To think you should get dressed to go shopping

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Went into local town today and there were two women wandering around the shopping centre in their pyjamas and dressing gowns.

I mean really, it's not hard to throw a pair of jeans and a jumper on is it ?

There was an interview with some women who did this a few years ago when it first became a thing. They all said that they have "going out" pyjamas, so they were bought specifically for the purpose! Its rather passe now, so the women you saw today are sooooo 5 years ago :o

I’d go to the corner shop with a coat on top of jammies but not actual shopping.

I often see children in pyjamas and dressing gown , and sometimes slippers, in the evening at our local supermarket. I don't understand why . As far as I am concerned pyjamas should be clean and worn indoors only.

AND as for people who dress their children in pyjamas after their swimming lesson and then let them play on the floor while watching their sibling's lesson-I don't understand that at all!

I can't get worked up about it.

You see people wearing all sorts of shit when you go out.

It's not something I would do myself, but I really don't give a toss if others want to do it.

If you think about it, the fact that we all wear similar styles of fabric over our bodies in order to fit in and appear like everybody else is pretty weird. If the fabric covers your privates and stops you getting cold, why does it matter what it looks like? Because society says so? I'm not a big fan of doing things just because lots of people say I should.

But surely the point of pyjamas is that you don’t go to bed in clothes: what you have been wearing outside, sitting on the bus or a bench etc basically other people’s germs and nasties.

So just from a practical point, wearing pyjamas outside is completely the oppositive if it’s intended purpose and design

It’s pretty grim.

Pyjamas they wore precious night - they haven’t washed.

Pyjamas they have changed into specifically for the trip- why?

Pyjamas because there getting straight back into bed- yuk.

Its gross. I saw a whole family in Morrisons the other morning with PJs, slippers and dressing gowns on. I tutted. And yes I am a judgemental cow.

I went to KFC in my nightie last night. I put a coat on over the top, though! Feel free to judge me

What's gross about it?! What is different about going to the shop in a t-shirt that I've slept in for 7 hours, compared to going to the shop in a t-shirt I've walked 4 miles to work in and then had on from 8-5.30?

I’ve done late night mum taxi runs in my
PJs and spent the whole time worried I would break down or have an accident

It’s slovenly

I’d assume that there had been some sort of event which had led to them only having the clothes they stood up in and they were getting more.

I have to say, I’m really shocked at some of the comments on here about germs being on outdoor clothes and pyjamas protecting you from germs. That’s a silly notion and it really wouldn’t protect from anything. Pyjamas are for comfort and not hygiene.

It's pretty grim but have kind of done it myself once or twice. I'm suffering from chronic sleep deprivation and too often I'm not firing on all cylinders. There's been occasions when I'm rushing to get out and know I've forgotten something, but can't work out what. Until I look down in the frozen food section/dr's waiting room/ headteacher's office and realise I've still got my slippers on.

Do you come from the North?

What has being from the North got to do with anything?

A convenience store in my nearest city (not in the UK) has a sign up saying people in pyjamas will not be served.

I think it's the beginning of the end quite honestly. I slob around at home in PJs but I wouldn't be seen dead outside without normal clothes on.

Leggings are FAR grimmer than PJs!

I put my hands up to doing this ONCE

I was pretty unwell but had to go to the local shop . I did, however, put on boots and a coat all done up . Wouldn't do it normally and never have again.

I judge it, it’s scruffy IMO.

My son was invited to spend a day at a broadsheet newspaper’s London office as part of his politics A level a couple of years ago . He was amazed to see one of the sub-editors arrive at the morning editorial meeting wearing PJs and slippers . As nobody batted an eyelid he presumed it must have been a normal day at the office .

Oooops posted too soon. But I did it once. When I had quinsy , I felt too ill to take my pjs off for an emergency GP appt. I did pull a hoody on and jeans over the top.
I think it’s the walking about in public wearing pjs I object to, not giving a late night lift etc.

Grim. . .

I have worn pyjama bottoms to the supermarket, its all I could wear for weeks after having a big operation and I was getting pretty desperate to get out of the house and get shit done!! Normally I wouldn't dream of going out like that!

I'm the thread title, I was expecting nudity!

Pull on PJ bottoms really aren't that different from trackie bottom, though.

I don't like the idea of policing what people wear. As long as they're decent and warm I couldn't care less.