Pajamas and bathrobes

2 Responses to “Pajamas and bathrobes”

1. Mary Schmidt
   January 31st, 2006 @ 4:16 pm

   Good point – particularly since I think some of the problem is resentment. If we home workers are always talking about bunny slippers and freedom – the company office workers to whom we’re selling/talking are (rightfully) getting a little miffed by the implied criticism of their jobs and lives.

   Further, tThe link above re pajama tops is talking about online selling, such as Ebay. Which, of course, doesn’t seem like “real” business since it – ahem – isn’t. Personally, I’ve tried to sell things on Ebay (while fully clothed, thank you), with absolutely no luck. It almost has to be a full-time gig, based on what people tell me that do make money there. And, more power to them, but it’s not all the same as a venture that involves business planning, development, strategy, and customer service. “Stuffing envelopes at home” type of home businesses will never have the same level of credibility (or requirements for success) as a “real” entrepreneurial venture.

2. Danielle Keister, Virtual Assistant
   February 13th, 2006 @ 1:37 pm

   I wholeheartedly agree.

   The problem with having an office that only happens to be in my home is that what I do gets lumped in with all those idiotic simpletons who get sucked into every MLM, network marketing, home party scheme they come across.

   They’re all selling this, that and the other, ever-prowling for the next get-rich-quick scheme and constantly crowing about working in their fuzzy slippers and jammies.

   How does working in your pajamas have anything to do with business? Why do they feel the need to shout about this at every opportunity?

   It would certainly repel me as a client or customer. And not because working in your pajamas somehow makes you less professional than the next person (heck, I work in my robe most of the time myself).

   No, it’s the lack of professional sensibility that would allow you to evoke that image of yourself in the minds of potential clients and business partners. That mistake alone will make me question the entirety of your business capabilities, professionalism and intelligence.

   Plus, it’s just tacky. Eew.

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