Number one pet peeve right now in life?\u00a0 Public Restrooms and a lack of respect for others.\u00a0 Usually I\u2019m the easy going type but I currently have a still new to pottying two year-old, a 4 year-old and I\u2019m pretty hugely pregnant.\u00a0 All of us fitting into a standard size stall even when we don\u2019t have a buggy or extra baby paraphernalia is more than a challenge, it\u2019s nearly impossible.\u00a0 Not to mention mildly disgusting.\u00a0 Just to be able to shut and latch the door requires each of my children to cozy up on either side of the toilet (and ultimately being handsy all over no matter how many times I say \u201cSugarplum, don\u2019t touch the potty!\u201d) just so I can get in far enough to actually shut the door.<\/p>\n
So yesterda after lunch we hit Target for a few essentials.\u00a0 While in the check-out line, I start smelling things.\u00a0 I ask Sugarplum if she had an accident and she screams no (I verify anyways) and ask her if she needs to go.\u00a0 She says yes.\u00a0 So upon checking out I rush over to the toilet and grab my extremely heavy oversized reusable bag out of the trolley.\u00a0 Usually I use the family restroom when I can and while every Target I\u2019ve been to has one, I\u2019ve yet to find one that is open (always locked or inconsiderate people who think they need some privacy?)\u00a0 So I quickly usher my children into the women\u2019s bathroom behind an older woman who witnessed my struggle with the bag and directing Honeybun\u00a0to check the family bathroom.<\/p>\n
This is when I lose my cool.\u00a0 Nice old lady?\u00a0 Not a chance\u2026straight into the Handicapped stall she goes.\u00a0 Seriously?\u00a0 (I actually said it out loud)\u00a0 then said to Honeybun\u00a0\u201cAlright, let\u2019s all squeeze in the tiny little potty so Sugarplum can go before she has an accident.\u201d\u00a0 Of course not using my nicest nor quietest voice (I actually echoed).<\/p>\n
Unfortunately this is not the first time I\u2019ve encountered this problem in recent months and I know it won\u2019t be the last.\u00a0 I never go into a larger stall unless I have my children with me and require the extra moving around room.\u00a0 I would be really irritated if I was an actually handicapped person who required the extra space and grab bars and had to constantly wait to use the toilet.<\/p>\n
So, here\u2019s my plea:\u00a0 PLEASE DON\u2019T USE THE FAMILY OR HANDICAPPED STALLS UNLESS YOU NEED THEM!\u00a0 There are many types of people who require the extra room and accommodations, if you do not, don\u2019t be rude because chances are while you are taking your sweet little pee-pee time in your oversized, luxury toileting area, there will be a mom or handicapped person who desperately NEEDS that space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Number one pet peeve right now in life?\u00a0 Public Restrooms and a lack of respect for others.\u00a0 Usually I\u2019m the easy going type but I currently have a still new to pottying two year-old, a 4 year-old and I\u2019m pretty hugely pregnant.\u00a0 All of us fitting into a standard size stall even when we don\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mommys-life","category-family-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}