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Original poster

To not want this kid to poo in the cafe?

103 replies

BeyoncesCat · 19/08/2014 23:16

Was at a cafe today and a lady pulls out a potty and allows her son shit. Just there openly not trying to hide it. The cafe was packed full of people eating too Confused

Her friend then pulled out potty
and was going to get her
daughter on but we complaied before it happened.

The toilets were out of order however there were loos about 10 second walk outside

They both thought we were UR for suggesting they use the other toilets and we don't know how hard it is potty training twins ( we have twins in our immediate family).

One of them started crying and the shouted at us then left.

AIBU to think this disgusting and not something people want to see when trying to eat our lunch?!

OP posts:
Patrickstarisabadbellend · 19/08/2014 23:17

Seriously? Wtf!

HeySoulSister · 19/08/2014 23:18

Yuk!

Glad you said something!

ChocolateButtercups · 19/08/2014 23:19

That is disgusting.

Only1scoop · 19/08/2014 23:20

Yanbu Confused

Original poster
BeyoncesCat · 19/08/2014 23:20

Ok glad it's not the norm!

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DemelzaandRoss · 19/08/2014 23:22

Absolutely revolting.

SallyMcgally · 19/08/2014 23:23

YANBU. Disgusting.

thornrose · 19/08/2014 23:23

It's almost impossible to believe this could happen!

LittlePeaPod · 19/08/2014 23:24

Are you shitting me? no pun intended Surely you are? There is someone out there that actually thinks this is acceptable behaviour?

AryaOfHouseSnark · 19/08/2014 23:28

What has potty training twins got to do with it ? There were 2 parents there so one per child Confused Not that it would be ok to do if there wasn't Grin
How very odd.

Tikimon · 19/08/2014 23:29

I love it when people "calmly suggest something" and then the other person just flies off the handle for no reason. I have a sneaking suspicion you didn't "suggest" if it escalated to tears and shouting.

Regardless. You don't poop in front of people that are eating. That's gross.

Original poster
BeyoncesCat · 19/08/2014 23:30

I shit you not! Grin I promise you all this happened. I'm not poo troll. We couldn't stop talking about it after as we too couldn't believe they thought it acceptable!

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Purplepoodle · 19/08/2014 23:32

Omg even if the toilet was out of order surely they could have used the potty in there. I would have even took the kids outside and used potty before doing in a cafe like that (I have 3 under 5 btw)

Original poster
BeyoncesCat · 19/08/2014 23:32

Hand on heart, it was a calm suggestion. The way try reacted was like they've had stick about doing it before.

OP posts:
AryaOfHouseSnark · 19/08/2014 23:33

Stranger things have happened at sea, dp once got shouted at at a woman on the tube for not giving up his seat for her dog.

Original poster
BeyoncesCat · 19/08/2014 23:34

That's what we said Purple!
3 under 5 wow!! Shock

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Purplepoodle · 19/08/2014 23:35

Lots of potties in my life - 2 trained one to go lol.

AlpacaYourThings · 19/08/2014 23:35

YANBU.

That is utterly revolting.

Purplepoodle · 19/08/2014 23:36

What did they do with the potty full of waste?

FannyFifer · 19/08/2014 23:37

No way, no one lets their kid shit in a cafe do they.

scousadelic · 19/08/2014 23:38

People are sometimes odd in how they don't see problems when the child belongs to them. We were at a friends house eating lunch when someone suggested changing a baby's pooey nappy on the floor right next to the table and was a bit Hmm when others of us objected. It's easy to not see the disgusting in your own child

ravenAK · 19/08/2014 23:39

I passed a bloke parking his ds on a potty on the pavement next to their vehicle the other day. Vehicle was a motorhome.

Thought that was slightly unnecessary but it didn't inconvenience anyone, so each to their own...potty in middle of cafe is entirely different & entirely gross. YANBU.

AlpacaYourThings · 19/08/2014 23:43

Someone will be along soon who will think for some ridiculous reason that YABU, OP.

AryaOfHouseSnark · 19/08/2014 23:49

Grin well yes, you should have offered to help out op. How selfish of you.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 19/08/2014 23:49

YANBU. Where did the woman empty the potty afterwards?

I've managed to successfully potty train three DCs without needing to whip out a potty in a café or a shop or any other public place for that matter.

If there were two adults present (one to stay at the table with the things & one to take the DCs to the loo) and toilets as close as you say, I can't see any possible excuse for this really.

Some people are just odd.