What's the deal with wearing pajamas outside the house?

[slackandsteel]

More and more I see people in the supermarket wearing pajamas (usually pajama bottoms with a sweatshirt or jacket on top). The first time I saw this was a couple of years ago.

Is it just me or does it seem like yet another slide down the slippery slope of a declining civilization?

[Flinx]

More and more I see people in the supermarket wearing pajamas (usually pajama bottoms with a sweatshirt or jacket on top). The first time I saw this was a couple of years ago.

Is it just me or does it seem like yet another slide down the slippery slope of a declining civilization?

yes

[jcmark611]

More and more people don't have jobs. Why dress up in the morning if you got no place to go?

[Polynitro]

funny I saw a dude wearing them at the mall the other day when I was getting a pair of tan cords.

I always think they just got out of the psych ward...Not a good look.

[Amp360]

it's called a pa-ja-ma ma-ma

[russ]

Their dockers are at the dry cleaners!

[SteveO]

I service three different supermarkets daily, and I always find it interesting to observe the various demographics I encounter. One store is next door to a Section Eight/state assisted apartment complex, one is near a fairly nice neighborhood that has a golf course running through it, and one is in a less densely populated area that has a large spread of income levels. I see tons of people plodding along in pajamas and slippers, but never at the store near the golf course.

[FlyingDutchman]

Welcome to Southern Maine..Bunch of lazy, no job, no ambition losers. Pajamas are for at home at night..Not in the middle of the day at the convenience store.

[Polynitro]

More and more people don't have jobs. Why dress up in the morning if you got no place to go?

really? is that the only reason to 'dress up'? Putting a pair of pants on is not what I called 'dressed up' either.

Its bad enough everyone wears cargo jorts, baseball caps, and oversized polos everywhere, now they wear thier poop stained PJs.

[Teleplayer]

Going back a few years ago, that was the outfit of choice for the nouveau quasi-riche young mommies in the North Suburbs of Chicago. PJs, puffy short down jacket, Uggs, hair pulled back in a pony tail through the back of a baseball hat. Sort of that "Hey look, I just rolled out of bed" look on the way to Starbucks at 9 a.m. for that first $6 cup of mochajavaexpressocappuccinolatte-light foam..... in the Infiniti Q56, complete with baby seat in the back.

:rolleyes:

[michael.e]

Ya, the PJ thing is out of hand. On that note....

I was up in SF the other day at a stoplight, when I see this lady with her kid and another female companion, F-ing PULL DOWN HER PANTS AROUND HER THIGHS, adjust something and pull them back up right before it was time for her to walk in the crosswalk. She then grabs her kid by the arm and off they go. Kid was about 6 or 7. Unreal..

[Peteyvee]

Going back a few years ago, that was the outfit of choice for the nouveau quasi-riche young mommies on the Westside of Los Angeles, especially Brentwood, Bel-Air and Beverly Hills. PJs, puffy short down jacket, Uggs, hair pulled back in a pony tail through the back of a baseball hat. Sort of that "Hey look, I just rolled out of bed" look on the way to Starbucks at 9 a.m. for that first $6 cup of mochajavaexpressocappuccinolatte-light foam..... in the <insert $70,000+ SUV here>, complete with baby seat in the back.

:rolleyes:

Fixed that for ya...:aok

[Polynitro]

heres how bums used to dress. These guys have more style then 90% of all Americans today.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9369/southferrybums1941.png

[Alastorbr]

I've been asked to go fill up a gas can for someone and I was in pajamas, so I just said screw it and went like that. I didn't really care who saw because I was at the gas station for a couple of minutes at the most. :dunno

[cvansickle]

In college, sometimes I would wear a short-sleeve pajama shirt with my jeans to class. Very comfortable.

[docbop]

More and more I see people in the supermarket wearing pajamas (usually pajama bottoms with a sweatshirt or jacket on top). The first time I saw this was a couple of years ago.

Is it just me or does it seem like yet another slide down the slippery slope of a declining civilization?

You live in Santa Cruz where it's legal to run around naked on the UCSC campus. Be glad they have pajamas on.

[Peteyvee]

You live in Santa Cruz where it's legal to run around naked on the UCSC campus. Be glad they have pajamas on.
:roll:roll:roll

[Jimmy P]

Come on man... When I'm off of work I go to the store in pj pants all the time. I'm off and am just trying to get some beer and burger meat, what the f do you care. Why u checkin out other dudes pants anyway?:nono

[Flinx]

really? is that the only reason to 'dress up'? Putting a pair of pants on is not what I called 'dressed up' either.

Its bad enough everyone wears cargo jorts, baseball caps, and oversized polos everywhere


Hey now...you've went too far! ;)

[XKnight]

Vinny "The Chin" Gigante started the whole craze.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/12/19/nyregion/19cnd-giga.184.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cm1e4tl9DcE/S0qf88D8b-I/AAAAAAAAAsU/zoknKmqFn4c/s200/Vincent+Gigante+in+bathrobe,+1990.jpg

[Alastorbr]

Also. Only on the gear page does wearing pajama pants equal the decline of civilization.

[BarkingTree]

Jeggings

[steve108819]

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George is wearing sweats. Jerry tells him that anyone who wears sweats outside of the house is basically telling the world "I've given up on life". Pajama's are even worse. 10 years from now these kids are going to look back and be extremely embarassed that they were so stupid.

[mr tom]

Pyjamas are for the home, not for public places. I suspect the same people who wear them in public also clip their fingernails and floss their teeth in front of their co-workers (I am not going to opine whether they are employable or not).

[bigroy]

It's hard to be under-dressed at Walmart.

[phoenix 7]

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George is wearing sweats. Jerry tells him that anyone who wears sweats outside of the house is basically telling the world "I've given up on life". Pajama's are even worse. 10 years from now these kids are going to look back and be extremely embarassed that they were so stupid.

If you hit 30 and look back 10 years and the stupidest, most embarassing thing you did was wear pajama bottoms and a t-shirt to a 7/11, I think you're doing pretty well. Matter of perspective.

[pinkphiloyd]

http://whatthecrap.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/dude.jpg

At home, I usually run around in flannel PJ bottoms and and a t shirt. If it's getting towards evening or it's 3 in the morning and I need to run to the gas station or taco bell or wal-mart or the pot dealers, if you think I'm sacrificing my level of comfort for such trivial matters, you'd better think again. And if your biggest problem is that you have to encounter me when I have the munchies and couldn't be bothered to put on a suit to run raid the little debbie aisle at the gas station, well, I'd trade lives with you in a heart beat.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

Also. Only on the gear page does wearing pajama pants equal the decline of civilization.

.... you forgot 'in public' that was the whole point. :drink

[fredgarvin]

It's hard to be under-dressed at Walmart.

When I first moved to the woods I remember looking at all the people dressed in logger clothes and sweats when I went to the store 10 miles away and kind of chuckled about it, being used to dressing in nice ,work acceptable clothes when going out in the city I had lived in. After a few years, I suddenly laughed, realizing I was now fitting right in with the rest of the folks at the store. I haven't regressed to jammies though.

[A-Bone]

You live in Santa Cruz where it's legal to run around naked on the UCSC campus. Be glad they have pajamas on.

I thought the naked guy was at UC Berkeley (which has a completely different vibe for the uninitiated).

[Clyde Billt]

Tescos (UK's biggest supermarket chain) in Cardiff had to put a sign up about it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8484116.stm

Only on the gear page does wearing pajama pants equal the decline of civilizationNo, there are people with some kind of respect for others on other forums as well.
And while I'm in righteous indignation mode, shorts and flip flops on planes. :nono

[g-mane]

Nobody rocks a pair of jammies like the Rev.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e291/omboy420/billyjeff.jpg

[russ]

I went to an after show hang-out wth Billy and Dusty after a ZZ Top show a couple years back.
Billy was wearing pajamas, with a sport jacket.
I bet he removed the jacket and went to bed shortly thereafter!

[FFTT]

If I'm just running up to the local country store, who cares?

My favorites so far were AC/DC, Aerosmith and Dr. Seuss

[triple_vee]

Its bad enough everyone wears cargo jorts, baseball caps, and oversized polos everywhere, now they wear thier poop stained PJs.
Dad, is that you?!

[doublee]

PJ tops make an actually very nice shirt in the right context, say for one example under a jacket. I have some Brooks Bros jammies and I throw away the bottoms and keep the shirts, great stuff.

[Polynitro]

I went to an after show hang-out wth Billy and Dusty after a ZZ Top show a couple years back.
Billy was wearing pajamas, with a sport jacket.
I bet he removed the jacket and went to bed shortly thereafter!

thats crazy. They had a hit about being sharp dressed and now they just give up like the rest of old farts. sad really.