Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Lab Coats
Finally, the answer to a burning question that non-science types have been asking for a very long time now – "where do you wear a lab coat?". Why, in a lab of course! Easy peasy.
Having said that, there are exceptions to this rule. For example, a colleague of mine wears his everywhere – in the lab, in the office, out to lunch, etc. The only time I’ve seen him take it off is when he plays tennis and even then he wears it to and from the changerooms.
Today he and I had to present talks at another hospital (not in a lab, either) and he seemed to finally realise that he might look a bit odd rolling up in a filthy, shabby lab coat. So he went out and got a smart, brand new lab coat for the occasion.
Such internal consistency is to be marvelled at, it’s not even that good in Star Trek.
Having said that, there are exceptions to this rule. For example, a colleague of mine wears his everywhere – in the lab, in the office, out to lunch, etc. The only time I’ve seen him take it off is when he plays tennis and even then he wears it to and from the changerooms.
Today he and I had to present talks at another hospital (not in a lab, either) and he seemed to finally realise that he might look a bit odd rolling up in a filthy, shabby lab coat. So he went out and got a smart, brand new lab coat for the occasion.
Such internal consistency is to be marvelled at, it’s not even that good in Star Trek.
