Barefoot at Breakfast?

[oxhoward]

Interesting thread, noticing all the different levels of "standards".

That seems to be what it's all about. Folks just have different comfort levels. Personally, I don't get offended by a bit of it, and it's really interesting to watch.

Life's too short and there are too many important things to worry about, than to be concerned about how folks are dressed. Personally, I won't dress that way in a restaurant, and yes, I think it's tacky. But I certainly can't find any "offense." People are just offended too easily.

I'm no doctor or a biologist (I'm a chemist)... but how are bare feet unsanitary? Just wondering..... Anybody eating with them or eating food off the floor? No offense....just a question.

I do get annoyed when folks try to put others down, especially when there's nothing really wrong with what they are doing. We could better focus our efforts on more important things.

OH, and the guy peeing on the van.. That's WAAAAY over the edge! That is worthy of being offended, or at least spreading some dog poop on his windshield.

Irregardless is not a word. The fellow did have some good points, though.

Have fun.

 

[tinknsnow]

I have seen several guests at both the WL and the Poly concierge lounges wearing robes and slippers. It doesn't bother me, really, but I would never feel comfortable to do that myself. Usually there are kids running around at the dessert bar in their PJs, which doesn't bother me either.

My grandmother (a Southerner through and through, by the way) always taught me to make my bed first, then get to get dressed before coming down for breakfast. She passed away years ago, but I still do those things. I couldn't imagine standing in line for tea and croissants in my jammies, even with a robe on top!

As for the barefootedness, shoes should be (and usually are) mandatory in restaurants of all kinds because of the possibility of broken glass. Someone at the Poly concierge lounge broke a glass on our most recent trip, in fact.

 

[lisadam]

I love when these threads pop up. How easily some are offended.

AS previous posters have said - the pj pants are quite the fad right now - and have been for a year or two... comfy and cute. I'm sure the "hot pants" of the 60s had people lamenting the fall of our nation - as did the tube tops of the 70s and the spaghetti straps with bras showing in recent years.

I believe it was a poster on page 7 who equated casual dressing with a lack of respect. Really - I think it's just casual dressing - sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I can be comfortably dressed - and still have good manners - just watch me hold the door open for the person behind me - while I smile and look all comfy in my tigger flannel pants on my way to grab something in my refillable mug.

And a dash from the pool to my room in a towel.... is that really so horrible? Regardless of my age and/or size? And what if I stop in to Roaring Forks to grab something for the family while we all shower? Did I just ruin someone's day?

I do find this an amusing sociology study - I wonder what commonalities there are between the people who feel that a standard of dress is in order vs. those who don't.

I know I got blasted on a previous thread when I innocently asked what was so bad about hanging a towel to dry on a blacony railing - I hadn't done it - but I was curious about why someone thought it was classless. Wow - all sorts of things were said about upbringing and manners.

 

[Girlsontour]

As an English person, reading this has really made me chuckle with laughter (even whilst i was at work - no wonder my work collegues were staring at me!). Have any Americans been to a holiday resort in Europe?

We have an apartment in Ibiza (island off Spain) and anything goes there. I go to the bar in a morning, for a baguette, in my PJ's..........and if you think that's bad you should see people on the beaches

However on saying that, I wouldn't dream of doing that whilst in Disney. I think you sub-conciously work out what's right and wrong according to where you are, and what people are doing around you.

 

[Ladyhawke10]

However on saying that, I wouldn't dream of doing that whilst in Disney. I think you sub-conciously work out what's right and wrong according to where you are, and what people are doing around you.

I agree--and as an extension, maybe that's why some posters are using fads as a frame of reference for discriminating what's good and what's not rather than critical reasoning. What others are doing might be the way most people monitor their own behaviors/ reactions/ etc. rather than to separately discriminate what's good or bad on their own. I don't know, it's just a thought Even though, in any case, I don't think the gentleman in Belle Vue was following a fad...I think he just went out for breakfast in what was most comfortable for him.

 

[jennifer293]

I am from the south, and my DD is in Kindergarten..I would not dare wear PJ's to drop her off ONLY because I am one of those who thinks "What if I have a wreck" I would not want to be standing ont he side of the road in my PJ's waiting for the cops or tow truck..

Actually my DH will not let me out of the house if I have on sweatpants much less PJ's, he has a saying that goes along with this but it is not nice...SO I WILL NOT go into that.

As far as the teenagers wearing the PJ pants it is a fashion statement thing right now. I see it wear DH coaches and I saw it at the university that my little sis attends. It will fade with everything else!!!

When we were at ASMo last May I did see a lot of folks in their PJ's in the food court at breakfast but I don't really care. They are on vacation and they are not eating with me at least they weren't naked!!!

 

[Ladyhawke10]

They are on vacation and they are not eating with me at least they weren't naked!!!

 

[DznyLvr2005]

I personally don't care what people do, they paid tons of moolah for concierge, so they can do whatever. As long as their not NAKED or barefoot, of course. I mean, it's disney world, not the Ritz Carlton.
I perosnally loved to get up every morning in my sweats and slippers at the WL Concierge floor and grab some breakfast, then head back to my room, sit on the balcony, sipping coffee still in my sweats. I'm not going to get fully dressed for the 5 mins I left my room only to come back to the room and be up. I like to relax, especially knowing that a full day of walking is ahead. I don't see the big deal in PJs and concierge. It's breakfast! If I wanted a sit down fancy breakfast, I'd go out to eat somewhere.

 

[amy_jade]

Well, IMO it is NOT classless to go around in pj's or barefoot. Just confortable and who is it anyone's business to set standards and judge the people so quickly. Maybe the people are so comfortable with themselves that they can venture outdoors dressed not to "your" standards.

As for bathing suits in a beachy restuarant just don't look! I have never sat down at a restuarant and starred at a man's jingle jangles (cute word) for my entire meal. I think you would have to get down to a lower level to do that. lol. I admit I have chuckled at the speedo wearing guys. It is there choice and I applaud them for being so confident!

Just because a person was taught or grew up to have manners of a certain standard doesn't mean standards and times are not changing.
I think a me-first way of thinking is great!
I believe we are not supposed to put others and there feelings before ourselves.

 

[Hawk]

Interesting thread, noticing all the different levels of "standards".


Irregardless is not a word. The fellow did have some good points, though.

Have fun.

ir·re·gard·less [ìrri gaardless]
adv
(nonstandard) See regardless


[Early 20th century. Origin uncertain: probably a blend of irrespective and regardless .]

Nonstandard usage:

A moment’s thought will reveal that since the prefix ir- means “not” (as it does in irrespective), and the suffix -less means “without,” irregardless is an illogical double negative. As such it is to be avoided, in favor of irrespective or regardless
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Hmmm!!

Tim/Hawk

 

[Ladyhawke10]

ir·re·gard·less [ìrri gaardless]
adv
(nonstandard) See regardless


[Early 20th century. Origin uncertain: probably a blend of irrespective and regardless .]

Nonstandard usage:

A moment’s thought will reveal that since the prefix ir- means “not” (as it does in irrespective), and the suffix -less means “without,” irregardless is an illogical double negative. As such it is to be avoided, in favor of irrespective or regardless
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Hmmm!!

Tim/Hawk

Thanks to those who pointed this out....I didn't want to say anything, but I couldn't help but notice the "irregardless" thing either. The one I see most often on the DIS is when people write "loose" instead of "lose" (an in someone writing they want to "loose" some weight--rather than correctly spelling it "lose").

 

[newcomer52]

Are all flannel pants considered PJ's? I wear a pair of flannel pants from my kids' track team all the time. I don't wear them to bed. If I wore them at WDW, would someone say I had on my PJ's? They are plaid in the school colors.

 

[Ladyhawke10]

Are all flannel pants considered PJ's? I wear a pair of flannel pants from my kids' track team all the time. I don't wear them to bed. If I wore them at WDW, would someone say I had on my PJ's? They are plaid in the school colors.

I don't know...I think it has more to do with the rest of the outfit...at least in terms of this man I saw--he was clearly in PJs because he also had on a thin white undershirt, barefeet and a newpaper. It clearly looked like he was in pajamas. If he would have been wearing shoes with a regular shirt, and say baggy pants, I don't think I would have noticed what material his pants were made of (unless he looked like Johnny Depp or something standing right in front of me )