Editor's Picks: Just What the Doctor Ordered

My best friend's father, whom I've known since elementary school, is a painter and contractor. About a decade ago I said, "Dave, why do painters always wear all white? Why don't they wear a color that would hide paint instead of show it?" Without missing a beat he looked my oxford-and-pleated-pants outfit up and down and said, with a smirk, "So you can tell we've been working."