Okay it's time to settle an argument...

[Rhania506]

So here's a question for all the wonderful hotel employees that frequent this site. Is it proper to dress for breakfast when you go to a free hotel breakfast?

When I was in high school, I used to go with a friend's family on vacation, and we always stayed at a particular hotel with breakfast. I always got dressed and ready for the day before going down to eat. My friend and her parents would always go in their pajamas. At the time, fifteen or so years ago, this just boggled my mind. Wearing PJs in public hadn't really become a thing yet. And to be fair, they were not inappropriate in an "indecent exposure" way. But I just couldn't see going into a public setting and treating it like your own kitchen.

I never said anything to them, but it embarrassed me at the time. Was I wrong? Was this a normal thing, even then? Or were the employees of our favorite hotel looking at us like we were insane?

[Seshat]

I think for me it would depend, in part, on the atmosphere of the hotel. (and on how 'nice' my pyjamas were!)

If the hotel 'felt' very informal and home-like, I might wear nice pyjamas to the breakfast. But anything which 'feels' public, and certainly any place which is semi-formal, formal, or glamorous, gets me in public-clothes.

[Skittles88]

We have a fair number of guests wear PJ's into breaky. I never really thought it was that weird.

[bhskittykatt]

I think for me it would depend, in part, on the atmosphere of the hotel. (and on how 'nice' my pyjamas were!)

If the hotel 'felt' very informal and home-like, I might wear nice pyjamas to the breakfast. But anything which 'feels' public, and certainly any place which is semi-formal, formal, or glamorous, gets me in public-clothes.

I second this. I've seen plenty of pajama-wearers come down for coffee at the motel (and I've even been one of them). I understand some people find it weird, but it's perfectly acceptable there.

At the resort it's common to see people wandering around in bath robes in the evenings (especially going to or coming from spa treatments) but we have a sit-down restaurant for breakfast that I expect most people typically get dressed for. I certainly wouldn't go there in pajamas (though if a guest wanted to we wouldn't stop them).

So, it can vary. For the typical mid-range hotel free breakfast, I would think nice pajamas could very well be in order. As a hotel employee it really wouldn't register as anything weird on my radar.

[dalesys]

Though the XMas nightie that says "Open me first"...

[Rhania506]

That's good to know y'all. I never had seen anyone else do that, so I had always thought it was another of that family's quirks. I loved them dearly, but they were at times very strange.

[cashierbex]

I have yet to see anyone in pjs going to breakfast at a hotel. Unless sweatpants and baggy shirts count. But then, I only worry about myself.

[Slayer]

I usually get dressed since we usually leave to go out right after but I have gone down in my pjs to grab food if we're planning on sleeping more. I always see people in pjs at those breakfast spreads.

If its a restaurant type service at a hotel, I'm definitely dressed.

[Moirae]

So here's a question for all the wonderful hotel employees that frequent this site. Is it proper to dress for breakfast when you go to a free hotel breakfast?

When I was in high school, I used to go with a friend's family on vacation, and we always stayed at a particular hotel with breakfast. I always got dressed and ready for the day before going down to eat. My friend and her parents would always go in their pajamas. At the time, fifteen or so years ago, this just boggled my mind. Wearing PJs in public hadn't really become a thing yet. And to be fair, they were not inappropriate in an "indecent exposure" way. But I just couldn't see going into a public setting and treating it like your own kitchen.

I never said anything to them, but it embarrassed me at the time. Was I wrong? Was this a normal thing, even then? Or were the employees of our favorite hotel looking at us like we were insane?

Proper? Yes. Is it done? You'd be surprised at the number of times I've seen people without shirts and shoes, with a tiny little nighty that barely covers their bumb, etc. I swear, if I ever see someone naked or just wearing a towel, there's going to be trouble.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I was on vacation last month in South Dakota.

For three days in the trip it seemed we were being tailed by some people I called the hat family. We first encountered them in Wall, SD at lunchtime (did not eat at Wall Drug; place was packed, we were at a small restaurant across the street). Mother, father, and their two teenage sons, all of them wearing cowboy hats.

Then in Custer SD it turned out they were staying at the same hotel that we did. We'd see them at breakfast, in their pajamas, but still wearing the hats. We wondered if they ever took them off, even to shower or sleep.

[Sapphire Silk]

I'm surprised to see that it's not considered all that weird.

I've never been to a continental breakfast at a hotel and seen people in their PJs. Certainly not in a hotel restaurant, either. Everyone has been dressed appropriately.

I wouldn't even consider it; I don't know those people and would not appear in public in my PJs. Heck, I won't even get the mail in my PJs.

Guess I'm just old fashioned

[MystyGlyttyr]

I did it just this last weekend

Granted, it was a pair of Avengers pajama pants and a pink T-shirt, so I was all covered up, but yeah, all I was doing was coming down to grab a bagel with cream cheese and some juice...plus the outfit I was going to wear that day was the little number in black you see attached here.

Considering the panicky looks when I left for the con an hour later, I'm thinking people would rather have seen the pajamas.

[Cookie]

I worked a high-end free hotel breakfast before. In fact, that's where my early stories on this site came from. Pajamas didn't bother me or anyone else who worked there. I'm too self-conscious to do it myself, but others' pjs don't bother me. As long as everyone is decent, that's all I care. We've...seen things...

[MoonCat]

I haven't stayed in a hotel for a long time, but I can remember seeing people in pajamas grabbing stuff to take back to their rooms, and one place had a few little tables off to the side...people were sitting there in pajama pants and t-shirts. I'd probably get dressed, though.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I can honestly say that in every hotel I've been in, it's normal to dress for breakfast. Dunno if that's cuz of where I come from, but I've never seen anyone grabbing breakfast in night attire.