Pyjamas at hotel breakfast

[flyingpigsinclover]

We were staying overnight in a hotel last night (after a small domestic emergency so had left the house in a hurry), over breakfast this morning a family of five came down for breakfast with all the children in pyjamas and dressing gowns and barefoot. they were aged about eight to fifteen or so.

Aibu to think that this is not really acceptable?

Perhaps the children refused to dress and the parents went ahead with their threat of making them go down in their pyjamas?

Hmm. It's not something I'd do but I was at Chessington a little while ago for the weekend. The only breakfast slot we could get wad 7.15am. Doable for us. But there were a few families in their pj's. It didn't bother me and seemed quite acceptable for that time of the morning, in a family resort, with lots of kids to organise. It depends on the type of hotel really.

Strange for 8-15 year olds. Toddlers I could understand.

How did this affect you? They are children and they were clothed. I’m guessing there wasn’t a dress code for the hotel breakfast? I took my little ones food shopping yesterday morning because they were happy in their pyjamas, people can stare and judge if they want.

It’s the bare feet that I think is grim ....in a restaurant uurrgghhh. Kids under 9-10 ish ok I think.

What if they'd had a large domestic emergency and left the house in their pyjamas and bare feet and hadn't been able to get back in the house since and we're being put up in a hotel by an insurer?

That is dirty and disrespectful to the other guests.

Awk catch a grip of yourself!

In a spa hotel or maybe a very family oriented one it might be the norm.
But I'd imagine they'd feel very awkward surrounded by business people in suits. Was it a buffet or waiter service not that it matters?

Good point, Woby.

Bit weird but then I saw someone do the school run (home time) in their PJ's last week.

Couldn't work out if I was outraged or admired her obvious not giving a shit attitude. She had her hair all done up and nice though so technically she looked better than rats tail me.

I wouldn't go out in bare feet, including to a restaurant, but I'm confused about why it would be grim (seems a favourite word on this thread) if I did? Why are bare feet dirtier than feet in shoes? It's the ground that's the problem, not the feet?

Wouldn't really bother me, it's not much different to when you see spa day people eating in robes

Erm, that is odd, would definetly expect people to be dressed outside of their rooms, YANBU, its absolulty unacceptable.

Very 'common'.

Spa people eating in robes is also a bit strange

My 14 & 16 year olds have no problem being seen in their pjs and nor would their frIends. I'd have no problem with this tbh.
Maybe they had a late night.

Why not just get breakfast sent to the room if you can’t be bothered to get dressed?

Room service is expensive, isn't it? Plus I'm usually going up the wall in a hotel room and the thought of not getting out even for breakfast would drive me mad.

Very 'common'. Oh piss off.

Unacceptable. But then, I am horribly old-fashioned and think the only place to wear nightwear is in bed, unless you’re a small child and even then 10 a.m. is my cut off point and child must be dressed before leaving the house/ having friends round. I know it’s the thing these days to slop around looking like shit but I think it’s lazy and shows a lack of self-respect.

Poor children being dragged up by such slob parents. Grim.

I wouldn't care really, it's sort of friendly and as long as people were looking at them and not me I'd be happy.

Couldn't give a shit tbh. To read some posts here you'd think they were stamping in other guests' food with their "grim" bare feet, and scandalising everyone with their "private", "intimate" pyjamas (were they see through, baby doll style with thong bottoms or something? ) Jeez, what a triviality to get ones knickers in a twist about.

I don't care. But I do think barefoot is unsafe for children old enough to be walking about.

Don't like the idea of bare feet more for them than for anything else, cold and the floor is probably dirty!

Can't get upset about people brekafasting in fluffy dressing gowns.

Grim.

Liz70 ' if the mumsnet massive did not 'get their knickers in a twist' about such trivial things, there would be no mumsnet! Muddy kitchen floors, kids stealing sweets, pyjamas in restaurants - bring it on!