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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-35413153

I can cope with the idea of wearing pyjamas to drop kids off (I'm not aware of anybody doing that at our school, and I walk or ride on the school run, so it certainly wouldn't work for me). I can even just about imagine somebody wearing PJs to a school performance if it's in the morning. But parents' evening? WTF - do people spend all day in their jim-jams?


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:25 pm
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I bet it's not the yummy ones


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:26 pm
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There's a mum that turns up with her 2 kids at my wee ones swimming lesson on Saturday morning at 10, and the 3 of them have onesies on. Total minger.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:27 pm
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Unbelievable! At least put a dressing gown on.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:31 pm
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Yup Nobeer, reckon the Headie's getting confused with onesies...


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:32 pm
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I wear my PJs to work some days 🙂


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:33 pm
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I was at the ISPO trade fair in Munich lady week.... (trendy "outdoor" fair)

There were a large number of people wearing what looked like pyjama bottoms... Loose and baggy with the crotch down by their knees.

I sneared at them when they weren't looking....


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:33 pm
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they drop the kids off then go shopping in Asda ... Seen it many times.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:34 pm
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neighbour had a near miss in the snow in her xdrive X1 last winter on way to school to drop her kids and our eldest, who was highly amused when she had to get out and speak to the other driver.....in her onesy and wellies 🙂


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:35 pm
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Yup Nobeer, reckon the Headie's getting confused with onesies...

Like turning up to a parent's evening in a onesie would somehow be an improvement over pyjamas 😆


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:35 pm
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Is there any pulp that the media won't turn into a 'story'?!

Edit: Clearly not. Check out the [b]"breaking"[/b] news.

Stop the world, I want to get off.

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Posted : 26/01/2016 9:40 pm
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they drop the kids off then go shopping in Asda ... Seen it many times

This.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:41 pm
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Graham, I'm sure the teacher will already have formed his/her own opinion about Chantelle/Savana/Kylie's parent(s) even without the onesies/pyjamas!


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 9:44 pm
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I regularly see them pull up at my local shops, jump out of their cars to do a bit of shopping.
They normally set off their whole pyjama chic with huge slippers with faces.
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God knows how they drive.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 10:02 pm
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I despise the school gate. I also hate the opposite end of the pj wearing parents that are the women who've been up since 5 putting on enough make up to be in the wag brigade.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 10:05 pm
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Thrash them with dead eels...........


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 10:10 pm
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I feel like I've failed as a human being if I leave the house in tracksuit bottoms 😆


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 10:17 pm
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Nope...I always dress...... 😯


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 10:26 pm
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The school in question used to make up part of the intake at my secondary school. I am not at all surprised.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 11:18 pm
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Provided they're not tramping around Asda afterward in bare feet I don't honestly care and am a bit surprised that so many people [I]do[/I] care.

What business is it of yours what someone else wears? I can't see why someone would wear PJs to a parents' evening but if they want to that's their choice. Given the choice I'd prefer to see someone in a onesie in Asda than the traditional summer crowd of fat, sweaty, middle-aged men going topless in the veg aisle.

Pyjamas / onesie / tracksuit - are they hurting you? No. Are they setting a bad example to their kids? Possibly. It's not your problem.


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 11:29 pm
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I don't even wear pyjamas to bed!


 
Posted : 26/01/2016 11:30 pm
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If I'm in a set of shifts that justify going back to bed after I've walked them up to school then I will put my waterproofs (trousers and jacket) on over my pyjamas to go up. But not on display, and not slippers. I do quite often take a mug of tea to drink as I walk though, but I don't think that makes me Kyle fodder.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:07 am
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Wouldn't you be tempted to turn up pick your kids up like this though, just to embarrass them:

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Posted : 27/01/2016 12:17 am
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Grew up in Darlington. Skerne Park was one of the main deprived areas. No surprise..

I get pissed off with my wife for not getting ready before the kids when she works from home for the same reason, just sets a bad example.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:18 am
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Pyjamas / onesie / tracksuit - are they hurting you? No. Are they setting a bad example to their kids? Possibly. It's not your problem.

Well now, whilst I tentatively agree with your first supposition and agree that no-one gets hurt, I must vigorously disagree with your second and say that it is beyond a doubt setting a bad example. Given that teaching depends to a far larger degree on parental responsibility than most parents (especially the PJ wearers) appreciate, I'd suggest that it is your problem.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:18 am
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And makes you look like a lazy, smelly bastard.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 8:09 am
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I feel ashamed answering the front door in my pyjamas if I've had a "lazy morning". The mind boggles.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 8:18 am
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Given that teaching depends to a far larger degree on parental responsibility than most parents (especially the PJ wearers) appreciate, I'd suggest that it [s]is[/s] will be your problem when these kids leave school with poor grades, expectations, attitudes and propects.

Just to reinforce the point.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 8:19 am
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@ Flaperon, I couldnt care less really about these idiots, but it shows that those who dont bother to get dressed really dont give a hoot about school. Its a respect thing.
Whilst I dont see the point of mums caking themselves in makeup for the school run either, at least they make an effort, a wasted effort, but an effort none the less.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:12 am
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a wasted effort

Some of us appreciate their efforts - and some of them may be off to work after the school run. In the Boots cosmetics department from the look of some of them.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:28 am
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It's the latest import from the U S of A. We're just a bit behind...


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:29 am
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I don't see many (if any) Mums dropping kids off at my daughters school in their PJs, but there are a fair few who've obviously been up for hours as their hair/make-up is immaculate at 8.30 in the morning.

Those who turn up in immaculate looking gym kit in the afternoon, just to give the impression they do more than drink wine and watch daytime telly all day also make me laugh.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:31 am
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Pyjamas / onesie / tracksuit - are they hurting you? No. Are they setting a bad example to their kids? Possibly. It's not your problem.

If they set a bad example to their kids then they set a bad example to my kids too.

If their kids act up in class then my kids get disrupted.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:36 am
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Provided they're not tramping around Asda afterward in bare feet I don't honestly care and am a bit surprised that so many people do care.
What business is it of yours what someone else wears? I can't see why someone would wear PJs to a parents' evening but if they want to that's their choice.

Given the choice I'd prefer to see someone in a onesie in Asda than the traditional summer [b]crowd of fat, sweaty, middle-aged men going topless in the veg aisle[/b].

So your surprised at people caring what other people wear, while simultaneously making a point about caring what other people wear yourself.

It's a confusing point to make, but at least you're honest 😉


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:44 am
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I don't wear pyjamas in bed, let alone outside.

Get dressed you lazy, scruffy !£"$!%%!*


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 9:47 am
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Of course i wear pajamas to school. I've been doing it for years. It makes me happy and it's so comfortable. Saves me time in the morning too


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 10:00 am
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What are pyjamas?...

I think the head is right to set dresss and behaviour expectations for parents and hopefully the parents will then set expectations for their kids.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 10:26 am
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So your surprised at people caring what other people wear, while simultaneously making a point about caring what other people wear yourself.

Yeah, but that's different... lady in pyjamas rarely pongs of BO or drips bodily fluids in the aisle 😉


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 10:35 am
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The only person who can pull it off..

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Posted : 27/01/2016 11:49 am
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In my last job used to work nights, always a pain when someone rang the door bell and Id have to answer in my PJ's, especially after midday, I use to get some odd looks from delivery drivers, I couldn't care less.
One of the mums use to drop the kids off in her dressing gown, but she was eccentric, but I found her strangely interesting compared to all the other mums, she would have been fun and a bit scary at the same time, I used to try and think of it as a smoking jacket!
But I used to drop my kids off riding my BMX, so maybe they thought the same of me.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:00 pm
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Someone I know has a daughter who teaches on the Isle of Sheppey, Kids turn up in to school in pj's over there apparently.

On an overnight ferry there was a woman in the bar in nightie, dressing gown and slippers. Classy


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:13 pm
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I don't and wouldn't. However what other people dress in is not my business. Strangely, it's not the headteacher a business either - unless it's indecent and on school property. I heard this yesterday on Radio 4 and was gobsmacked that the headteacher considers writing a letter to parents, reasonable and appropriate. She couldn't speak correctly either.

Totally idiotic.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:21 pm
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A lady on my dog walking loop once commented to the wife that she wouldn't dare set foot in Waitrose without doing her hair first.
Sainsbury's, or (lets whisper it) Lidl, were fine, but one has to keep up appearances for the Harrods of Dorking!


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:40 pm
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I'm glad my home town is making national news over this.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:50 pm
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I used to work in one of the north wests more salubrious towns - one of those many Lancs ones that begin with a B.

Outside they had one of those roadside butty vans. In the morning it wasn't unusual to spot, amongst the hi-vis tabards and oily overalls, a selection of pink dressing gowns, big furry slippers and PJ's, belonging to the women from the caaaaarncil estate across the road. They'd wander over, get their bacon butties and head back to watch Jeremy Kyle.

I suppose that when you've such a busy schedule, you haven't time to be cooking your own bacon butties. Or indeed getting dressed


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:52 pm
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i dont wear pyjamas....i sleep in my clothes to be more efficient in the morning! 😛


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 12:59 pm
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There's a mum that turns up with her 2 kids at my wee ones swimming lesson on Saturday morning at 10, and the 3 of them have onesies on. Total minger.


post #3
wearing pj's to drop the kids off at the pool.
standards are slipping.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 1:17 pm
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ouldn't you be tempted to turn up pick your kids up like this though, just to embarrass them:

I own a very similar onesie.

I'm nearly 30 and have no kids 🙂

I'm glad my home town is making national news over this.
Makes a change from the usual goings on in Stockton I suppose!


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 1:19 pm
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Those who turn up in immaculate looking gym kit in the afternoon, just to give the impression they do more than drink wine and watch daytime telly all day also make me laugh.

^^yep.

There's a group of three ladies at our school who drive in their >1 year old 4x4s, lift £4k road bikes off the back, drink coffee for an hour or two at the school's coffee shop and then head off for a ride. I've followed them on Strava and, well, their rides are usually less than 10km at a 7km/hour average!

Slightly OT, but I remember being about 17 and my Mum picking me and a couple of friends up from the pub at 1am in her PJs and dressing gown. I was mortified! Looking back, I should have been so grateful that she'd go to bed and get up again to make sure her favourite* son got back home safely.

*a distinction each of my brothers claim as their own!


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 1:23 pm
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Posted : 27/01/2016 1:31 pm
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salubrious

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Onamatapoeically, it probably should though...


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 2:12 pm
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Get yourself round to the One stop shop in Hattersley, regular occurrence seeing the local dole scum heading in there in their PJ's and Onesies.
Some don't even bother putting shoes on as the whole process delays them collecting their benefits from the in store PostOffice.
Giro cashed straight round the corner to but 20 fags and a couple of scratchcards.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 6:19 pm
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I used to work in one of the north wests more salubrious towns - one of those many Lancs ones that begin with a B.

Ooh! Blackburn, or Bonleh? (AKA Inbred Dingle bastard town)


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 7:05 pm
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Being a supply teacher I work in many primary schools. I wish that quite a few of the teachers I know would wear their jimmy jams to school 😆
Especially those that are just tiny shorts and.......
Off to wash my mind out.

Well some one had to change the images that these posts are putting into our minds.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 8:17 pm
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Get yourself round to the One stop shop in Hattersley, regular occurrence seeing the local dole scum heading in there in their PJ's and Onesies.

You know, if you've never suffered the embarrassment and miserly of being on the dole you'd have no idea just how offensive that comment is. And they might not be on the dole - night shifts? I invariably work weekends which means I have time off during the week.

Do you look down on everyone else? No doubt in your mind anyone black is a criminal...


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 8:31 pm
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I used to work in one of the north wests more salubrious towns - one of those many Lancs ones that begin with a B.

That's surely Burnley.

I've followed them on Strava and, well, their rides are usually less than 10km at a 7km/hour average!

OH THE HUMANITY!!

That's still 10km more than the vast majority manage (and I doubt they care much about Strava times). Good on 'em.


 
Posted : 27/01/2016 8:42 pm
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You know, if you've never suffered the embarrassment and miserly of being on the dole you'd have no idea just how offensive that comment is.

There are people on the Dole, and there are people on the Dole. Some are desperate for a job, some are career benefitters. Can't really generalise either way.

Do you look down on everyone else? No doubt in your mind anyone black is a criminal...

That's a leap.


 
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There's a group of three ladies at our school who drive in their >1 year old 4x4s, lift £4k road bikes off the back, drink coffee for an hour or two at the school's coffee shop and then head off for a ride. I've followed them on Strava and, well, their rides are usually less than 10km at a 7km/hour

#stalker


 
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You know, if you've never suffered the embarrassment and miserly of being on the dole you'd have no idea just how offensive that comment is.

I have been on the dole ,possibly one of the most soul destroying periods of my life but SOME people are professionals at it and are proud that they don't work.

There are even members in my own family that are like this so have first hand experience of them.
What's a persons colour got to do with it anyway for all you know I could be black?


 
Posted : 29/01/2016 11:13 pm
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See, it's not nice when people randomly generalise about shit they know nothing about.


 
Posted : 30/01/2016 9:28 am
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Get yourself round to the One stop shop in Hattersley, regular occurrence seeing the local dole scum heading in there in their PJ's and Onesies.

You know, if you've never suffered the embarrassment and miserly of being on the dole you'd have no idea just how offensive that comment is. And they might not be on the dole - night shifts? I invariably work weekends which means I have time off during the week.

If they are night shift would they not then visit the shops on the way home, before having put on their pj's or onesies ?

There could be a link here between them being on the dole and them being too bloody lazy to put any clothes on to go down to the shop.

Just a thought.


 
Posted : 30/01/2016 10:09 am
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I too look down on people who do not conform to my idea of acceptable. Good work STW.


 
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