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I don’t often comment on current events that are often hot
buttons for opinions of all kinds, but I feel this time I must.
I recently read a news article about a woman who changed her
toddlers diaper in a Chipotle restaurant on the dining tables! Can you imagine placing a 16 month old child
on a table people where are going to eat? Her husband was furious that the
restaurant employees told her it was a definite no-no and wrote a letter to Chipotle
chiding them for not having changing tables in the bathroom. It was much too inconvenient for the woman to
take her child out to the car on a beautiful day.
Let me make this clear.
I am a mother. While my daughter
just graduated college and is no longer in diapers, I well remember those
years. Few if any restaurants back then
had changing tables in the bathrooms. Oh
my! What did I do? I went to the car and changed her there, or I
just didn’t go out. Inconvenient? Sure,
but those are the little sacrifices one makes when one decides to have
children. I also didn’t let my daughter
scream and cry in restaurants or stores.
Lets just say I am far from a stern disciplinarian and I never hit her
in any way shape or form, I simply took her outside. After a couple times like that she didn’t do
it anymore because if she was screaming and crying for something and that
something wasn’t there anymore, what could she do but stop? Yes, it was
inconvenient but common courtesy to others made me aware that while my
daughter’s cry was not hurting anyone, it could be annoying to others.
Changing a diaper on a dining table is just unsanitary and
probably breaks many health laws. In my
opinion, (And it is just an opinion) the woman should be fined and banned from
the restaurant. And shame on Chipotle
for coddling her idiot husband to tell him they are trying to install changing
tables soon. Restaurants are not
required to install them and if patrons cannot be civilized then they should
just stay home…or has she ever heard of carry out?
What are your thoughts on this matter? Was she right, wrong, or are you as appalled as
I am?
