{"id":172974,"date":"2026-02-28T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172974\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:29:32","slug":"tampa-airport-jokes-about-banning-pajamas-worrying-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172974\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa airport jokes about banning pajamas, worrying passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa International Airport posted a joke on social media this week that it would become the \u201cworld\u2019s first Crocs-free AND pajama-free airport,\u201d which caused confusion among millions of viewers as to whether the post was indeed true.<\/p>\n<p>The airport said that after successfully going \u201cCrocs-free,\u201d the airport had \u201cseen enough\u201d of pajamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe madness stops today. The movement starts now,\u201d the post stated.<\/p>\n<p>Travelers have been deliberately wearing pajamas to airports in protest of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy\u2019s campaign to get flyers to dress better. In a November press conference, he called the increase in the number of people wearing pajamas and Crocs at airports \u201ca degradation in civility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Department <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tsa-sean-duffy-airport-screening-patdowns-31cd1dd649a6f043c046974ee4f0ab72\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> its \u201cThe Golden Age of Travel Starts With You\u201d campaign was \u201cintended to jumpstart a nationwide conversation around how we can all restore courtesy and class to air travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the people responding to the Tampa airport\u2019s post commented that uncomfortable seats, long security lines and unpredictable delays make comfort a necessity.<\/p>\n<p>The airport\u2019s spokesperson confirmed the post was a joke, noting that Tampa International Airport has long used satire in its social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s post about \u2019banning\u2019 pajamas was another playful nod to day-of-travel fashion debates,\u201d it said. \u201cWe encourage our passengers to travel comfortably and appreciate our loyal followers who enjoy the online humor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Duffy responded to the post with a GIF of actor John Krasinski from \u201cThe Office\u201d giving a knowing look to camera.<\/p>\n<p>No actual ban or dress code is in place at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 This story is based in part on wire service reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa International Airport posted a joke on social media this week that it would become the \u201cworld\u2019s first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-172974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172974","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=172974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}