Tesco ban on shoppers in pyjamas

[dutchman]

A Tesco store has asked customers not to shop in their pyjamas or barefoot.

Notices have been put up in the chain's supermarket in St Mellons in Cardiff saying: "Footwear must be worn at all times and no nightwear is permitted."

A spokesman said Tesco did not have a strict dress code but it does not want people shopping in their nightwear in case it offends other customers.

He said he was not aware of any other Tesco stores having to put up similar signs.

The signs are placed at the entrance to the store, on the city's outskirts.

They read: "To avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others we ask that our customers are appropriately dressed when visiting our store (footwear must be worn at all times and no nightwear is permitted)."

The spokesman said: "We're not a nightclub with a strict dress code, and jeans and trainers are of course more than welcome.

"We do, however, request that customers do not shop in their PJs or nightgowns.

"This is to avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others."


Elaine Carmody, 24, a full-time mother of two young boys, described the ban as "ridiculous" and "pathetic".

She said she had regularly gone shopping at the store in her pyjamas until about a week ago when she was turned away when she went to buy cigarettes.

She said she been "popping in for a pack of fags," but if she had been doing a full shop "then we obviously would have gone in clothed".

"But we only wanted fags and they still refused us to go in for a pack of cigarettes," she added.

Ms Carmody, who spoke after spending £102 in the supermarket, added: "If you're allowed to wear jogging bottoms, why aren't you allowed to wear pyjamas in there, that's what I don't understand?

"I think it's stupid really not being allowed in the supermarket with pyjamas on.

"It's not as if they're going to fall down or anything like that. They should be happy because you're going to spend all that money."

She went on: "It's not as if you're making a show, if anything they should be happy because you're spending your money in their shop, but obviously they're not because you're not allowed in with pyjamas.

"So they're going to lose their custom with people going to other shops to buy stuff and they're allowed in with their pyjamas on."

[pollyanna]

I can't believe anyone would want to go shopping in their pj's

I've seen people dressed in far worse though.

It's worse in the summer months when people shop wearing very little - particularly the men stripped to the waist. Not a pretty sight.

[dutchman]

I can't believe anyone would want to go shopping in their pj's

Well if you lived very near the store Pollyanna, had just woken-up and needed a few items in a hurry, would you bother getting dressed?

I've seen people dressed in far worse though.

It's worse in the summer months when people shop wearing very little - particularly the men stripped to the waist. Not a pretty sight.

This lot shouldn't have any trouble getting served:

Spoiler:

[pollyanna]

I can honestly say I've never been shopping in my night clothes Have you Dutchy - or anyone else on this forum even??????

As for that lot in the picture - think they look a bit iffy myself

[dutchman]

I can honestly say I've never been shopping in my night clothes Have you Dutchy - or anyone else on this forum even??????

I wouldn't be seen dead out shopping without a collar and tie Polly, even during a heatwave. In fact I often have nightmares in which I find myself in the centre of Coventry in just my pyjamas and have no idea how I got there or how I will get home without being seen?

On the other hand, when we still had a local post office, I often used to nip across the road to post the odd item in whatever I happened to be wearing. Since that closed I now have to get dressed up to go into town, go up Earlsdon or visit Morrisons

[pollyanna]

You should always maintain a decent dress code - the day you go out looking like a tramp - that's the day you bump into goodness knows how many people you know
and you go home kicking yourself

[StevieG]

Have a job going in my jammies as I do not wear anything in bed, as nature intended

[pollyanna]

[Elaine]

i'm a bit confused here - she popped in for a packet of fags and spent £102? I'm glad that I don't smoke if thats how much they cost.

I put make up on if I just nip up to the local shop and I wouldn't even go in the front garden in my jimjams. But the makeup thing is not because I am vain but as I have been poorly for some time, I still look a bit rough and if I get dolled up then people say how well I am looking. Otherwise they get all worried about me and try to carry my shopping and give me lifts home.

[pollyanna]

Hope that your recovery is going well Elaine??????

If people want to carry your shopping and give you a lift home - let 'em I say