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AIBU to think hotel breakfast in pyjamas is not acceptable?

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Nextones · 30/08/2026 10:36

AIBU yo think that adults should not arrive at the hotel breakfast in their pyjamas?

we’re staying in a city centre hotel. Nice place- nothing fancy, with breakfast included.

thus morning, 2 young women (prob early 20’s) came down to breakfast wearing short pyjamas, barefoot- clearly just out of bed. They were loud, and not overly polite to the staff either- “where are the plates” etc. just brash and abrupt.

Im generally not a fussy person but this sort of thing feels like a lowering of standards to me. I don’t think we saw stuff like this 10-15 years ago.

AIBU to think that this is not acceptable?

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HerbyWitch · 30/08/2026 18:22

XenoBitch · 30/08/2026 18:12

I think people who clutch their pearls (and actually want to vomit) when they see PJs out in the wild must have not much going on in their lives.

This must be the case! To get so worked up about it, we've had posters calling people dirty rats fgs. Definitely not much going on for these people.

Grapewrath · 30/08/2026 18:23

Bargarran · 30/08/2026 17:22

Go on, just complete the image. You shuffle down in flip flops, sliders, or worse ugly crocs....?

Is this some kind of weird fantasy for you? Odd.

Rpop · 30/08/2026 18:27

HerbyWitch · 30/08/2026 18:08

So fucking what?!! It's hotel breakfast. Who gives a shit about looking ambitious whilst eating fried eggs in a hotel? You must lead such small lives!

That’s a tad strong! Most people on the thread have similar views on this. I guess it stands out because most people wear day clothes in a public space. If we’ve all made the effort to do the same, it does stand out as “can’t be arsed”.

Cucurella · 30/08/2026 18:34

I’m a fairly relaxed person but I think this completely unacceptable. Why would anyone think it’s ok to do this?

SouthLondonMum22 · 30/08/2026 18:40

I can't bring myself to care what other people wear. Especially on holiday.

CrystalSingerFan · 30/08/2026 18:49

WobblyJogger · 30/08/2026 10:44

I've seen this in a Premier Inn and shrugged it off. Meh, you get what you pay for and at £60 a night my standards are much lower.

However, we had a few days away at a 4 star spa hotel recently and there were two women in pyjamas, bonnets and dressing gowns at breakfast. I was a bit shocked the staff allowed it to be honest.

It's always young women, late teens to twenties. Never see a chap in boxers and dressing gown at breakfast!

Bonnets? Really? Is that Jane Austen bonnets or Bridgerton bonnets?

KiwiFall · 30/08/2026 18:50

Yep. Terrible behaviour. I experienced similar once. It was a nice hotel. A married couple. He was dressed. She looked in her PJs. She then had her mum loud on speaker phone all breakfast and we could all hear her conversation 🙄. The staff should have asked her to take her loud phone call elsewhere.

Bargarran · 30/08/2026 19:07

Grapewrath · 30/08/2026 18:23

Is this some kind of weird fantasy for you? Odd.

Lol....it's you who's an oddball for excusing chavvy, slobby behaviour and trying to make light of people having higher standards than that.

ThePieceHall · 30/08/2026 19:13

SnowdropDazzle · 30/08/2026 18:08

trigger warning for those distressed seeing rollers in the hair never, repeat never, go to Liverpool and the surrounding areas. In fact never to go to Euston when the Liverpool train pulls in. You will definitely see rollers.

I once pulled into Morrisons petrol station at
8.00am and saw a mum pushing a buggy with one hand and holding a toddler with the other. Hair all set in rollers. I thought R-E-S-P-E-C-T to you! Up and out by 8.00 am completely dressed, hair styled, full face of make up, no PJ’s.

Sorry, this cracked me up. As a natural, born Scouser. Obviously, the pyjamas will he 10 billion times fancier than the pyjamas worn by the rest of the population. Even with the rollers in the hair, the Liverpudlian women will look absolutely stunning.

Grapewrath · 30/08/2026 19:16

Bargarran · 30/08/2026 19:07

Lol....it's you who's an oddball for excusing chavvy, slobby behaviour and trying to make light of people having higher standards than that.

You keep asking people what they do, wear etc. It’s weird.

Grapewrath · 30/08/2026 19:17

ThePieceHall · 30/08/2026 19:13

Sorry, this cracked me up. As a natural, born Scouser. Obviously, the pyjamas will he 10 billion times fancier than the pyjamas worn by the rest of the population. Even with the rollers in the hair, the Liverpudlian women will look absolutely stunning.

I love scouse women and their rollers! We had a group on my train all with immaculate makeup, nails and rolllers… all wearing matching satin pyjamas! They were having a ball.

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 19:34

HerbyWitch · 30/08/2026 18:22

This must be the case! To get so worked up about it, we've had posters calling people dirty rats fgs. Definitely not much going on for these people.

Because there must be so much more going on for lazy fuckers who couldn’t be arsed to even get dressed 👍🏻

If anything there would be a lot less going on, if they are so slow they have to sleep in and not have time to shower or get ready even when not in your own house. A lazy, slow life.

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 19:45

Grapewrath · 30/08/2026 19:17

I love scouse women and their rollers! We had a group on my train all with immaculate makeup, nails and rolllers… all wearing matching satin pyjamas! They were having a ball.

Edited

@SnowdropDazzle I love your post! 😂

XenoBitch · 30/08/2026 19:47

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 19:34

Because there must be so much more going on for lazy fuckers who couldn’t be arsed to even get dressed 👍🏻

If anything there would be a lot less going on, if they are so slow they have to sleep in and not have time to shower or get ready even when not in your own house. A lazy, slow life.

Edited

I think it is fine to slow things down and be lazy when you are on holiday.

XanLovesHaribo · 30/08/2026 19:48

Nextones · 30/08/2026 10:36

AIBU yo think that adults should not arrive at the hotel breakfast in their pyjamas?

we’re staying in a city centre hotel. Nice place- nothing fancy, with breakfast included.

thus morning, 2 young women (prob early 20’s) came down to breakfast wearing short pyjamas, barefoot- clearly just out of bed. They were loud, and not overly polite to the staff either- “where are the plates” etc. just brash and abrupt.

Im generally not a fussy person but this sort of thing feels like a lowering of standards to me. I don’t think we saw stuff like this 10-15 years ago.

AIBU to think that this is not acceptable?

Not something I would do, but the outfits wouldn't bother me. It's being loud and rude to staff that would piss me off.

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 19:52

XenoBitch · 30/08/2026 19:47

I think it is fine to slow things down and be lazy when you are on holiday.

It absolutely is, I agree. But I mean seriously just get dressed before going for breakfast
with other people. It’s not that difficult, is it. It’s kind of worrying if it is, if you are that exhausted perhaps you should just stay at home.

weareallqueens · 30/08/2026 19:53

It’s a public place. It’s manners to be dressed in a public place. Your room is private - wear what you want there - but if you want to use the public areas, get dressed. Those who are saying ‘but people wear pyjamas in the supermarket’: also a public place. Wear clothes. Or even pretend to wear clothes. Fling on leggings and a hoodie. Pretend decency is respectable.

Bargarran · 30/08/2026 19:59

Grapewrath · 30/08/2026 19:17

I love scouse women and their rollers! We had a group on my train all with immaculate makeup, nails and rolllers… all wearing matching satin pyjamas! They were having a ball.

Edited

Aye, there's a kind of a morbid turn on seeing these chavvy middens in all their classless, trashy glory... You see the exact same in Glasgow except you hear an even worse accent. 😆

paomara · 30/08/2026 20:17

In honour of Dolly, here's the PJs at breakfast brigade ......

"Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch and try to come to life"

FlerpOfDoom · 30/08/2026 20:19

Surely they were refused entry?

SapphireSeptember · 30/08/2026 20:21

ScarlettOYara · 30/08/2026 14:18

You could have had time for a quick shower. Surely? You must have been absolutely desperate to eat.

I was, I hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast the day before. I was in London for a gig while there was massive travel disruption.

thelegacyofdragons · 30/08/2026 20:48

paomara · 30/08/2026 20:17

In honour of Dolly, here's the PJs at breakfast brigade ......

"Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch and try to come to life"

Yeah, in her own kitchen..

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 30/08/2026 21:52

paomara · 30/08/2026 20:17

In honour of Dolly, here's the PJs at breakfast brigade ......

"Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stretch and try to come to life"

I think you will find making coffee in your own kitchen, and going to have breakfast In A hotel restaurant is not the same and certainly not something Dolly Parton would have done in her pyjamas.

thesealion · 30/08/2026 22:01

Rpop · 30/08/2026 18:27

That’s a tad strong! Most people on the thread have similar views on this. I guess it stands out because most people wear day clothes in a public space. If we’ve all made the effort to do the same, it does stand out as “can’t be arsed”.

so what if other people can’t be arsed to get dressed though? It has no effect on you. Let them be lazy slobs if that’s what makes them happy.

Wookyhole · 30/08/2026 22:10

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 30/08/2026 21:52

I think you will find making coffee in your own kitchen, and going to have breakfast In A hotel restaurant is not the same and certainly not something Dolly Parton would have done in her pyjamas.

Exactly, Dolly was very dignified 💕