There was The Lost Boy, casually eating at Burger King
I spent two hours in Asia Books today looking for something to read. The Wisdom of Confucius simply screamed at me and I bought it on a whim. As of yet, I’m too scared to pick it up. While I was in Paragon, I saw something utterly dumbfounding.
I decided to go to Burger King. I hadn’t been for a while and felt that the ingestion of fat, salt and sugar would go some way towards elevating my mood. I was halfway through my meal when I noticed a congregation of two Farang men, three Thai women and one baby eating at the table in front of mine.
Imagine my surprise when the dimwitted, bespectacled father of the baby picked it up and lay it down on its back on top of the rubbish bin where there would usually be a stack of trays. This born fool actually changed his baby’s diaper on the bin, and then threw the evidence inside to join the burger-wrappers and uneaten French fries. I was almost sick.
It wasn’t a casual change either; it was the real thing, wet wipes and all. This man was quite clearly an idiot, and his baby had a face that left me convinced that it too would grow up to be an imbecile of epic proportions. The father was so stupid that he paraded his baby around in front of my table as if to mock me. It’s bad enough to do something like that in a place where people eat, but to do it as if it were completely normal seemed completely insane.
Unless…
Have I missed something? Are there baby-changing spots in fast food restaurants where parents can clean up their functioning offspring? Have I judged this man without really knowing the full extent of the situation? I’m really not sure, because it seemed so ridiculous that it just couldn’t have been possible unless there was a rational explanation.
November 23rd, 2006 at 9:00 am
Seems like this chap found himself in a right pickle…
November 23rd, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Dude, try ‘Letters from Thailand’ by Botan. Rocked my world.
November 23rd, 2006 at 12:25 pm
thats just ew.
November 24th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
Confucious said: “Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.”
Maybe it’s time to open up that book?
November 25th, 2006 at 9:15 am
I have to smile.. in a few years.. when you have a little one who needs his dipper changed it will be YOU doing it in Burger King haha I think every parent has done something ’stupid’ like this:-) I know I have. I guess it becomes such a normal thing you forget its disgusting for other people.
November 25th, 2006 at 12:57 pm
I think I may have been a little harsh on this poor man.
Matt
November 25th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
That is disgusting! Happy you brought it up Matt! Why does a having a baby make you do something like that. The baby might not help it, but i havent seen old senile men not being able to control their bladder(and so on) being daiper changed in the middle of a fast food chain. Im sure they cant help it either
November 25th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
I agree with “a mum”. When you have a kid you’ll understand, unless you become an obsessive parent who fusses about the slightest little thing and drapes designer labels all over your offspring. Top of the bin in Burger King wouldn’t be my choice either to be honest. For the first six months I wouldn’t go near a diaper but then got over it and realised it’s just a natural thing that needs doing. It’s not so bad.
November 25th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
I second “Letters from Thailand”. A brilliant book.