Y'know, once upon a time, no restaurants had changing tables in the bathrooms, and I can recall having to deal with that situation a few times with my own kid back in the day. What do you do? Cope (and save the poo flinging for the follow-up letter).
Chad & Wife seem to have a few… entitlement problems. And some distasteful habits.
Chipotle Lacks Diaper Changing Table, Mom Changes Toddler On The Dining Table Instead
Chipotle has a kids’ menu with tiny quesadillas and organic milk, and offers high chairs in its dining rooms. They seemed to Chad like an establishment that welcomes and accommodates families with …
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I'd heard about the earlier one that article links to — I could understand that one, actually, with the additional kids involved. That's a hard group to pack up and move out, yet too young to leave unattended while you go out to the car. In this case, I think she absolutely should have popped out to the car for it, though.
The comment that he'll be going to Qdoba until Chipotle does offer changing tables, though — that is totally fair. It's a pretty common need, and something restaurants, in particular, should have. Our kids are well past it now, but I'd have absolutely felt resentful and justified in Not Going Back to a restaurant that didn't offer someplace to change a diaper. I get irritated even still when I notice places that only have them in the women's room, and not the men's.
Just my opinion, but if you have a baby, you shouldn't be taking said baby out to a restaurant…..or a movie…..or anyplace with large crowds of people.
When we went to see Guardians of the Galaxy, we heard a crying baby up ahead of us. And this was before the movie even started.
I understand the need to get out of the house and not everyone has access to sitters, family, etc….,but if they do, they should make use of them.
I'm going to agree with Dave about the entitlement issues, too.
+Kingsley Lintz I agree with voting with one's feet about restaurants (etc.) that don't conform with the patron's needs, whatever they are. The question here is more about the appropriateness of other ways that the voting is cast.
+Mark Means I think if you take young'uns out, you need to be very careful and cognizant of your impact on the world around you. When our daughter was an infant, or early toddler, yeah, we did do a movie or two — but we were ready to instantly take the kid out if there was fussing (and did). Movies were very rare — but we did restaurants a fair amount — but it was our responsibility to make sure we weren't bugging those around us, making a mess, stuff like that. And if that meant one of us hitching the kid up against the shoulder and taking a long walk around the block (or three) while the other finished their dinner, well, you pays your money and you takes your chances.
Within those bounds, we also ended up with a kid who knew how to behave at restaurants (and order politely and try and tolerate things other than chicken nuggets), which a lot of kids her age for a long time didn't seem to be able to manage.