What is this new form of slobdom?

[Theokaycokey]

Staying at a seaside resort in the UK. Large Hotel has a massive open atrium that is overlooked by hotel rooms and anyone walking along the promenade. The hotel restaurant is located smack bang in the middle of the atrium and is open to the reception area. I come down to breakfast this morning and a significant number of guests are sat in their pyjamas having their breakfast! Different families, all scattered around the restaurant or queuing at the breakfast buffet in their nightwear and fluffy slippers. This is the first time that I have come across this. Is it a relatively recent phenomenon?

I think it's disrespectful to others to not dress appropriately for the situation; in this case, all they needed to do was chuck some simple clothes on.

I really wish someone could explain just how it is "disrespectful to others". While you are sitting there judging others they presumably couldn't care less about you, what you are wearing, or what you are doing. The only one actually being "disrespectful" is you.

Honestly

I am thrown by it being disrespectful to the staff!

I work in customer service. I can honestly say what you wear isn't how we judge your respectfulness. We judge you on how you talk to us and treat us

And trust me, the worst offenders for treating us with little respect are usually those who are more "dressed up" and would sneer at someone in PJs. The dreaded "underclass" in ripped jeans etc are generally far friendly and more polite.

OMG out the night before, back to the room drunk, I mean merry, hung over in the morning but needing food so get up for breakfast. No way am I going to put on make up, spray perfume etc etc just to go down to breakfast! PJs are just another type of clothing. Might sling on a jumper/sweatshirt to stay warm but if I wanted to stay in my pj's I so would.

Right, because it's all about you; consideration for others is so passe'

@Fulshaw No but you don’t have to. Because your funny little hang-ups are not the law, unfortunately

I don't get how it's disrespecting others. Who gives a monkeys arse about what someone is wearing?! Don't look if you don't like it. Am currently wearing harem pants on a night shift that I will wear to bed when I get home in the morning and I might pop into sainsburys on my way home. Why are people so far up their own arses that they take people wearing what appear to be PJs as a personal slight? Mind your own business unless there massive bodily fluid stains all over the butt of said PJs.

I've already said something similar, but posters continue to insist that all it takes to be a good person is to be well dressed. There's no arguing with people who (mistakenly) think they are better than others.

I am only up to this post so far but agree totally.

We were in a premier Inn for a wedding recently with the Brewers Fayre next door and a couple came down in their pjs with their 3 little kids in their pjs and BARE feet both mornings. I did feel it was slobbish- but also what about all that grime getting on bare feet? Pubs are not known for their clean carpets generally, and 3 tiny little kids and they had to walk across a carpark to get from rooms to restaurant.

Did OP ever explain how the wearing of pyjamas leads to "fanny wafts"?

The only time I have ever experienced a "fanny waft" was when going to a public toilet with my ex friend, who was obese and didn't wash regularly for "sensory" reasons.

The moment she pulled her leggings downs, the smell filled the whole room.

I used to go to the breakfast buffet in the clothes I wore the day before. Still had morning breath and "fanny wafts". The people properly clothed are not necessarily clean

Exactly. I always slap on yesterdays clothes to go to breakfast, then go back to my room, shower, put on fresh clothes, clean my teeth, get my bag together for the day ahead. Given ‘yesterday’s clothes’ are often those worn on a long plane journey, or after a hot day out, or a long boozy night reeling of stale restaurant/bar, I would think it way more sensible to go in my pj’s which are actually fresher. But I don’t due to numpties like those on this thread. I also won’t ‘fix’ it by having my shower first, as that’s not my routine. I like to wake up properly, have food and a few cups of tea before my morning shower.

I came to this thread hoping to find a new form of slobdom to engage in over half term, but am sadly already well practised in heading out to bakeries and coffee shops of brighton in my PJ's as I live here and in town it's no more significant than popping out in full fancy dress costume or beachwear, which are both pretty common. It's a seaside town where people are relaxed here and I love it.

But why on earth would you feel the need to put a full face on and spray perfume just to go to breakfast? I’ve never done that. What is so difficult about just showering and dressing? Wouldn’t you feel better for doing it?

Fanny wafts... was in a coffee shop recently eating granola and a woman walked past and gave her a full blast of hers. Would be just as grossed out (possibly more) if a man walked past with a breeze of arse crack.

Hate the pyjamas thing but do quite like the joggers and posh coat look on a Sunday morning.

I love the term, 'high shame threshold' . I'm using that - a lot.

Same, sleep naked, chuck on some joggers and a tshirt in the morning, go down for brekkie then back up to poop, shower, brush my teeth and get dressed for the day.

Pure laziness, and it's not a good look.
Why do people act like their in a hospital setting when they're not?

Cannot get my head around why anyone would do this or want to do this, seems utterly bizarre behaviour.

I think it's a working class thing eg: " I don't have to work or even leave the house today , my garments are for decoration not praticality" what about putting the bins out ? Answering the door to the postman etc ?

I prefer demarcation between public and private

I stay in hotels a lot and have never seen this! Hoping it's some sort of seaside resort aberration and not a new movement

All this puerile tittering about 'fanny wafts', give me strength.

I work as a healthcare assistant on hospital wards and can tell you from my daily experience that all human bodies make smells. Yes, even yours - you're not a being of pure neroli-scented light. We're all just monkeys playing dress-up at the end of the day.

@XenoBitch
Yes, you are as bad, to go and mix with others without brushing your teeth and having a wash, totally rank!

I also prefer demarcation between public and private.

That said i have more carefully dressed this morning than I would have otherwise thanks to this thread!

Just yesterday the Dcs and I were watching Downton abbey and i mused that it is a shame the days of dressing quite formally are gone. I don't think I'd like a return to jackets shirts and ties every day and the equivalent for women but certainly dressing properly would be nice. One of the dads at school does the school run in a dressing gown and slippers. I think it's slovenly. And it must be mortifying for his daughter. It's not like he works nights or anything like that or is rushing- he's an older dad and is retired.

Jokes about "fanny wafts" aside, the hygiene thing is a complete red herring tbh. Bacteria are everywhere and are inescapable: the idea that you are more likely to transfer germs to someone on the basis that you are wearing pyjamas than you would be if you were fully clothed but unshowered is daft.

I just think it's a bit naff to sit in your pyjamas and slippers in a hotel breakfast room. But people are seriously overthinking the hygiene thing.

I regularly see women in pjs, dressing gowns and slippers in the street shopping or dropping kids at school. I have never seen a bloke in pjs in public though. I also see young women at a local university wandering around on campus in pjs. First noticed it a couple of years ago.
Grubby.

I must be weird. When staying in a hotel I shower, do my face and hair and get dressed before going downstairs for breakfast! I even give my teeth a very quick clean or rinse with mouthwash before returning to the room to clean them properly.