Yesterday, we took my son, Slade, to the mall to get his picture taken. We had just finished with taking his pictures when my older son, Selleck, told me he had to go to the bathroom. As you may know, when a soon to be 3 year old tells you they have to go, you have a ticking time bomb on your hands. So, time is of the essence.
First we try to go to the bathroom at the "Picture People". No luck. Their bathroom is out of order. I knew Macy's department store was just around the corner, so I grabbed Selleck's hand and off we went.
As soon as we walk in Macy's, I see a sign that says "Restrooms" and has a big arrow pointing left. So, we start to make a b-line to the bathroom. As we get to the bathroom, I notice there are 2 doors. One says "Women's", the other "Family". I start to go toward the "Family" bathroom only to have a guy tell me, "Somebody's in there". I asked him if he happened to know where a men's room was, to which he informed me that he couldn't find one either. I thought that sounded crazy and surely Macy's had a men's room somewhere. As the time tick, tick, ticked away, Selleck and I rushed to find a men's room. The floor we were on had no men's room to be found. So, we jumped on the escalator to try the next floor. On the next floor I looked up to check for a sign, and to my dismay, the only sign I could find said "ladies room" with a big arrow. "Are you kidding me?" In our haste, we passed 3 bathrooms, and they were all women's. In a panic, I decided it would be better to just rush back to the Picture People and pass him off to Sarah so she could take him to the women's room. Luckily, when the manager at the Picture People heard me passing Selleck to Sarah, she said if all he had to do was, as they say, go #1, then he could use their bathroom. We made it in the nick of time.
Come on Macy's, what are you doing to me? I know the demographics show that men don't shop their that often. But, not even 1 men's room anywhere to be found. The least you could do is have a closet with a bucket somewhere for us guys to go. I have learned my lesson. From now on I will limit my shopping to sporting goods stores. I know they will have a place for me and my boys!
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I firmly believe that every store and restaurant should have a family restroom, or at the very least, the men's restrooms should be just as equiped as the women's restrooms for children's pottying needs (i.e. changing table, stool -- not even all women's restrooms have those, but they absolutely should. . . . Have you ever tried to hold a toddler up to wash his/her hands in a public restroom sink?). Mommies get the brunt of taking kids to the bathroom when out in public, and for women like me who do it at home most of the time too, it would be nice if Daddies were able to do some of the "dirty work" when out in public sometimes.
I would like to start campaigns for changing stations in all public men's restrooms and drive through windows EVERYWHERE. Do you know how many places I completely avoid because I don't have the time/energy to get 2 kids out of the car to go in to wherever it is? If some establishments only knew how much business they were losing. That sounds really lazy, doesn't it? And, that's a completely different subject -- one I think Scott should blog about sometime.
Not having changing stations in most men's rooms does get us guys out of a lot of the "dirty work". Maybe that is a good thing. :) Of course, I wouldn't know if the men's rooms at Macy's have changing stations, because there are NO men's rooms!
I do like the idea of drive through windows everywhere. That will be a great topic for another day.
Scott, I would have brought him into the ladies room and locked the door. When you walk out of the ladies make sure you hold Selleck up so that everyone can see you have a kid.
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