Why would you want pants that looked like the flooring in the first operatory? Let’s imagine the reasons:
1. Camouflage. If the patient gets really angry as the dentist botches the dental surgery and comes after the dentist, he can throw himself on the flooring and the patient won’t be able to spot him. “Where did that blasted dentist go? He was just here! When I get my hands on him…"
2. Dental fashion sense. “I just love a dentist who is colour-coordinated. That Dr. Patterson’s clothing even matches the colour of his office. He is that good.”
3. Operatory Ownership. Just in case there is jealousy between the dental assistants working in different operatories. “You always come dressed like the flooring in her operatory, Dr. Patterson, and never like the flooring in mine. What have I done to displease you? Will we ever be happy doing dental work again?”
4. Practicality. “John wanted to get a clinic gown in every colour under the rainbow, but I convinced him to get only clinic gowns that matched his operatory flooring. So now he has one in brown, one in gray, and one in dirty white covered in bits of drilled off tooth enamel.”
5. Humour. The author is letting us readers know that even though Elly is schooling John on what to wear, she is not exactly an expert on fashion herself. To me that is the best reason.
Why would you want pants that looked like the flooring in the first operatory? Let’s imagine the reasons:
1. Camouflage. If the patient gets really angry as the dentist botches the dental surgery and comes after the dentist, he can throw himself on the flooring and the patient won’t be able to spot him. “Where did that blasted dentist go? He was just here! When I get my hands on him…"
2. Dental fashion sense. “I just love a dentist who is colour-coordinated. That Dr. Patterson’s clothing even matches the colour of his office. He is that good.”
3. Operatory Ownership. Just in case there is jealousy between the dental assistants working in different operatories. “You always come dressed like the flooring in her operatory, Dr. Patterson, and never like the flooring in mine. What have I done to displease you? Will we ever be happy doing dental work again?”
4. Practicality. “John wanted to get a clinic gown in every colour under the rainbow, but I convinced him to get only clinic gowns that matched his operatory flooring. So now he has one in brown, one in gray, and one in dirty white covered in bits of drilled off tooth enamel.”
5. Humour. The author is letting us readers know that even though Elly is schooling John on what to wear, she is not exactly an expert on fashion herself. To me that is the best reason.