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Mc Donalds And Baby Changing

  • 01-06-2012 12:03am
    #1
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    So i was in mc donalds today having a burger and had 7 month old son with me. eventually he needed to be changed so off i went to the baby changing in the toilets
    the next part enraged me. there was no baby changing in the gents and no disabled toilet, the baby changing area is only in the ladies.
    i asked a member of staff where was i able to change the baby and she said 'only in the ladies but obviously you cant go in there'.
    i couldnt believe it, the baby was starting to get cranky but she stood at the door of the ladies blocking it so there was no way i could go in.

    im very angry over this, i feel its sexist that baby changing is only available in the ladies toilets. i ended up changing him in the car but could have prevented him crying for half an hour if baby changing was available to men. it was the donaghmede branch of mc donalds. im seriously thinking of ringing joe tomorrow over this and going further

    thoughts?
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  • #2
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    mcdonalds cant be expected to cater to the minority of babies who will need to be changed by men...


  • #3
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    You should have bought another burger, taken a bite out of it, change the baby in the car and put some of it's 'special sauce' on the burger and brought it back to em


  • #4
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Simple. Don't eat in McDonalds. This incident isn't the only reason to justify such a move.


  • #5
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Ah answer: Should have changed the baby on the counter...

    Real answer: there's a counter beside the sink!


  • #6
    Mickey Lover
    Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭Mickey Lover


    I would have changed the baby on one of their tables - that'll teach them :)


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  • #7
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    what did they ever do back in the day without such facilities eh?


  • #8
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Mickey Lover wrote: »
    I would have changed the baby on one of their tables - that'll teach them :)

    thats what i was thinking after


  • #9
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    Wtf :confused: Could you not just lob him up on the sink counter in the mens jacks?


  • #10
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    sugarman wrote: »
    The largest fastfood chain in the world?:rolleyes:

    yeah exactly, they're a fastfood outlet, not a creche


  • #11
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Wtf :confused: Could you not just lob him up on the sink counter in the mens jacks?

    its was manky


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  • #12
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    its was manky

    few tissues be grand


  • #13
    LH Pathe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭LH Pathe


    so that's what the patties are made from? :/ fùckn clown for a mascot; shoulda known


  • #14
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    few tissues be grand

    i felt like a few naggins afterwards


  • #15
    PinkFly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭PinkFly


    First world problem don't ya just love 'em


  • #16
    cbyrd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    You are perfectly within your rights to go into the ladies and use the babychanger... my husband does it all the time when he's out with the youngest 2 who are in nappies.. if they don't provide it in the men's or a separate changing room they leave you with no choice and cannot ask you to leave. And if they did i'd tell them to fu@k off ;)


  • #17
    Mr.Biscuits
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Mr.Biscuits


    Sounds like you had shit day overall and even chose to eat some to.


  • #18
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    cbyrd wrote: »
    You are perfectly within your rights to go into the ladies and use the babychanger... my husband does it all the time when he's out with the youngest 2 who are in nappies.. if they don't provide it in the men's or a separate changing room they leave you with no choice and cannot ask you to leave. And if they did i'd tell them to fu@k off ;)

    they never told me to leave, i just left and changed him in the car. in hindsight i should have just changed him at the table


  • #19
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Such a daft policy to not let you into the ladies. Were they worried you might see some women washing their hands?


  • #20
    PinkFly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭PinkFly


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    cbyrd wrote: »
    You are perfectly within your rights to go into the ladies and use the babychanger... my husband does it all the time when he's out with the youngest 2 who are in nappies.. if they don't provide it in the men's or a separate changing room they leave you with no choice and cannot ask you to leave. And if they did i'd tell them to fu@k off ;)

    they never told me to leave, i just left and changed him in the car. in hindsight i should have just changed him at the table


    Or in the cubicle on your knee??


  • #21
    LH Pathe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭LH Pathe


    Mr.Biscuits wrote: »
    Sounds like you had shit day overall and even chose to eat some to.

    McDonalds sorta has the kiddie market by teh not even developed yet balls; long befre they're even born I reckon there's McD TV bein beamed into our unsuspecting wombs and siezing their little hearts n minds


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  • #22
    guppy
    Registered Users Posts: 484 ✭✭guppy


    You should absolutely phone Joe! That is a disgrace, everywhere should provide baby changing facilities. This country is so anti family it's ridiculous. Everyone with a child should have the appropriate facilities to change them standing up (the adults) without being inconvenienced.


    (Or learn to change the baby on your knee, in a cubicle, like I did. Even 5 years ago a lot of places had no facilities, so I adapted)


  • #23
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    i'd go to the mens if thats where it was. (female)

    I can do it in the buggy in 20 seconds. needs must


  • #24
    lord lucan
    Registered Users Posts: 9,573 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    mcdonalds cant be expected to cater to the minority of babies who will need to be changed by men...

    Not really a minority these days. I see as many men bringing their kids out for the day as women. If this was the other way around the RTE switchboard would blow up with enraged wimmins complaining to Joe and summoning up the ghost of the suffragettes.


  • #25
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    I find it hard to believe she stood in the doorway to block you going in. Ya sure you even ask if you could go in ?

    If she did block you and you didnt ask for the manager then you havent much to whinge about either. I'd wager there isnt a manager in the world who'd choose a shítty crying baby in their restaurant over allowing a man into the ladies jacks for 2 minutes.


  • #26
    bfocusd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 723 ✭✭✭bfocusd


    I thought they all had to comply with the disability regulation and supply a disabled toilet? Or was it combined with the womens bathroom or something?

    Usually for men they have the use of the changing station in the disability toilet rather than in the men's room itself


  • #27
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    lord lucan wrote: »
    Not really a minority these days. I see as many men bringing their kids out for the day as women. If this was the other way around the RTE switchboard would blow up with enraged wimmins complaining to Joe and summoning up the ghost of the suffragettes.

    i was saying to a woman on the way out that if a cafe didnt have a ladies toilets there would be war and it would be top of the 6.01 news


  • #28
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    I find it hard to believe she stood in the doorway to block you going in. Ya sure you even ask if you could go in ?

    If she did block you and you didnt ask for the manager then you havent much to whinge about either. I'd wager there isnt a manager in the world who'd choose a shítty crying baby in their restaurant over allowing a man into the ladies jacks for 2 minutes.

    she did

    a few times


  • #29
    IrishAm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭IrishAm


    Children should be banned from all restaurants and bars.

    Problem solved.

    :)


  • #30
    LH Pathe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭LH Pathe


    PinkFly wrote: »
    First world problem don't ya just love 'em

    same shìt / different wold


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  • #31
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    she did

    a few times

    Did you ask for a manager or supervisor ?


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