On Scrubs

My friend proposed to me before, that we put up a business with hospital personnel as the target market. She said that selling scrubs to these people would be a profitable one. But then as we did the costings, we realized the hard work it entailed to simply break even.

The business of doing scrubs needed a good seamstress who can manage quick turn arounds. It also required us to personally go to each hospital to introduce hospital scrubs for sale. That alone disinterested me. Sales talk and people skills should I say, are not my strongest areas, putting it mildly. To cut the story short, the proposal never came to life.

These days, running a scrubs business is even more competitive. With the rise of social networking sites like facebook or multiply, peddlers of scrubs are popping out everywhere.  Doctor scrubs that come in various sleek designs are readily available online. It's no longer limited to that forest green scrub. Orange scrubs,  peach ones, teals, or any color for that matter, are easy to find on the web. By online, I don't just mean social networking sites. Some scrub companies have their own websites and even offer wholesale scrubs. If someone is bent on selling hospital uniforms, he or she could cut costs by ordering ready made merchandises from these online shops and retail it to local customers.

It's cute that most scrub shops now offer sizes for kids. Doctors or nurses who have kids who want to be like them when they grow up can start dressing their kiddos as medical professionals with scrubs. Part of mind conditioning, eh?

Image from Blue Sky Scrubs