sure that someone's fading parent had those chips of ice or that glass of fresh water nearby. If it made them feel better as they cleaned, perhaps those scrubs weren't such a bad idea.
maybe you are right--still seemed like a waste of money.
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