This makes no sense, part 1: Getting scrubs

I have a sneaking suspicion that this may become a running theme, so I'm preemptively calling this part 1.  Maybe I'm just cynical.  In any case, the system here for scrubs is somewhat ridiculous.

The scrub lady (as she is affectionately called) is only in the scrub room from about 9am to 3pm.  We often have to be in the hospital before 7am and aren't out until 4pm (and general surgery and Ob/Gyn students are there much earlier and stay at least that late).  You are allowed to check out one pair of scrubs at a time.  To obtain a second pair, you are supposed to turn in the first pair for laundering.  You are not supposed to wash the scrubs yourself.  You are not allowed to buy your own scrubs.  You are supposed to get a new pair of scrubs every day.  You are supposed to get a new pair of scrubs if you go outdoors.  You are to perform the ritualistic scrubs chant each time you actually manage to obtain a pair of the sacred things.  Okay, that last one was just to see who was still paying attention, but the rest of it is true.

As with many nonfunctional systems, what actually ends up happening is that students hoard scrubs like they are going out of fashion (no worries there!) and wash them at home.  I've accumulated three pairs this week, and I'm hoping to get one or two more.  At that point, I'm going to try to devise a system where I change out of that day's scrubs then turn in an earlier day's scrubs for a new pair, so that the scrubs do get laundered by the hospital.  Chances are though, I'm going to get busy and not have any free time between 9 and 3 to change out then back in to my scrubs, so they'll end up getting washed chez moi.  An imperfect solution to a faulty system.  You would think that compared to most of the medical expenses, hiring someone (or several someones) to hand out scrubs 24/7 and providing several pairs of $5 scrubs to each student would be a negligible cost for a huge increase in convenience. Until that happens, however, I hoard.