River Island

Casual

Epiphone wrote:

Gah! Now I'm wound up again!

Sounds to me like you're a bit too highly strung; I'll make this my last post then to save your nerves.

I think you were wrong to start making sweeping generalisations on an original post when she was obviously distressed about a specific incident. All the OP wanted was reassurance and good lighthearted banter to make her feel better about something that was embarrassing.

By stating that it was all her fault, you were basically accusing her of force feeding her son gallons and gallons of water and then shouting 'pee, pee!' at him in the middle of the store changing rooms. Hardly likely.

Anyway, I'll leave you to calm down.

Epiphone

Casual wrote:

By stating that it was all her fault, you were basically accusing her of force feeding her son gallons and gallons of water and then shouting 'pee, pee!' at him in the middle of the store changing rooms. Hardly likely.

Absolute rubbish. I didn't say or imply anything of the sort.

hollydays

Children are more vulnerable than adults,and need extra consideration.
Whats the problem Epiphone?

zappomatic

Would those who are slating the original poster for needing to get her son to a toilet ASAP all be so quick to criticise if instead of a young child it was an elderly person or someone with a condition that requires them to use a toilet at very short notice? I'd imagine your attitude would change if you develop bladder weakness in later life.

These things happen sometimes, and it is not beyond shops and shop assistants to help in these circumstances. Also, the state some clothes shops are in (admittedly sometimes due to the behaviour of the customers!) you're just as likely to trip on a hanger or a box on the shop floor as in a staff only area.

Is the whole safety thing a smokescreen to cover up the fact that shops are worried about theft or people looking for holes security?

hollydays

Thanks .you must have read my mind-just about to say the same!
Epiphany-I wish you sudden diorrohea!

Pink_butterfly_3

I have to say that theres nothing more annoying than people who DON'T have children going to restaurants or films which are specifically aimed for families and children and then tutting and whinging when, suprise suprise, there are kids there making noise.

If you were in a film that a 4 year old was watching then i'm assuming it was a kids film, during school holiday?? What on earth did you expect?

As for the pushchair, its amazing how many idiots without kids seem to give the same dirty looks to me when i have to go onto the road to avoid them whilst they are chatting away oblivious to any other human beings. And by the sounds of your attitude, you sound like one of these people.

As for getting dirtied up, LOL, part of having kids i'm afraid. Not a day goes by that i'm not covered in biscuit/ice lolly/orange goop/chocolate/baby sick. I am an awful parent though - i mean imagine me letting my kid get dirty. Prison is too good for me.

cmjohnson_86

Did he wee over the floor? I hope so.. Hope they had to clean it, deserves them right for not allowing him to use the toilet. Idiots

SMC_2

zappomatic wrote:

Would those who are slating the original poster for needing to get her son to a toilet ASAP all be so quick to criticise if instead of a young child it was an elderly person or someone with a condition that requires them to use a toilet at very short notice? I'd imagine your attitude would change if you develop bladder weakness in later life.

These things happen sometimes, and it is not beyond shops and shop assistants to help in these circumstances. Also, the state some clothes shops are in (admittedly sometimes due to the behaviour of the customers!) you're just as likely to trip on a hanger or a box on the shop floor as in a staff only area.

Is the whole safety thing a smokescreen to cover up the fact that shops are worried about theft or people looking for holes security?

Well said!!!!

tigertiger_3

Just would like to say to you all who slated my original post....

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS OF SUPPORT AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE AN URGE TO USE A PUBLIC TOILET.....AND OOOPPPPSSS DONT MAKE IT!!

I wish my little one had peed on the floor now just to see the SA face and to ask her politely to clean it up! Instead he done it in the buggy.

And yes I probably would have put a nappy on him if I was going on a spree, but the store I was visiting was in a small town which I know well, know where the toilets are....just couldnt get there quick enough ( if he hadnt seen the toilet perhaps he would have been able to hang on) and I was only there because I was taking him to a fantastic playground across the road.

and no I wouldnt have sued the shop if he had fallen...Im not that sort of person
Nuff said

Becles

My son once vomitted suddenly in Woolworths. He wasn't ill, but we were wrapped up in winter clothes and the heating was overpowering, so I think he just got too hot. He'd put his hand over his mouth to try and hold it in, so consequently he had sick all over his face, in his hair, over his hands and on his jacket :eek:

I informed a nearby staff member about the sick on the floor and asked if I could use their toilets to clean my son up. She refused and said it was against company policy. I said "but he's covered in sick. I need to clean him up". She had to get the manager who also said it was against company policy. I complained and said it was disgusting that a family orientated shop was expecting me to walk through town with a child covered in sick, on a freezing February day. I commented that papers would have a field day with that story. They relented and let me use the staff toilets to clean him up, but a staff member had to stay in the toilets and supervise me at all times.

The town in question does not have any public toilets. A couple of stores have customer toilets, but neither are close to Woolworths.