
I want this to stop. Now. I sadly witnessed this last night at the movies. Granted, it was a late movie - on a Sunday night - but, there's still no excuse. This isn't the first I've seen this, either; and I'm sure you've seen it before as well. I've had enough. **[Note that we're just gonna focus on the man's pajama pants, and that the tragedy of that plaid, flannel coat, or the hand-crafted-by-Pocahontas moccasins that look like they've seen a FEW tragedies themselves.]**
First, I'd like to start with a simple definition...
pa·ja·ma (pə-jä'mə, -jām'ə) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. A loose-fitting garment consisting of trousers and a jacket, worn for sleeping or lounging. Often used in the plural.
A-men.
That said, let's focus on the "worn for sleeping or lounging" aspect of that definition. In the picture off to your right, does it appear the man is sleeping or lounging? No. In fact, he's standing at a counter in a movie theater.
He can't sleep there.
He can't lounge there.
Therefore, the pajamas shouldn't be on.
Same applies to wearing them in the supermarket, at a restaurant, in the mall, walking the streets, etc.
It just seems dirty to me because you, naturally, associate wearing pajamas with being in bed. Thus, when you see someone in pajamas you get the impression that they rolled out of bed - walked the streets in their PJ's - and that they will return to bed in the same clothing.
That's nasty.
Why?
Because there are germs out in the world. We may wear our clothing outside, but we change our clothes before we get into bed for a reason: we sit in chairs thousands or millions of others have sat in, brush up against my foreign objects, pick up varies seeds and allergens, etc. And I'm no germophobe, but why would you want to take all that with you to bed at night?
Furthermore, being out in pajamas just screams that you're lazy. Too lazy to work, too lazy to change clothes, too lazy to brush your teeth, wash your @$$, etc. All in all, it's not a good look.
And don't even get me started on wearing slippers in public.
Class dismissed.


