Ever seen someone change a baby diaper on a dining/picnic table at WDW?

[maigheann]

Just curious. I saw this at a local park the other day and was grossed out. (There were plenty of other places where the change could've been done -- on the ground, a nearby sitting bench, the grass, their car about 25' away. It just had to be done on the picnic table). And it was a poopy one. And the mom didn't even put anything under her child's butt like a jacket, a clean (sacrificial) diaper, a piece of newspaper. Ewww.

I just imagine at Disney where lots of people are very time-conscious that this sight may more common than I think in spite of the many baby centers.

 

[dobtia]

One time, oddly enough I was heading to the bathroom. I see this dad on a picnic table in MK. He was right there the open. Changing away. Bathroom was not more than a minute away. It was also just me and my son on the inside. I remember think..."Really, you couldnt even try to make it"

 

[lynnebla]

I've changed my kids diapers on benches, the bench of a booth and in their stroller, but never on the top of a table. That would be a step too far. I usually do it because, with 3 kids, it can be incredibly difficult to corral them all in the bathroom while I change one or becuase the bathroom didin't have a changing table. But, eating surfaces are off limits!

 

[Melani]

I changed her diaper on my lap on a bench facing a wall. I went in the bathroom and decided I didn't want to use their changing table. I was discreet.

 

[d1gitman]

i'm embarrassed to admit it, but my wife changed our son on a picnic table at Typhoon Lagoon. I lost it. She is so picky about germs, etc...and then she goes and changes a poopy diaper on a picnic table. I was grossed out, embarrassed and angry. She somehow thought that it was okay for her even though she gets grossed out by other peoples germs...

 

[Feralpeg]

Yes. I watched a woman change a baby on a table in the middle of the Earl of Sandwich. I also saw a family change a baby on the seat of a booth at the new T-Rex restaurant not long ago. After they changed the baby, the man tried to stuff the dirty diaper up under the seat. Fortunately, the opening was too small. He ended up taking it to the restroom to throw it away.

 

[branv]

Yep, can't remember what restaurant it was, but saw this woman plop her baby up on top of the table and start changing her WHILE HER GROUP WAS STILL EATING! So she didn't just not care about anyone who came after, she didn't care what she was doing to the rather large group of people she was dining with.

Though the funny thing was that she looked up and saw me gaping at her in shock with my mouth hanging wide open. Then she looked at the group she was with and some of them had their mouthes wide open too! She at least had the decency to look embarrassed at that point.

 

[inkkognito]

Heck, I once saw a woman change her baby on a table top in a Boston Market, right across the rail from the food prep/pickup area. Another woman was flipping out, but the manager wouldn't do anything about it so the woman just walked out without her food. She was probably smart...if they didn't care about a poopy diaper change in front of everyone picking up their food, goodness only knows what the kitchen there must look like. I'm sure it goes on at Disney all the time too, although I've only personally seen it done on benches rather than tables.

 

[bwilcox]

Yes. I watched a woman change a baby on a table in the middle of the Earl of Sandwich. I also saw a family change a baby on the seat of a booth at the new T-Rex restaurant not long ago. After they changed the baby, the man tried to stuff the dirty diaper up under the seat. Fortunately, the opening was too small. He ended up taking it to the restroom to throw it away.

Can you imagine sitting down and wondering where the heck that smell is coming from!?!

 

[nickspace]

I saw it happen in Wendy's. Its gross to think that perhaps someone did that at the table you are sitting at.

 

[BradyBz12]

I'll go you one better...
In December at HS, I saw a woman yank down her toddler's "pull up" type diaper and encourage him to pee through the railing into the flower garden... yup, right along the walkway not far from the Brown Derby in the middle of the day with loads of people everywhere. HUH???

 

[aceys_h0ney]

I have discreetly changed my daughter on my lap or in her stroller at Disney among other places. The line once for the changing table was going out the door. We hid in a corner. I would never change her on a table though or in plain view of everyone. I find it not only gross but my poor child does not need to be changed in front of the world, baby or not.

 

[nessz79]

No, thank God. That's terrible- somewhere people eat is pushing it too far.

 

[LittleDickensDesigns]

About 15 years ago there was a big story in our town paper about someone doing this at McDonalds. What are people thinking?

I have no problem with someone doing it on a bench with something underneath their kid or laying them down in the grass. Changing tables in bathrooms really only work for small babies. My boys were too squiggly. The ground worked so much better for them.

 

[maigheann]

Some of these stories are truly horrible. Some people must really believe their baby's poop is icecream, that it's okay to clean butts at the dining table, and want others to believe the same. I've read here and locally about concerns over "Norwalk Virus" at WDW but now I am convinced that eating someone else's E.coli is also likely and would also present similar symptoms.

Though I have never been to WDW, I know that lots of people get riled by line-cutters, stroller derbies, pool hopping, ADR cheating. Poop changing where others eat, however, seems to eclipse them all. It is the ultimate dis.

I know poopy diapers are inconvenient and that a parent could deal with it 10x/day with a blindfold on. It should be dealt with immediately, but the place it do so not where others eat (or perform surgery). It's just totally gross, and a health hazard.

 

[duffthor]

These are NASTY!
A couple of years ago I had a woman change a 2 year old's seriously poopy diaper right on the table next to me at Sunshine Seasons in The Land.

Fortunately I had just finished eating, but my son looked like he was going to hurl.

 

[carol-lamb]

About 5 or 6 years ago, my daughter and I were eating outside at Rosie's Cantina at MGM and at the table next to us, a lady changed a poopy diaper right on top of their table. Thank goodness we were done eating as I was totally grossed out.

 

[chocovrdmicears]

Yes. This past Sept at AK...Dad was changing baby on a tabletop at Pizzafari.

 

[daisyduck123]

All of these stories are exactly why I carry a travel pack of Clorox wipes w/ me when we go to WDW. I wipe down every table before we sit to eat.

 

[freepixie]

A couple years ago, on the monorail at park opening headed to the MK, standing room only, this mom pulls the baby out the stroller and changes poopy diaper on the seat. Better yet? Left a poopy streak on the seat! So not only did we have to smell it, but someone else could easily sit in it on the next pick-up!! We did tell the monorail driver as we got off, and he said he would take care of it.