While having lunch with my two-year-old daughter, I watched a woman change her baby\u2019s dirty diaper on a restaurant table\u2014between plates of food.<\/p>\n
Our 64-year-old waitress, Dorothy, politely directed her to the clean changing station. Instead, the woman, Melissa, accused her of discriminating against parents and began filming her.<\/p>\n
I stepped in, then quietly asked Dorothy to bring out the restaurant\u2019s portable changing station. Its sign read: \u201cChanging facilities are available. Dining tables are for food.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re humiliating me!\u201d Melissa shouted. \u201cWho do you think you are?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Kaylani, the restaurant manager. Today\u2019s my day off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Melissa threatened to post her video until I reminded her that it also showed Dorothy politely offering help. She paid and left while staff arranged to sanitize the table.<\/p>\n
On Monday, an unexpected email arrived: Melissa apologized. After watching her recording, she realized Dorothy had been respectful throughout.<\/p>\n
Dorothy welcomed her back, and we made our changing facilities easier to find. My daughter summed up the lesson perfectly: \u201cFood tables are for pancakes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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