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dflprincess

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28. One has to wonder how parents coped before changing tables were put in any public restaurants
Thu Oct 2, 2014, 02:49 PM
Oct 2014

Oh yeah, they used the car or waited until they got home (depending on how badly the change was needed.)

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Those poor other paying customers yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #1
No shit. pintobean Oct 2014 #10
Well hopefully not. Puglover Oct 2014 #101
Amazing! MineralMan Oct 2014 #2
Times ten thousand + 1000000 JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #6
1000+ on point Oct 2014 #17
+1 You understand where they are coming from and how self centered would one really have to be ??? lunasun Oct 2014 #18
+ 1 million. Potentially exposing whoever has to eat there to fecal matter. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #27
Not just fecal matter. BABY fecal matter. Frank Cannon Oct 2014 #98
K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #34
TOTALLY agree!!! nt Raine Oct 2014 #41
+ bazillion snagglepuss Oct 2014 #62
Presumably.. sendero Oct 2014 #66
Probably does. People are STUPID. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #74
Hear, hear!!!! n/t Mugu Oct 2014 #69
It's a major public health hazard and probably a violation that could get their restaurant permit kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #73
LOL, the trespassing shit is way over the top but ok. nt Logical Oct 2014 #77
They think they are in their own home. former9thward Oct 2014 #86
I think I would have taken the baby to the car cwydro Oct 2014 #3
So would most people sharp_stick Oct 2014 #12
Or the ladies room brush Oct 2014 #23
I was wondering the same thing. deafskeptic Oct 2014 #91
Unless it was in a major Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #99
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #102
Yup Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #103
That is disgusting. RedCappedBandit Oct 2014 #4
Wouldn't use a changing table anyway.....cooties nc4bo Oct 2014 #5
I understand her frustration (mom of twins, no changing table experience) IdaBriggs Oct 2014 #7
Table cleaning is minimal at most restaurants. MineralMan Oct 2014 #15
I am aware -- just YUCK. IdaBriggs Oct 2014 #19
I saw a disgusting cleaning rag in action pipi_k Oct 2014 #32
I've never seen anything else used to wipe down tables. MineralMan Oct 2014 #33
I think I've seen people pipi_k Oct 2014 #106
I have seen this done also... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #88
Even less tazkcmo Oct 2014 #61
I call 'em rags. MineralMan Oct 2014 #63
OK n/t tazkcmo Oct 2014 #64
take baby to the car to change that diaper! Scout Oct 2014 #8
ugh. Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #9
Yuk, yuk, yuk!! YarnAddict Oct 2014 #11
This is one of the downfalls of the Intertubes snooper2 Oct 2014 #13
That's utterly disgusting OhioChick Oct 2014 #14
Vitterly disgusting, even... Blue Owl Oct 2014 #81
That is disgusting. Take the baby to the car... hello! Tatiana Oct 2014 #16
That's pretty gross LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #20
One has to wonder how parents coped before changing tables were put in any public restaurants dflprincess Oct 2014 #28
I wonder how fields were plowed before tractors. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #31
Being considerate to anyone is nice upaloopa Oct 2014 #38
So you think that was the correct thing to do?!? catbyte Oct 2014 #42
I don't know. The headline and story sounds very gross. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #83
Poopy butt plus dining table in public is pretty inconsiderate. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #75
Before tractors, ladyVet Oct 2014 #89
Being considerate is holding a door open Trekologer Oct 2014 #96
Do you think these leftynyc Oct 2014 #108
They might have used the floor gollygee Oct 2014 #45
Bet that cleared the restaurant posthaste. hifiguy Oct 2014 #21
nasty Marrah_G Oct 2014 #22
Ewwww gollygee Oct 2014 #24
I changed my then 12 month old grand-daughter in a pedestal sink at a restaurant once. haele Oct 2014 #111
Customers may have gotten confused over which was the food Capt. Obvious Oct 2014 #25
Thread win. nt msanthrope Oct 2014 #95
How can people be so piggy marions ghost Oct 2014 #26
i've seen this more than once. i'm glad they're putting in more changing tables. unblock Oct 2014 #29
I've seen worse, unfortunately theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #43
I would have pitched a screaming fit at that one, lol, and the manager would have known about it. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #76
Oh dear God lunasun Oct 2014 #85
Holy crap... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #90
Every Rest Room Sparhawk60 Oct 2014 #104
Woman changed a large kid nasty diaper on a Southwest flight, right in the seat everyone gagging! TheNutcracker Oct 2014 #30
Very hard to change a diaper on a plane. gollygee Oct 2014 #35
there's a changing table d_r Oct 2014 #47
He said it was a large baby gollygee Oct 2014 #49
that's why I said d_r Oct 2014 #51
The baby does not safely or even remotely fit on the table gollygee Oct 2014 #52
was it worse than this? Capt. Obvious Oct 2014 #79
I would have gotten up and left if I saw that going on by me! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #36
That fuckin' revolting. People should go to their house and shit on their valerief Oct 2014 #37
No restaurant that serves alcohol? gollygee Oct 2014 #40
Shit, Chuck E. Cheese serves alcohol??? No wonder this country sucks. valerief Oct 2014 #46
LOL gollygee Oct 2014 #48
I did a search and found that there have been tons of fights between valerief Oct 2014 #56
One of my neighbors was separating from her spouse due to a variety of issues, KurtNYC Oct 2014 #72
why in the world d_r Oct 2014 #50
I'm not feeding this valerief Oct 2014 #57
I rarely see tampon/pad dispensers tabbycat31 Oct 2014 #55
Not surprising in this patriarchy. nt valerief Oct 2014 #59
No way I can agree with those parents--it is unsanitary WI_DEM Oct 2014 #39
The parents are gavones badtoworse Oct 2014 #44
As a fellow Italian-American, I agree. nt msanthrope Oct 2014 #97
Those parents are too ignorant and self-important Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #53
That's disgusting. Vinca Oct 2014 #54
Why would a parent change a diaper on one of those table liberal N proud Oct 2014 #58
Disgusting. You don't need a fucking changing table to change a baby-- TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #60
Great, now everybody has Baby Ebola. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #65
Worst. Baby. Name. Ever. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #71
I saw that happen in a family restaurant once. peace13 Oct 2014 #67
I changed a lot of diapers on ladies room floors starroute Oct 2014 #68
I usually side with stressed out parents of babies and toddlers in trying situations.... Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #70
Chad and his wife are pigs. elehhhhna Oct 2014 #78
And next customers at that table were served retread Oct 2014 #80
Don't order the #2 combo... Blue Owl Oct 2014 #82
I'm amazed we're up to 83 comments Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #84
I have way worse stories. hunter Oct 2014 #87
How could Chipotle NOT have had changing tables to start with? Ken Burch Oct 2014 #92
As someone who works in health care, and is an admitted... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #93
Egad! yourpicturehere Oct 2014 #94
Germs and gunk are all over. An adult may wipe their ass and not wash their hands LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #112
They shouldn't have done it. It's gross. Now move along. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2014 #100
It's a good think Huffington Post covered this vitally important story. Skinner Oct 2014 #105
CNN quarantined. Ebola virus is now talk-borne leftstreet Oct 2014 #107
One of CNN's current "Top Stories"..."Shocking Tip Left For Bad Service" Miles Archer Oct 2014 #110
Those parents must be Turd Wayers. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #109
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