So... who's done the school run in pyjamas?

pickledonionspaceraider

Andypandyboy wrote: »

I wouldn't offer an unsolicited opinion to someone wearing pj's, but certainly, if asked, I would give them my thoughts.

But you earlier said that ''actions collectively lower the accepted standard and if allowed to go unchallenged, become the norm''

Moaning on the internet will change nothing

mumps

I don't know if I have led a sheltered life but I have never actually seen anyone out in their pyjamas. I did stay at a hotel once where two young women came down to breakfast in pyjamas. The problem wasn't that they were wearing pyjamas it was that they weren't decent. I was with my teenage son and we didn't know where to look. Skimpy, translucent pyjamas should definitely not be worn in public.

snowleopard61

Spinkz wrote: »

I've went out in my onesie's plenty of times before, not to school though. I popped down to the shop last week in my onesie when we needed some milk. I have no shame

Now I do have to admit to having worn a onesie in public, though not on the school run. In my defence, it was a tiger onesie at a fancy dress party. Only because I couldn't get hold of a snow leopard one.

(Yes, I could have worn something more imaginative; must do better next time!)

Andypandyboy

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

But you earlier said that ''actions collectively lower the accepted standard and if allowed to go unchallenged, become the norm''

Yet you do not challenge them

Moaning on the internet will change nothing

If it was happening at a school I was involved in and the Head had to send out a letter then I would definitely be backing her up and making my views known. Fortunately, I have never seen it at any school my kids attended nor at any of the local schools since (and I live very close to two)

I am giving my views, not moaning on the internet

I don't agree with it, it is indicative of a certain type of lazy parent imo. You do agree with it. We will agree to differ.

heuchera

haras_nosirrah wrote: »

I saw a lady walking in front of me the other day wearing a nightie and a duffle coat over the top with boots on. She must have been in her 50's, unwashed grey hair etc.

Sadly not only could she not be bothered to get dressed she couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet either. She paused, shook her leg, dropped a turd on the pavement and carried on walking

Yes bit of a step down from the lazy parent on the school run and I am hoping she was mentally unwell to do that but all the same if people can be too lazy to get dressed in the morning and it is now socially acceptable then society needs to pick up its standards again.

Person_one wrote: »

Please tell me you called 101?

But what do you think the Police would have done? It's often difficult enough to get them to come out when there's an actual crime or something dangerous going on let alone when a harmless unkempt woman gets caught short and goes to the toilet on the pavement.

MallyGirl

girlsmum wrote: »

not the school run; however i have had to do a "bus stop dash" when one of my my children, who catches a school bus, forgot their pass, I had to get there before the bus, as there is no later one. so put a coat on over my nightie with a pair of Ugg boots, thank goodness it was only round the corner and and did not have to get out the car.

I used to have to get a coach to school - it left from the bottom of the hill at 7:25am. My Mum was rarely up when I left but there were a couple of occasions where I was late and missed the coach so had to run back home and drag Mum out of bed. She would then throw on a coat and shoes, we would jump in the car and chase after the coach as we knew the route. Once we got ahead of it I would nip out and get on at the next stop. If we didn't catch the coach it would have been a significant drive to get me to school as there was no public transport.

MallyGirl

mumps wrote: »

I have been told the opposite :rotfl:Medical people are great aren't they. I was told that feet are quite capable of supporting themselves unless there is an underlying problem. I only wear shoes if I absolutely have to, have been known to still be wearing open sandals in December and I have very healthy feet.

I had plantar fasciitis and the physio blamed my shoes. I now almost always wear supportive trainers with heat moulded insoles. In the summer I have a range of colours of Mephisto walking sandals. If I wear less supportive shoes for a day I really know about it next morning.

missbiggles1

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Very true. I judge people based more on their behaviour rather than how they look (these days) It is something I spent a lot of time training myself to do when I was much younger

It was my default behaviour to judge a book by it's cover and I realised many years ago that it was rather narrow of me to think like it - writing someone off or assuming I know something of their life , because of an aspect of their appearance - I am ashamed to say I acted like that a lot in my teens

I feel more enlightened for it and I have made some fantastic relationships with folk I may never have approached otherwise - was a real mind opener

I don't think you can separate the two things so simplistically though. What someone wears isn't just a question of how they look, it also represents choices that they've made and attitudes that they have.

missbiggles1

mumps wrote: »

I have been told the opposite :rotfl:Medical people are great aren't they. I was told that feet are quite capable of supporting themselves unless there is an underlying problem. I only wear shoes if I absolutely have to, have been known to still be wearing open sandals in December and I have very healthy feet.

I agree with you although I tend to wear socks or Crocs indoors because of the dogs. In my case, I think that spending 7 years at grammar school doing all indoor PE activities in bare feet has affected my opinion on the subject.

missbiggles1

pollypenny wrote: »

I don't do massive cleaning in best clothes. I'll wear oldish jeans and jumpers etc, then have my showers when I've finished.

Not that I do a great deal of cleaning, though. :cool:

Oldish jeans and sweaters are what I go out in unless I'm going "out" IYSWIM. I also said "if I do any cleaning".:o

(It's great being retired, isn't it?:beer:)