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ladyVet

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89. Before tractors,

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 08:55 PM

Oct 2014

fields were plowed with horses, oxen, water buffalo, or some other beast of burden. Sometimes even human-powered, I could imagine. The world still turned.

Changing a diaper on a public restaurant table is inexcusable. Generations of parents managed to get by without changing tables in restrooms. Most of those are so nasty I wouldn't have used one anyway. Have you seen how filthy people are in public restrooms? Many don't bother to wash their hands after their own use, much less after changing diapers. I've seen people with Master's degrees shit and leave without even rinsing, much less using soap. Some of them didn't flush, either.

As for the wiping down tables with the same rag, you can read about the author's experiences as a maid with a big-name cleaning service in the book Nickle and Dimed. An eye-opener, for sure.

I'm no germaphobe either, but I do take precautions in public, and I have consideration for others.

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Parents Face Backlash After Changing Baby's Diaper On Chipotle Dining Table [View all] Miles Archer Oct 2014 OP

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