Pajama Pants are Nighttime gear, Period!

A couple of years ago, I wrote a poem about Pajama Pants. I was behind two humans over 18 years of age in a retail environment before 12 noon and I was doubly inspired and grossed out. I thought, hoped and prayed that adults wearing pajama pants in public, during the day, would go the way of the Windows 95, your appendix and the dodo.

For awhile there seemed to be a backlash. Lots of yoga pants and athletic gear appeared from various retailers, so I thankfully didn’t notice grown individuals in pajamas in public. They might of been there in the sunlight, but they were invisible to me, due to my sunglasses or my dreams.

Well, it’s 2020 and this afternoon, I saw more than a few adults in the grocery store in pj’s. Thankfully, I was leaving the store, but some of the fashion offenders were in line behind me and a couple entering the store. So, you’ve been watching television, on a social media or video platform for the last 10 hours and now since you ran out of snacks, you hopped in and drove your heated car in your underwear less pajama pants and your winter coat to purchase hot cheese curls and a soda?! If your trip or rip your pajamas, I’m in danger of seeing your naughty bits and I feel ill.

Unfortunately, I’m also thinking about your method of payment. I’m hoping you have a credit or debit card, because where are you going to store the actual cash. I know you have pockets in your coat, but with gloves, wallet, lint, gum wrappers and car keys, you are running out of room and the filth…