Comments | joyful_molly: Curious person wants to know: do you go shopping in your PJ and barefoot?

joyful_molly

Curious person wants to know: do you go shopping in your PJ and barefoot?

Jan 30, 2010 19:59

sf_drama discusses supermarket chain Tesco's decision to set up a "dressing code" in one of their shops (if I got that right, I refuse to click a link to the Daily Fail). You're not allowed to wear your pajamas for shopping and you have to wear shoes.

To my great surprise, almost everybody in that thread thinks this is a stupid idea and that it doesn't ( Read more... )

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naurring January 30 2010, 19:10:35 UTC

One wouldn't think there's even a need for such a 'dress code'. Not once did I have the idea to go shopping in my pyjamas. And without shoes? I'd probably walk into a shard of glass or spit two steps away from my house (but than again perhaps that's only my town XD). And I haven't other people do it either. So no, it's definitely not normal over here.

vampfan30 January 30 2010, 19:13:46 UTC

yes, here in the South, you see a lot of it - but in places like a gas station or Walmart, usually. It doesn't seem out of the ordinary to see somebody in the loose pants, hair in curlers & house shoes scrapping along....

I admit, I do drop off my kid at school in my pjs, but I never get out of the car ! ^_^

I agree some places should have some sort of dress code, but Walmart or a gas station? Nah.

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ylla January 30 2010, 19:15:03 UTC

I'm surprised that people doing it is a big enough problem to make rules about, but I also can't see that a pyjama top and trousers is particularly different from jogging bottoms and a t-shirt.

I wouldn't do it - but then I would have to walk down the street dressed like that, not just climb into a car, and if I'm in Tesco's at 1 or 2 in the morning (which is very rare anyway) it tends to be on the way home :)

Are bare feet noticeably less hygienic than the soles of your shoes? They walk on the same things, and neither should touch the food. Uncomfortable, though.

sharpiefan January 31 2010, 18:34:38 UTC

One tends to wear underwear under jogging bottoms and a T-shirt, though.

This is because people were doing it during the day - after dropping kids off at school - not at night.

ylla January 31 2010, 20:37:32 UTC

I find the idea of not wearing pants under your pyjama trousers more disturbing than the idea of wearing them to the shops.

canadian_jay January 30 2010, 19:15:23 UTC

Shopping in pajamas? How bizarre! And barefoot is just a given no-no. (No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service!)

mmouse15 January 30 2010, 19:17:25 UTC

Please remember that I live in the land of Wal-Mart (The US of A), and people wear the craziest things.

See? Usually NSFW due to...well, stupidity.

So, yeah, I think Tesco's probably looking at the States and doing a pre-emptive strike against the Wal-Mart mentality.

And yes, I've seen people shopping in slippers and jammy bottoms, and no, I don't even begin to think of leaving my home until I have clothing on my body. Actual clothing, BTW, not sweats or PJs or anything sloppy like that.

But I do wear jeans everywhere, because that's my lifestyle. *shrugs* Which some people complain about, but I do live in the western US and jeans are very common day wear.

sharpiefan January 31 2010, 18:37:54 UTC

This is one particular Tesco's supermarket, not the whole chain (as far as I'm aware) that's had complaints from other customers about people doing their food shop in their nightwear - not just grabbing a couple of items, but getting a whole trolley-load of stuff.

And I, personally, agree with the manager of that shop: I don't want to have to see people in their nightwear and with bare feet when I go shopping for stuff. It'd be better if they had something on over their PJ's but, from what I heard, most of them didn't.