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Post by Bridget in MD on Sept 20, 2021 12:24:54 GMT
So the bathroom had 1 toilet, 1 sink, and 1 metal folding chair. When she finally came out I may or may not have said “If it takes that long to breastfeed, she might consider staying home.” She told me the same thing she told the others. “I don’t care.” I hate her. Me too! I only wish this was caught on video so she could be internet shamed.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Sept 20, 2021 14:13:10 GMT
She is selfish and exactly what is wrong with the world right now. It is all about me and what I want and too bad about anyone else's needs. She sounds like a horrible person!
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Post by paigepea on Sept 20, 2021 14:41:59 GMT
I don’t understand who goes to a baseball game to sit in the bathroom for 2 hours. Yuck. If it took me that long I’d probably stay closer to home or maybe to feed in my car. Monopolizing a washroom that long is selfish.
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Post by milocat on Sept 20, 2021 15:00:39 GMT
2 hours is practically the length of the baseball game, why come then? Why not go feed in your car if you aren't comfortable staying in your seat in public. It's totally rude because not only was the man in the wheelchair waiting but others who could have needed that bathroom could have been waiting since 2 hours is a crazy long time. 15 mins is long but you could get away with it.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Sept 20, 2021 15:16:59 GMT
I had one kid who was a terrible feeder, but I don't even think she took 2 hours. Monopolizing a bathroom for 2 hours is just inexcusable. But I'm also on the bench of what's up with there not being another family/handicap bathroom available.
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Post by mollycoddle on Sept 20, 2021 15:22:33 GMT
I had one kid who was a terrible feeder, but I don't even think she took 2 hours. Monopolizing a bathroom for 2 hours is just inexcusable. But I'm also on the bench of what's up with there not being another family/handicap bathroom available. Good point. I think that both things are true. Her behavior was ridiculous, and there don’t seem to be enough restrooms.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Sept 20, 2021 15:49:31 GMT
Selfish.
I breastfed for two years at games, movies, live theatre, restaurants, standing in line, perched on a park bench.
All you need is a small blanket and two arms. And 10-20 minutes.
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 20, 2021 16:01:07 GMT
I mean, it is pretty troubling to me if, in an entire ballpark, there is a single bathroom for all families, disabled people, or other people for whom the standard single-sex small-stall bathroom doesn’t work. You have one preschooler with a poop issue and that bathroom is going to be occupied for a solid half-hour even if the parent is trying to hustle the kid along (and everyone knows how easily you can hustle a kid having stomach issues).
Anyhow, I breastfed six kids and it never took that long, but I also think that a lot of places are super weird about women breastfeeding in public, and that weirdly, things got worse from the time I had my oldest to my youngest (not that I cared, and I did not nurse in bathrooms). That whole situation sounds messed up.
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Sept 20, 2021 16:07:12 GMT
So we were at a ballgame on Saturday. Right behind me is a family restroom. There is a man in a wheelchair who is waiting to go next. They say they have waited a long time so they leave to find another bathroom he can use. After another 30 minutes the man comes back, almost in tears. He is so miserable and couldn’t get to another bathroom. It’s been an hour and a half. Finally a security guard comes around and has to beat on the door to see what is going on. A woman comes out saying she was breast feeding. The security guard explained what was going on and if she couldn’t come out for 5 minutes to help. She stood at the door arguing with him. She told them she didn’t care if someone else needed to use it. Man in wheelchair and security man give up and leave. 30 minutes later, after 2 hours in there she comes out. I wasn’t able to breastfeed and don’t know how long it takes. So what say the peas, was she right to defend the time it took or was she in the wrong not waiting for a few minutes for the man in the wheelchair crying to use the bathroom? My thoughts: A family restroom is not a handicapped restroom. Nobody should be monopolizing a public restroom for two hours. For my mom and my brother, a family restroom IS a handicapped restroom. He cannot go by himself and needs her assistance. That means she has to take a 57 year old man in a wheelchair inside the women's handicapped stall when they are out, which makes other women uncomfortable, OR she can use the family restroom. She chooses the family restroom if one is available. I breastfed three children and never took two hours, even when I was feeding twins back-to-back. My guess? The baby fell asleep after eating and she did not want to wake it, or maybe she even fell asleep in the chair. Regardless, it was rude of her to monopolize a family restroom for two hours. Never mind the man in the wheelchair if you don't think it is a handicapped restroom. What about other families with small children? The mom who is there with her son who is too young to go into the men's room but "too old" to be comfortable going into the women's? Or the man with a daughter, same thing? Or the parent with three kids, which makes managing them inside a large, multi-stall restroom a real problem? While a family restroom may not technically be a "handicapped restroom," it is most certainly not a "let me breastfeed my child for two hours and to hell with everyone else's kids" restroom either.
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Post by brynn on Sept 21, 2021 5:36:39 GMT
No doubt she’s incredibly rude and a total bitch. But am I the only one surprised that a ballpark only has 1 handicap/family bathroom? I guess I’m assuming we’re talking minor/major league and not little league. "Family restrooms provide extra room and a space for mixed genders--exactly what a handicapped person who needs assistance might need. I don't think the concept of a family restroom is exclusive to parents with small children. And a wheelchair-bound person may have a lot of trouble maneuvering in many handicapped stalls. Typical handicapped stalls are built to accommodate someone who has trouble moving, sitting, etc. and don't offer enough space for two adults when someone needs aid transitioning from a wheelchair or emptying a bag."
Supersoda explained the difference between a handicapped-accessible toilet area and a wheelchair-accessible toilet area. With many handicapped-accessible bathroom stalls, a wheelchair can't fit inside and have the door closed.
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