Baby on the table

[JambaBamba]

So I'm sitting at sushi and the table next to me just sat down. Question: the mother orf what looks like a 6-8 month old waved off a chair for the kid and the mom alternates between holding him and sitting his butt on the table. So do I say something and if so to the table or the waiter? I'm completely grossed out by the thought and very happy we just finished the last roll.

[Whiskey]

I'd say something to the waiter. That is.. gross.

[Amina516]

I would assume that the table is cleaned after every patron. Or, we can only hope.

I doubt a waiter would say something to that mother, even if it is gross. (i agree with ya here, Im just saying.)

[Whiskey]

I would assume that the table is cleaned after every patron. Or, we can only hope.

I doubt a waiter would say something to that mother, even if it is gross. (i agree with ya here, Im just saying.)

As a former waitress, I wouldn't call whats done to those tables "cleaning." Usually its wiped down with the same wet rag that has wiped down the other 50 tables four times over that night.

[Amina516]

As a former waitress, I wouldn't call whats done to those tables "cleaning." Usually its wiped down with the same wet rag that has wiped down the other 50 tables four times over that night.

Ive never served, so I have no idea.

[Whiskey]

Im sure other places are more stringent about it, but in the middle of dinner rush there is no time to run to the back, get some cleaner and a clean rag (are there clean rags???) clean a table, run back to the back to put it away, and serve.

Nope, wet rag tied to your apron, in a pocket, wipe a table. It look clean? Its clean

[EvilEmpryss]

Okay, maybe 'cuz I'm a mom I'm not seeing the problem here. Was said baby butt-naked? Were the baby's clothes soiled? Did it have a soiled-and-leaking diaper? Was it puking all over the table?

I could understand your disgust if any of the above was occurring, or if mom was actually changing the baby on the table, but just sitting the kid there to give her arms a momentary rest? It's not like you're eating the sushi straight off the table. I would be more worried about the people who go to the bathroom and come back to the table without washing their hands than a baby's cleanly clothed and diapered bottom.

[Whiskey]

I just dont want anyone's ass, baby or not, on my table. Asses don't go on tables unless you're in porn or your own kitchen.

[EvilEmpryss]

Oh, I generally agree. As my Great-Grandmother used to tell me: "Tables are for glasses, not little girls' asses."

But like I said, maybe it's 'cuz I'm a mom I don't see the gross-out factor here. I can agree to disagree, though if it was a fancy restaurant I'd definitely side with no asses on the table.

ETA: BTW, Whiskey, I like your exemptions for the asses on the table rule.

[Eisa]

Or doing porn in your own kitchen?

If the baby was wearing more than a diaper, I wouldn't be horribly grossed out, but...still...

[zombiequeen]

Eew...butts on the table.

Sounds like a song though...Butts on the table, butts on the table!

[RedRoseSpiral]

I'm not seeing the grossness of this for a baby or anyone else. As long as your ass is covered I don't see a problem.

[kpzra]

I don't see the gross out factor if the kid was wearing a diaper (that you couldn't smell from where you were) and clothes. My daughter has been known to plop her little hinney on a table when standing on my lap, but she's 4 months old. She can't sit in a highchair yet, and we don't have a baby car seat since she would already have out grown it length wise.

[Whiskey]

I'm not seeing the grossness of this for a baby or anyone else. As long as your ass is covered I don't see a problem.

Imagine all the things you sit on in a day. All the dirt, the grime, the puke, the shit, all the stuff you can't see. And now its on the table next to your food, where your fork sits, where your straw lands if it falls out of your drink.

if people will shit on a bathroom wall intentionally, you think they don't shit on benches or chairs?

[LillFilly]

I really don't like butts of any type on a table. Even if the child is clothed/diapered, I don't know if those clothes or diapers are clean. It might not be poop, but the kid could have been playing in something, the clothes might not have been washed for a month, etc. Even if they were clean, is the child's stroller clean, or are they sitting in dried poop/urine in their 'clean' clothes, etc. Even a purse on a table is questionable; has it sat on the floor of a bathroom stall lately? I figure, if it's not food related, keep it off my table. But then, I've seen some of the worst of the worst.