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Going out shopping in your PJ's and slippers

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AppleWhiskers · 08/12/2024 16:29

That's the third time this week, a sighting across 3 towns, nice seasonal tartan numbers with sturdy animal slippers Grin

Best one was in Booths, a family of three resplendent in matching jammies. imagine the pearl clutching at that!

Still, what does it mean exactly? I thought this had died off years ago. If it's happening up here in Booths, maybe it's coming to a Waitrose near you further south any time now..

I don't currently drive so I don't have the luxury of choice, it's rainproof up to the eyeballs up here in storm Darragh.

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StMarie4me · 08/12/2024 22:46

My pyjamas and slippers are for my clean cosy home. Not outdoors!

ByMerryKoala · 08/12/2024 22:42

Yeah, the weird people aren't the ones shopping in their pjs, the weird ones are the oneswith the temerity to notice it 😁

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 22:41

@Wisterical exactly 😂

Wisterical · 08/12/2024 22:35

Ffs why on earth does it matter what other people wear? It's so weird to even give it a second thought.

SocksAndTheCity · 08/12/2024 22:35

Forgottenwhatitwas · 08/12/2024 20:06

I work in a convenience store and see it every day, I often wonder if it ever happens in the local waitrose 😂 to be fair it's usually late at night when people have run out of fags or milk. The pyjamas I can understand but the slippers does have me clutching my pearls, especially in the rain

It definitely happens in the Waitrose opposite me, although if I'm running over in my pyjamas (because I've got up and the milk is bad, or whatever) I put on a coat and boots.

I wouldn't go outside in my slippers any more than I'd wear my outside shoes in my flat, but I couldn't give a toss what other people do because it's nothing to do with me.

ObieJoyful · 08/12/2024 22:34

I once got a phone call for milk whilst in port and visiting the onshore loos. I diverted to a nearby Tesco, but I was in pyjama bottoms, a sweatshirt, and sliders.

The shame.

PermanentTemporary · 08/12/2024 22:33

It's revolting. I judge (you can tell).

ObieJoyful · 08/12/2024 22:31

AppleWhiskers · 08/12/2024 17:02

Ha, and at the same Booths a woman in her 30's or so just threw a pile of sweet wrappers from her pocket onto the floor beside the magazines.
She had a determined look of 'fuck you' about her.

I think that's what it is, in a way, a sort of fuck you to the idea of any kind of dignified social contract.

There was a good verbal slinging match outside between a similarly attired woman and her partner. She screamed at him through the car window and repeated slammed the door till the car shook.

The Lake District has....changed a bit since I was last here.

Ahh, that’ll be visitors, not locals!

Pussycat22 · 08/12/2024 22:29

StepAwayFromGoogling · 08/12/2024 19:49

Meh. Why is it skanky? They could be clean pyjamas. Everyone else could be in three day old clothes.

I've been known to get home, have a bath and get into my pjs only to realise we're out of milk. More than happy to throw on a long coat, a pair of shoes and pop to the Local. That said, I tend to wear slouchy pjs that look like loungewear but couldn't give a monkeys what anyone thinks about it.

I'd draw the line at a dressing gown though.

Specially one with makeup stains and worse all over it🤣

Sampler · 08/12/2024 22:28

This isn’t a subconscious ‘I’m in a rush’ thing I see in a nearby Tesco, the few women who do it are slowly strolling around, fleecy pj’s and slippers with 5ml of filler in their lips, fake tan and lashes with a messy and often greasy bun.
They seem to enjoy the attention and think they’re dead sexy or something.

Pussycat22 · 08/12/2024 22:26

Raindropskeepfallinonmyhead id like to do that but would be scared of car breaking down!

Iloveburgerswaymorethanishould · 08/12/2024 22:24

I take my son to school at 7:30am in my jamas, Uggs and big coat most mornings. I then pop in the supermarket and grab a few bits on my
way home. I then clean up, eat, sort laundry etc and get ready for work and leave at 10:30 am. I have to change into work clothes at work, then change into clothes to leave and then once home change again…. I also have lupus which can’t be medicated in the normal way so I pick and choose what jobs I need to do (including getting dressed again) to keep on top of my fatigue. Google spoon theory. I need that laziness in the morning to keep me going till bedtime… (about 7pm as I can’t stay awake longer than then usually!!)
I don’t judge mums appearing at that time to quickly drop off… I wouldn’t however turn up at school opening in pjs. I’d wonder if being in jamas makes their life easier that day…then fair play. If they just couldn’t be arsed getting dressed then it’s a different story x

Speckyfourfries · 08/12/2024 22:20

I saw a woman yesterday out in pj's, late morning in a supermarket and I was shocked..why not just put some leggings on? I think it looks awful although my teen daughter says a lot of people turn up to college in fluffy pj bottoms now?

Ineffable23 · 08/12/2024 22:10

I have, occasionally, gone to the corner shop a hundred yards away, in pjs. But I generally wear a knee length coat and knee length boots to disguise this so you can't see more than two inches of pyjama. I feel this is the limits of acceptable. I'd never go to the little Tesco (8 minutes walk) without getting dressed.

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 22:06

@ByMerryKoala well I am sorry if I upset society that much.
Personally I believe my comfort (ie soft elasticated loose trousers) is more important that what random strangers think or care.
I am just going about living my life, doing my thing.....but OMG I have a pair of soft elasticated trousers on.....
Yes society is heading for a downfall and it's all my soft trousers fault.
Seriously.....why do people care ?
I went to the supermarket yesterday. I couldn't tell you what any of the other customers were wearing..... because I don't CARE!
😂😂😂😂😂

ByMerryKoala · 08/12/2024 21:44

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 21:22

@ByMerryKoala I wear pj or "loungewear" bottoms every single day. I have some weight issues and they are the only type of trousers I currently find comfortable to wear.
They are always clean and I don't sleep in them.
So do I still have no respect for myself or the people around me?
Why does my choice of material to cover my legs have any affect on random strangers and why should they care?
Apologies if I am letting society down 😂

Well, you have a whole thread's worth of people telling you that they do care that people are shopping in their pjs and making the place look down and out, regardless of whether you think they should be judging or not.

BigDahliaFan · 08/12/2024 21:39

Love Booths.

Yep, on my lunch hour in town last week, woman on her phone in fluffy dressing gown, pj and fluffy slippers.it's a fuck you.

Berlinlover · 08/12/2024 21:35

It’s disgusting but here in Ireland it’s only travellers who behave like that.

wholettheturnipsburn · 08/12/2024 21:33

It doesn't affect me at all all but boy do I judge

Minky behaviour

EdgeofSeventy · 08/12/2024 21:24

I dislike parents dropping kids off at school whilst wearing their pjs (parents not kids)
One father would rock up in a onesie.
He looked ridiculous.

But I was very puzzled by a man wearing a big coat and flip flops (they will always be flip flops to me) in 4 inches of snow! No socks either 🤣

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 21:22

@ByMerryKoala I wear pj or "loungewear" bottoms every single day. I have some weight issues and they are the only type of trousers I currently find comfortable to wear.
They are always clean and I don't sleep in them.
So do I still have no respect for myself or the people around me?
Why does my choice of material to cover my legs have any affect on random strangers and why should they care?
Apologies if I am letting society down 😂

ByMerryKoala · 08/12/2024 21:15

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 21:11

@MidnightMeltdown so people who are nice and clean and wearing a pair of clean PJ's because they simply find them comfortable don't have any respect for themselves?
Strange theory.

Well they either lack respect for themselves or just for all those people around them. Either way, it's not a good look.

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 21:11

@MidnightMeltdown so people who are nice and clean and wearing a pair of clean PJ's because they simply find them comfortable don't have any respect for themselves?
Strange theory.

toucheee · 08/12/2024 21:03

nildesparandum · 08/12/2024 20:53

My NDN drives her car in backless slippers and long cardigan over her pyjamas.

Sounds cold 😱

MidnightMeltdown · 08/12/2024 21:02

Needmorelego · 08/12/2024 20:17

But why do people care so much? Does what other people are wearing in the supermarket actually affect your life in any way?
The staff need to wear uniforms so you know they are staff - but the customers....who cares?
Does it stop you buying your shopping?
No. It doesn't.

Because it's not what people expect in a civilised society.

It's the dregs of society that bring down the tone of the whole area.

You can't expect people to respect you if you don't respect yourself.

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