Someone changes a baby’s diaper on a restaurant table, would you say anything?

Posted: April 3rd, 2010 - 12:33pm by Doug Powell

One of Amy’s former students and her Canadian hubby are living in Montreal, where Mary documents their wild and crazy antics on her blog, somewhere over the poutine.

While visiting family in Burlington, Vermont, the gang went out for lunch at Al's Kitchen, where a young father pulled a Britney Spears and mistook a dining table as a diaper changing station.

As described by Evan,

“No blanket, nor cleaning agent was used during or after, it was cheek-to-table (possibly orange carrot paste poop. Minutes later, after a couple of wipes and a pat to the toddler's bum, a group of unfortunate hungry, hairy, b-ball jersey sportin' teens sat down and feasted. …

“In honor of food safety, as an observer turned participant, where does my responsibility stand? Should we have chastised the changer? Notified the staff? Where would the fault lay if someone were to fall ill?”

Comments? I would have at least told staff, so they could intervene.

Mary has an entertaining, R-rated version of the event on her blog.
 

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Tags: change, Diaper, Poop, restaurant, table

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Ephraim says:

The title of the article should be Smarten Up!. Q: If you, your colleagues and staff represent the top 15% of North American society and witness improper, illegal or immoral behaviour and do nothing about it except write blogs after the fact. Where do you place on the totem pole then?. A mentor of mine who's an animator, filmmaker and teacher always used to tell me that in the modern world your either part of the solution or part of the problem. Where do you fit in?. We all have to ask that question which has greater relevance now than ever before in human history. Our system of living and governance is very fragile. His words changed me and what I do with my life. Hopefully, collectively, we'll all get that message.

Posted on April 3rd, 2010 - 5:30pm

Anonymous says:

I probably wouldn't be brave enough to approach the poop spreading diners myself... but after some vocal disgust, I would definitely be telling the staff.

Posted on April 5th, 2010 - 5:36pm

J. reeves says:

Yes, I think I would probably suggest they go to the bathroom lol, I have kids and that is still kinda gross.

Posted on July 22nd, 2010 - 3:21pm

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