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In reply to the discussion: parents change diaper in starbucks. cops called [View all]hobbit709
(41,694 posts)96. and that chair doesn't know where my ass has been.
The point is that they did it in the dining area-it doesn't matter if they did it on the table, on a chair, on the floor or even on the ceiling.
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I have seen people change baby diapers in a hospital room with post operative patients
greenman3610
May 2013
#104
have you? starbucks *is* a dining room; people eat and drink there. please give me your
HiPointDem
May 2013
#181
Bullshit. It is a coffee shop lounge. Where did it say it was on the table?
morningfog
May 2013
#197
bullshit yourself. starbucks serves drinks *and* food. it is a licensed food establishment.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#205
give me your address so i can come change babies on your dining table. you clean up when i'm
HiPointDem
May 2013
#228
why do you hate humanity and want to aggressively force them to smell the gagging odor of
HiPointDem
May 2013
#267
they make it sound like baby poop isn't human feces, like it's cotton candy and clovers
CreekDog
May 2013
#361
In every Starbucks I've been in, the door has never been more than 30 feet away.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2013
#247
I would. But, I don't begrudge them for what they did. Certainly don't think calling
morningfog
May 2013
#252
Technically, he did that after having a rag thrown at him by a taunting employee.
antigone382
May 2013
#377
you apparently don't know the meaning of 'bitter'. what i am is *disgusted*. did you miss
HiPointDem
May 2013
#250
No, you're wrong. It's disgustingly unsanitary and these parents were assholes.
Chan790
May 2013
#318
so what? then they walked to starbucks for their 'coffee run'. if the kid had a clean diaper when
HiPointDem
May 2013
#178
doesn't mean they get to poop in the dining room and only anti-social low-life narcissists think
HiPointDem
May 2013
#224
It does not make it anti social. If starbucks wants them to change diapers somewhere
morningfog
May 2013
#274
So are the Starbuck employees and customers that parent treated like shit...
Violet_Crumble
May 2013
#304
Oh okay, so you know what I think because I didn't say anything about it. That's funny!
cui bono
May 2013
#84
except there's no indication they re-used it after throwing it at the poopy floor. this couple
HiPointDem
May 2013
#180
throwing a wet cleaning rag on the floor v. changing a poopy diaper on a table on which people
HiPointDem
May 2013
#176
yes, it really does. a baby wearing a poopy diaper smells a creat deal less than opening that poopy
HiPointDem
May 2013
#175
They could get some feces on the chair accidentally after wiping the child. Or even on the table.
cui bono
May 2013
#70
when i worked fast food, yes, all the salt/pepper & condiment bottles got sterilized regularly.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#182
if the freaking diaper was so full then one of the parents should have stayed with the baby while
HiPointDem
May 2013
#184
That's ridiculous. Shit in the eating area of a restaurant is unsanitary. Period. A better option
Squinch
May 2013
#116
Thank you. I was going to wade in here, but you said it better than I did. Esp the coliform
Nay
May 2013
#353
it's unsanitary, period. they had better options. they were simply too self-centered to use them.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#201
They should be changed where ever they are dirty. Get the fuck over yourself.
morningfog
May 2013
#200
And if you don't change diapers, they leak -- then there is poop wherever the kid is. n/t
woodsprite
May 2013
#55
then they shouldn't have brought their kid in the restaurant at all if he's dribbling poop all over.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#186
yeah, restaurants never use sterilizer. never never never. they never wash anything. especially
HiPointDem
May 2013
#189
on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. or at their own home when they got there.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#191
Get real! The restroom was certainly a better option than a restaurant table top. nt
brush
May 2013
#60
i'm sure that shit in the dining area, whether on tables or seats, violates regulations. and i'm
HiPointDem
May 2013
#193
Did they drive there? 'Cause I changed a lot of diapers in the trunk of our car.
winter is coming
May 2013
#5
gad. did you say anything? i would have, to the manager and to those low-life patrons.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#195
I have never experienced anything like that but I know if I did I couldn't leave without letting the
lunasun
May 2013
#398
Restaurants have been shut down for less than that. It's a HUGE health code violation.
kestrel91316
May 2013
#43
Well, hopefully you'd choose someplace other than in a restaurant where others are trying to eat.
AndyA
May 2013
#120
well imagine how everyone else feels when you change your little darling in the room where
HiPointDem
May 2013
#198
yeah, sure you have. because shit in dining areas is ok with the health dept, ok with restaurant
HiPointDem
May 2013
#253
I used flannel changing pads. Solid on one side, printed on the other. n/t
winter is coming
May 2013
#273
Yep--when you get home, you take it out of the diaper bag, where you've placed it, hopefully,
MADem
May 2013
#276
Hell no. If the choice was bathroom floor or a bench, I would use the bench.
morningfog
May 2013
#255
so did the Burgos family apologize to the starbucks ppl who had to clean up the drink? nt
msongs
May 2013
#17
no more than they apologized to them for having to sterilize the area where they'd just changed
HiPointDem
May 2013
#219
Yeah, for me too. I got the distinct idea that the couple thought it would be a hoot to
Nay
May 2013
#360
The parents violated the health code, period. If an inspector had walked in on them, he would have
Ikonoklast
May 2013
#264
Sorry, but I'm siding with Starbucks. I would "throw" a rag at the parents as well if they were
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#71
You have no idea if shit was involved! Throw a rag at me and you would get it....
Logical
May 2013
#82
The point is really about subjecting other paying customers to baby mess
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#97
I'm sorry, but you're splitting hairs...over something that should NEVER be done.
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#117
...and somehow... I wouldn't be all bummed out about it. I don't put the needs of one customer
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#157
Even simpler--any idiot who changes a baby's diaper in a dining area and then dumps coffee should be
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#163
LOL, escorted out is finem, and normal. Throwing a rag is ignorant and classless! We agree!! n-t
Logical
May 2013
#166
If you agree that the parents were clueless idiots then yes. The cloth is outside of it.
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#172
No, but most are civil and handle issues with tact. Or in your case, not so much. n-t
Logical
May 2013
#154
Changing a diaper in an eating establishment does not warrant a measured and tactful response. nt
Codeine
May 2013
#156
Those parents are DISGUSTING people. Starbucks had every right to throw them our on their asses for
kestrel91316
May 2013
#39
They do. Even in 1990, when my first was born, diaper bags came with changing pads
ScreamingMeemie
May 2013
#68
Well, you can't tell by changing the diaper, but by the dad intentionally spilling his coffee. n/t
woodsprite
May 2013
#56
LOL, yes, because throwing a rag at the family was brilliant! Unbelievable! N-t
Logical
May 2013
#69
Yeah, because changing a dirty diaper on a dining table was brilliant! Unbelievable!
NaturalHigh
May 2013
#119
"hey, get your baby and his shitty diaper off that table"...I assume you are unemployed. n-t
Logical
May 2013
#152
I have never been in a Starsbuck so all I can say is they should invest in changing tables
southernyankeebelle
May 2013
#91
I've found that my zombie neighbors make excellent companions when I feel like Starbucks.
Buns_of_Fire
May 2013
#131
NO, jesus christ what is wrong with you. I don't know how you change diapers.
morningfog
May 2013
#262
there is, actually. because no matter how delightful your little darling is, no one wants to
HiPointDem
May 2013
#269
Well, not to quibble, but I've seen times my baby was so enraged about a diaper change that I had to
NBachers
May 2013
#303
that's disgusting. no, they could have waited & changed him in their car or when they got home.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#171
Another case of parents who refuse to have their plans altered by responsibility
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2013
#183
I understand how you feel, but IMHO these 'small' issues reflect the trouble this society is
Nay
May 2013
#384
i've changed plenty of babies on bathroom floors; it was usual practice before changing tables.
HiPointDem
May 2013
#192
you put the baby down on the clean towel, blanket or changing mat you have brought along
HiPointDem
May 2013
#215
'the basic facilities' are a recent development. generations of parents took care of their babies'
HiPointDem
May 2013
#231
Why don't you support advancing the rights and comforts of children and parents?
morningfog
May 2013
#266
Here's $.50 to buy a clue with... TAKE IT TO YOUR FUCKING CAR. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
May 2013
#242
I note this story contains no information about whether the parents used a changing pad on the seat.
Nine
May 2013
#288
This would explain why, when I spilled my coffee on a seat in Starbucks and then licked it up...
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#326
I actually thought it improved the taste of the coffee. I had ordered my first cup of "blonde"...
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#373
A mom changed her kid's diaper at the communal dishwashing counter at the campground...
Kolesar
May 2013
#341