Is it acceptable to wear pyjamas to a supermarket?

WEARING pyjamas in public crosses the line for acceptable society standards. This is according to Twitter users.

Wearing pyjamas to the supermarket has been one of the big talking points on the Twitter streets recently. Many users have had their say on whether cosy pyjamas, nightgowns, or onesies were socially acceptable. And the overwhelming majority said it was not acceptable, and agreed that shoppers need to get dressed before heading out.

This comes after a picture of a notice purportedly from retailer Spar surfaced on the internet. The notice put up on the wall at a Spar store states: “Dear customers, no pyjamas or nightgowns allowed. By management.”

The picture was posted by @Kari09448880 with the caption: “I am here for comments only (laughing emoji).”

There was debate on the topic more than a decade ago in 2010 when a Cardiff-based Tesco store issued a directive about appropriate shopping attire after customers urged the stores to ban pyjamas while shopping. The store stated, “footwear should be worn at all times” and that “nightwear was not permitted”. However, other Tesco stores did not follow suit. Tesco’s head office said it, “did not have a strict dress code” in any of it stores, but added that it “didn’t encourage people to wear nightwear as this might cause embarrassment to other shoppers”.

Then in 2017, two women were spotted in a supermarket in Manchester going about their weekly shopping in pyjamas. This act sparked a frenzy of debate online with many branding them “lazy” for not bothering to make the effort to get dressed, and some going as far as saying it was “disgusting”.

But, what do people think in 2022? They disapprove, judging by some of the reactions from tweeps.

In response to the viral poster, Spar told Business Report each store was individually owned and required to comply with all legislation. “Some stores had complaints from customers uncomfortable with sleepwear worn in the store. In these cases the owners exercised their rights of admission reserved and asked customers to refrain from doing so.”