FULLY AGREED! Diaper changing in public is beyond disgusting!If you are going to travel with a child who will need multiple diaper changes, you need to adopt a strategy for doing so away from other passengers. Or don't travel with a toddler.
I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
What on Earth possess people to do things like that, I will never know....
Seriously??? You read my post as condoning changing a diaper on a table?!quote]
Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.
Seriously??? Is that to say there is no other place to change the baby than on a table? SMHID
I'm sure you didn't mean to imply that changing on the table is ok.
Since I don't really know how those creatures work, I didn't really give that a thought.Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
What on Earth possess people to do things like that, I will never know....
And they went directly to the SSL from their seats immediately after boarding to change them? When there are changing tables in the restrooms on Superliners? Taking the two minutes to take the baby to a coach restroom with a changing table endangers the baby's health to the degree it justifies contaminating a common table that you can reasonably expect people to eat off of with fecal material?Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
What on Earth possess people to do things like that, I will never know....
As I stated before, I was ONLY responding to the "why didn't she change the diaper before boarding". I was not condoning where she changed the diaper on the train.And they went directly to the SSL from their seats immediately after boarding to change them? When there are changing tables in the restrooms on Superliners? Taking the two minutes to take the baby to a coach restroom with a changing table endangers the baby's health to the degree it justifies contaminating a common table that you can reasonably expect people to eat off of with fecal material?Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
What on Earth possess people to do things like that, I will never know....
You have seriously got to be kidding. I am a father and have changed my share of diapers back in the day, and there is really no justification here, given alternatives are easily available.
Just to avoid the confusion, my scenario was involving a single level Cafe car, where there are no changing tables.And they went directly to the SSL from their seats immediately after boarding to change them? When there are changing tables in the restrooms on Superliners? Taking the two minutes to take the baby to a coach restroom with a changing table endangers the baby's health to the degree it justifies contaminating a common table that you can reasonably expect people to eat off of with fecal material?Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
What on Earth possess people to do things like that, I will never know....
You have seriously got to be kidding. I am a father and have changed my share of diapers back in the day, and there is really no justification here, given alternatives are easily available.
I was really responding more to AmtrakBlue's comment about "unhealthy for the baby" than to you. You were just recounting your own experience.As I stated before, I was ONLY responding to the "why didn't she change the diaper before boarding". I was not condoning where she changed the diaper on the train.And they went directly to the SSL from their seats immediately after boarding to change them? When there are changing tables in the restrooms on Superliners? Taking the two minutes to take the baby to a coach restroom with a changing table endangers the baby's health to the degree it justifies contaminating a common table that you can reasonably expect people to eat off of with fecal material?Hmm, maybe the baby dirtied it's diaper just before or after boarding. You don't want to leave a dirty diaper on the baby for very long. That's unhealthy for the baby.I once guilted a lady who changed her baby's diaper on a table in my Cafe at...Back Bay. Literally 5 minutes in to the trip, and I told her how technically the car should be shut down for food service and what not. I understand that we don't have a changing table on the Amfleet 1's, but if you're going from BOS to NHV, why do you wait to get on the train and change your kid's diaper on a table? Why not do it in the bathroom at the station, since I'm assuming they would have a changing table in them?In addition to the issue of changing in public (which I agree is an issue), it is also unsanitary to change a baby on a table that is used for food. Much like dogs on trains, I have no problem with infants provided that they are managed by their caretakers in such a way that does not cause sanitary issues.
What on Earth possess people to do things like that, I will never know....
You have seriously got to be kidding. I am a father and have changed my share of diapers back in the day, and there is really no justification here, given alternatives are easily available.
I don't recall ever seeing a changing table on a train. But then, I'm not looking for them.
I can't speak to the ones on the long hauls, but the Amfleet 1s (the Cafes used on the Regionals) we do have an ADA bathroom in the car.There wasn't a bathroom in the adjoining car? True, the single level cafe doesn't have a bathroom, but the SSL bathroom is kept closed. There is almost always a car with a bathroom next to the SSL or the Cafe/
While there are restrooms in Superliner Sightseer Lounges, most of the time they are locked off (I assume by attendant). I can only remember one trip where the restroom was open. I was very surprised it was, my experience is they are locked.I can't speak to the ones on the long hauls, but the Amfleet 1s (the Cafes used on the Regionals) we do have an ADA bathroom in the car.There wasn't a bathroom in the adjoining car? True, the single level cafe doesn't have a bathroom, but the SSL bathroom is kept closed. There is almost always a car with a bathroom next to the SSL or the Cafe/
Exactly. Instead of using a dining table as a fecal depository, just take the kid one car away and use the changing table! Or don't travel with a toddler.While there are restrooms in Superliner Sightseer Lounges, most of the time they are locked off (I assume by attendant). I can only remember one trip where the restroom was open. I was very surprised it was, my experience is they are locked.I can't speak to the ones on the long hauls, but the Amfleet 1s (the Cafes used on the Regionals) we do have an ADA bathroom in the car.There wasn't a bathroom in the adjoining car? True, the single level cafe doesn't have a bathroom, but the SSL bathroom is kept closed. There is almost always a car with a bathroom next to the SSL or the Cafe/
The coaches adjacent to the SSL would have had restrooms with a changing tables in any case.
Seriously? You're suggesting passengers are routinely bringing a "changing mat" with them on the train? I've ridden about 135,000 miles since 1976 and don't believe I've ever seen such a thing. Of course I wasn't looking for one. I have seen diaper changing in view of other passengers in coaches, lounges, and have read about dining cars. Seems to me that if one is going to change soiled diapers that they be changed in a private space such as a restroom or sleeping compartment. Now those would be the places to use a "changing mat" if one was to bring one on a train.To be fair, one can't see if the baby being changed is on a changing mat, etc?
I have been in conversation with "Amish" type folk on trains, and my understanding is they have their own printing business, and they don't read "non Amish produced" material. This could explain why these folk would see this as "nothing out of the ordinary", and others would worry about germs, etc?
Given the state adults leave the restrooms in, I don't think I would want to expose a baby to that...
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