{"id":172084,"date":"2026-02-27T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:25:09","slug":"florida-airport-calls-for-a-ban-on-pajamas-clarifies-it-was-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172084\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida airport calls for a ban on pajamas, clarifies it was a joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 The Tampa International Airport in Florida posted that pajamas at the airport would be banned, but then had to clarify it was a joke.<\/p>\n

“We’ve seen enough,\u201d the airport posted on X Thursday. <\/p>\n

They added that they had previously banned crocs at the airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this decision could be disruptive to someone in your life,\u201d the post continued. \u201cIt\u2019s time to have a difficult conversation with them. You can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The airport clarified the post was a joke in a statement to USA Today<\/a>, saying they frequently make joke posts like this.<\/p>\n

“Tampa International Airport regularly shares lighthearted, satirical social media content as part of our ongoing effort to engage with our followers,\u201d the airport said in a statement to the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s post about ‘banning’ pajamas was another playful nod to day-of-travel fashion debates. We encourage our passengers to travel comfortably and appreciate our loyal followers who enjoy the online humor.”<\/p>\n

Last year, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy encouraged fliers to dress better when traveling on an airplane.<\/p>\n

“I can’t mandate you dress up, but don’t wear pajamas and slippers to the airport,\u201d he said. \u201cI think if you dress a little better, you behave a little better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 The Tampa International Airport in Florida posted that pajamas at the airport would be banned,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[81823,249,251,250,81821,81314,81824,2558,6097,3210,81822],"class_list":["post-172084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-airport-policy","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-joke-clarification","tag-pajama-ban","tag-passenger-behavior","tag-sean-duffy","tag-social-media","tag-tampa-international-airport","tag-travel-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}