It seems that Ashton Kutcher, an actor and new dad, is asking for more baby changing tables in men's restrooms. He promises to promote the first business in which he finds one.
My first thought was, where have you been, sir? Or have i only been dreaming that men's rooms have had changing tables for a while? Did i only imagine it when everyone laughed over the sign above a changing table in the men's room near the fishing dock in Florida that told men they couldn't clean fish there?
A caller to the radio station to which i was listening confirmed my feelings. He said that his oldest is 20, and he was finding changing tables in men's restrooms all those years ago.
Then the caller began mentioning names of places that have them, and i realized the problem.
He mentioned places like Wal-Mart, Target, Albertson's, McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and other such places.
Mr. Kutcher's problem may be that he only dines in high end restaurants and shops where you can't buy a sock for less than $100. Those places just may not have changing tables in the men's rooms. People who own such places may assume that anyone coming in there has a nanny to do the changing anyway. Who knows?
But i think it's the places he goes, not that no place has baby changing stations in the men's rooms. Maybe he needs to expand the places he goes.
"Hey, mom! Do you have any of the needles you use to give the kittens shots?" #2 Son came into the kitchen to ask.
Sure, i said, and handed him one. What's up?
"Friend Becky's dad killed a copperhead, and I'm going over there to fill its body with alcohol to pickle it! I'm going to keep it in a jar in my room!"
Mr. Kutcher probably doesn't live anywhere that he would hear something like that.
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I have not seen changing tables in men's rooms and I do not use high end establishments, but I do see a lot of "family" restrooms which are singles and anyone can go in and use them and they have changing tables.
ReplyDeleteWhen I started to read this I was scratching my head as I see changing tables in men's rooms all the time. I am sure they are used from time to time, though I have never seen it my self. I think you nailed it with the high end theory. Some day I may pop into a high end store and see.
ReplyDeleteyeah, guessing so. :) my husband bought formaldehyde at the feed store one year and kept two copperheads in a jar after the dogs killed them. :)
ReplyDeleteI see "changing stations" in most of the public restrooms I have an occasion to visit, so I don't see the problem. I've yet to see a dad in any of them changing a baby. And I probably don't frequent the same sort of places as Kutcher.
ReplyDeleteHollyweird folks are so out of touch. They are the 1% they scream about all the time. Look at the mansions. They don't get much.
ReplyDeleteMake sure he has a good lid on that snake that he's going to keep in his room. Bless his heart.
Have a fabulous day. ☺
Ha. I love that you didn't even question why your son wanted the needle and that it was to pickle a snake. LOL. My son used to catch snakes all the time and be covered in stinky snake pee. As for Ashton, I think you hit the nail on the head. Most food coops have baby changing tables in the men's room. You'd think he'd have been to one of those in California. Geez.
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