Potties in restaurants

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I think I've seen it all now!! Chain pub that does food, nothing posh, cheap and cheerful but always edible. Went there for lunch yesterday and a family on a nearby table whipped out a potty and sat their child on it in the middle of the bloody eating area!!

My DC are now grown up, so I admit I'm not up to date with potty training etiquette but FFS surely this hasn't become the norm now? I've never complained about children's behaviour before, I usually just quietly seethe, but this crossed a line for me and I reported it to a member of staff.

Can you imagine tucking in to your scampi and chips with someone toiletting just a few feet from you??

Was I unreasonable for reporting to staff who had a quiet word with them?

Nooooo! That's repulsive when you're eating. The worst I had was a dog that vomited a huge pile of sick on the floor of a cafe and they were too busy to clear it up so I had to eat my meal with it next to my table.

Disgusting and I would have asked the staff to have a word

That's repulsive. How entitled these people must be

No, I’m 3 years out of the potty phase but no this isn’t acceptable. Quiet corner of a play park in an emergency yes but a restaurants is a definite no!

Just come out of the potty training phase and we would take the potty into the toilets and do it in a cubicle. Definitely not the norm!

That’s awful. Can’t believe some people.

@GlobetrottingPercy I wouldn't have batted an eyelid if the potty had even been in the washbasin area of the toilets.

Vile

Why couldn’t they have taken the child and potty into the toilets? That is absolutely foul and I have TWO toddlers

Yuk

I once saw a woman set up a potty in front of Kensington Palace where people were walking around and taking pictures.

I once saw this at a cafe that was attached to a soft play but even so people were eating. The potty was under the table and full.

Flossflower · Today 11:58
I once saw this at a cafe that was attached to a soft play but even so people were eating. The potty was under the table and full.

Seen several people changing pooey nappies on the equipment at soft plays over the years 🤯

Urgh, YANBU. If the child can't wait long enough to get from table to toilets, they're not ready to be out and about without a nappy.

It's the entitlement of a lot of people nowadays. It's all "I will do as I please and you can't do anything about it"
No respect for other people. The best karma would be for someone to march over to the table and tip the contents of the potty over the parents head. I would love that to happen 😅

It's utterly revolting.

I used to know someone who changed her child's nappy on the table in a railway station coffee shop and then kicked off when the staff told her it wasn't acceptable and that she needed to use the baby change facilities in the station toilets. Apparently she didn't want to use the station toilets to change her baby because 'they're gross'.

I also once queued to order in a cafe behind a family carrying a toddler who had a loud conversation about whether they could 'feel a poo' in the child's nappy and then stuck their nose down the back of the kid's pants to see if they could smell anything.

No def awful! Potties are for toilets when out and about in shops and cafes. Fair enough to whip one out away from where people are sitting and so on at the edge of a park or playing field when theres no loos.

This is absolutely a health issue. Piss andshit exposed around food. Utterly disgusting. They should have been told to leave.

This reminds me of a holiday with some relatives. They were potty training their DD and having some issues with constipation so when we were all in the living room they whipped out the potty, put some ghastly video on the TV about a poo and had to listen to the DF making pretend straining noises to demonstrate what was required.

I don't know if it worked because I left the room.

I think you were mild not to have said something directly to them. And many people would have used words not suitable to be broadcast at this time of day.

In fairness, children can struggle horrendously with constipation. You'll do what you have to do to avoid more serious health problems. I'm sure they would rather not have had to do that, and probably every day at home as well!

If they were in their own holiday accommodation then they were "at home" and it's nothing like taking a potty out in public. Fair enough not to want to witness it though!

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The child deserves privacy too!

It’s absolutely inappropriate behaviour on their part. I’ve potty trained two and I know it’s boring, but you stay at home for a month or so until you know they can reliably make it to a public toilet.