How about we just make it required that all men ’s convenience have a changing table ?
According to the most recent data I could find, a 2019studyof 400 restaurants in the Washington, DC area showed that only about 20% of them had baby changing tables in the men’s bathroom — a number seemingly mirrored by stores and other public areas.
It can be incredibly difficult for fathers to find an appropriate place to change their baby while in public, which can, unfortunately, lead to the burden always falling on the mothers of their children in heterosexual relationships.
And if the dada is out and aboutalone ? Well . That ’s when it gets even more confusing .
And that’s exactly what happened to dad and Reddit userrocksandhardplaces1whoshared: “I am a 31-year-old man and was at a large store yesterday with my 5-month-old son when he did what babies do.”
" I went over to the restrooms and saw that there was n’t a family unit / companion convenience , just a hands ’s and women ’s . I go into the men ’s way and check there was a stall and a few urinal , but no changing table . The sink did n’t have a counter either . "
“I walked out and hunted down an employee to ask where the changing table was. She said it was in the bathroom, and I asked where, assuming there was a family/companion restroom on the other side of the store. She took me back to where I just was.”
" I asked if there was another lav , and she tell no . I told her I was just in the lavatory , and there was no changing table . She asked if I was indisputable and suggest I look again . "
“I was annoyed, but I went back in the men’s room. No changing table. When I came out, the employee was gone. Keep in mind my son has been in his poopy diaper this whole time. So I give up and head into the lady’s room, which sure enough had a changing table. There was a woman in there washing her hands, and she said, ‘Wrong bathroom, buddy.'”
" I gestured to my Logos and say , ' No changing tabular array in the man ’s way . ' She express joy and said , ' Bro , that sucks . ' Then she walk out . So I rush to alter him , desire to be done before anyone else walked in . "
“I’m almost done when a woman walks in and starts screaming at me. I tried to explain what I was doing, but she kept screaming, ‘Get out! You can’t be here!’ Then she ran out.”
" I finished putting the diaper on and rush out of the lavatory . I reckon the cleaning lady talking to an employee and decided to provide without my stuff . The employee tried to wave me down and stop me , but I rushed out to my gondola , heave my son into his motorcar hindquarters , and left .
My married woman order I dead did the right affair , but my mom say I ’m an idiot and was 100 % in the wrong . My baby wo n’t quit express mirth at me and is no help at all . Am I the asshole ? "
WELP. As you can imagine, the overall vote on this post was not the asshole.
" Not the asshole . That store is 100 % to blame for this , " userSigSauerPower320said . " I would n’t be shocked if they ’ve received ill about this in the past tense and have n’t done anything about it . Your mom was right smart out of line . You want to change your kid . What ’d she carry you to do , change him on the floor ? ram home with him in a foul diaper ? Your wife is right . You did the right thing , and that lady was rude . Who does that ? ! ? Screams at a Fatherhood for changing his kid ’s dirty nappy . "
“Not the asshole. You have every right to find a clean and secure space to change your son, even if it’s in a women’s bathroom,” userVelkerSkyadded.
" The store could easily get with the twenty-first 100 by install a changing distance in the human being ’s and chose not to , so that ’s on them . "
Others felt the woman who screamed at the dad was completely out of line…
" Not the bunghole , but that woman sure was , " userVixen7 - 9said . " Not your defect the men ’s elbow room had no change table . "
…especially because it was obvious what the dad was doing.
" Yeah , [ you ] did the ripe thing . As a woman , I would n’t even have given him a 2nd look . He was at the changing table with a babe , what do you retrieve he was doing ? " userEvil_Melconcluded .
