Changing Diapers in Restaurants

[Pollyanna]

I think many parents (human baby and fur baby) don't realize that while you think your baby hung the moon and the stars no one else thinks so. Be considerate of others and don't expect every business to cater to your baby. Honestly, if I was a business owner I'm not sure I would install a changing table in the restrooms. To me it just seems like a big ass lawsuit waiting to happen. Moron parent lets kid roll off changing table sues business for not having proper restraint, warning, etc. Plus lots of parents are exceedingly inconsiderate and leave diapers in the restroom and make a mess with wipes. Just not worth the hassle.

[WolfpackWife]

I think many parents (human baby and fur baby) don't realize that while you think your baby hung the moon and the stars no one else thinks so. Be considerate of others and don't expect every business to cater to your baby. Honestly, if I was a business owner I'm not sure I would install a changing table in the restrooms. To me it just seems like a big ass lawsuit waiting to happen. Moron parent lets kid roll off changing table sues business for not having proper restraint, warning, etc. Plus lots of parents are exceedingly inconsiderate and leave diapers in the restroom and make a mess with wipes. Just not worth the hassle.

Knowing that you have 6 children, I have huge amounts of respect for this viewpoint. We need more of you and less of Chad!

[SoonerTexan]

Given the likelihood of slipping on something on a restaurant, etc, a changing table doesn't seem like an "OMG THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE SUED FOR" thing to worry about. And if the owner of a business catering to families mentioned this as their reason for not having one, I'd politely tell them to go f*** themselves, though maybe in not so many words.

[PrincessFiona]

I think I changed a wet diaper on a booth seat once or twice. Poop? No.Frankly, I usually waited until the meal was over and took the kid home if possible. Sometimes I changed a baby on the bathroom floor though if it was baaad. I couldn't change a poopy diaper in the van. The smell made me gag and I felt like it hung in the van. I know I did it a couple of times..

[JDAZ11]

Surely not surprising but I'm in the "this is disgusting" camp. I can't think of any circumstance where putting shit on a surface where people eat is acceptable, whether that's in your house or in a restaurant, but in a public space it is absolutely a big fat NO.

I agree. I feel the same way about people putting their purses on a table in a restaurant. Really not ok.

[PrincessFiona]

I agree. I feel the same way about people putting their purses on a table in a restaurant. Really not ok.

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[JDAZ11]

I posted while walking. Sorry. I just get grossed out by anything unclean being near an eating area. They just wipe those things down with a wet cloth. So people putting their dirty purses on tables or changing their kid there really grosses me out.

[PrincessFiona]

I was just curious about why purses. I guess I never considered them dirty. Something for me to think about.

[ladymoreta]

People set their purses on the floor often, including in restrooms. Then they set them on tables. Then a busser comes along and wipes down the table after their meal and uses that same wet washcloth to wipe down two or three other tables before changing washcloths. Just like that, there's fecal bacteria on several tables.

[JDAZ11]

[QUO TE=ladymoreta;733457]People set their purses on the floor often, including in restrooms. Then they set them on tables. Then a busser comes along and wipes down the table after their meal and uses that same wet washcloth to wipe down two or three other tables before changing washcloths. Just like that, there's fecal bacteria on several tables.[/QUOTE]

That! Sorry I didn't make it clear.

[SoonerTexan]

That's why I get a purse I can actually wash every once in awhile

[PrincessFiona]

I see! I'm actually a purse snob. I'd probably not put my purse on the ground.

[MsSassyBaskets]

I've actually been known to hover while holding my purse in one hand and reaching for TP with the other, if there's not a hook to hang my purse on. It's not easy. I hate putting something I carry every day down on a bathroom floor. I don't put it on floors, period, I hang it on my knee while sitting at restaurants, which is an old habit from traveling in other countries to avoid getting robbed. But yeah, probably wouldn't ever put it on a dining table either. Put me in the camp of no no no to changing at a restaurant table. Figure something out in the bathroom or the car. And quite honestly, in the article's Chipotle example, really? Does it take you so long to eat at Chipotle that you can't just wait? Eat faster, deal with the 15 minute wait, or take your food to go. It's not like you're sitting there waiting for your food for 20 minutes. Chipotle bathrooms are usually single stall, so there's lots of floor space away from the toilet where you could put a changing pad.

[SoonerTexan]

Changing Diapers in Restaurants

Nm

[v-girl]

I would hang my purse around my neck before setting on a bathroom floor.


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