Every day, people send in photos of things they think might be appropriate for this blog. I get pictures of good tips and bad tips and I get pictures of people making out in booths and of servers committing acts of horseplay in the walk-in. Every now and then, a photo pops up in my email that stops me in my tracks. This is that photo:
I don’t know where or when it was taken; all I know is that it is absolutely wrong, disgusting, vomit-inducing and makes me question humanity as a whole. From what I can tell, and I’m no expert at photo-forensics, it appears that some father thought it was perfectly acceptable to let his kid take a fucking piss in a plastic cup in the middle of a goddamn restaurant. Meanwhile, mom is sitting there eating her Combo #2 Meal and trying to remember when was the last time she gave a fuck. Perhaps this photo was taken in another country where peeing into a plastic cup is the norm. If anyone knows what country that might be, please let me know so I can be sure to scratch it off of my “Places To Go Before I Die List.” No one else in the picture is noticing what is going on but whoever took the photo thought it was unusual enough to merit a quick snap on their iPhone. I didn’t bother blurring out the faces because I sorta feel like if you’re good with letting your kid pee into a cup at a restaurant, you probably don’t give a shit anyway.
The photo brings a few questions to mind:
- Does this restaurant not have a restroom?
- What is the dad going to do with that cup of piss when the kid is finished urinating in it?
- Will I ever be as cool as this kid is and be able to master the “Fuck it, I’m just peeing into a cup with my hand on my hip” stance he has so perfected?
- Is this what the restaurant means when they advertise free refills?
- Where might I find that cute little red plaid sweater vest number?
- If the boy needed to do a #2, would he need to use a to-go box?
- What the fuck is wrong with people?
Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset. All we ask is that you let us not have to watch your fucking kid pee in the dining room.
Now, if you will excuse me, I am going to go wash my eyeballs out with Purell and try to erase this image from my thoughts by drinking straight grain alcohol and napping for three hours.
FallenAngel
wait,,what fresh hell is this..???who does that?????
Barbara
Damn, that beats my baby on a bar picture!
Cookie
Hubby and I were eating lunch out one day, about 10 years ago (I have NEVER forgotten this) when the woman at the next table decided her infant’s diaper needed changing. She did so on the table. We got up and left.
reggers
WTF!?! If the restaurant doesn’t have a restroom, why not just take the kid out and do it near the car or near some bushes in private. This is truly disgusting!!!
I think we have a nomination for Parent of the Year!
Emerson
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Paulina
“What is the dad going to do with that cup of piss when the kid is finished urinating in it?”
Probably he will hand it to a waiter or leave it on the table.
(Honestly, I never heard about such a thing happening in China or elsewhere. The photo might even be a fake, but who knows?)
PCCHK
1. It’s Hong Kong and the parents are tourists from mainland China. Hong Kong is sufficiently civilised to be shocked by this behaviour, hence the photographer’s dismay at the act and desire to capture it for posterity.
2. What does the father do with the cup? Leaves it on the table, no doubt.
3. That’s what 5,000 years of civilisation will get you.
Amber Lane
While I agree for 1 and 2, I must point out that America can easily equal things like this in WTFuckery. Whether it’s 200 years or 5000, people can sink to lows that are astounding.
Kelly
I saw this happen once in a department store in Boston, MA. A couple of Asian women let a little boy pee into a soda bottle right in the middle of the aisle next to the handbags. Everyone else was horrified but the family in question didn’t seem to think anything of it.
In answer to your next question, they put a lid on the bottle and tossed it into a trashcan. I was checking out at a register facing them at the time and the cashier, after turning around and surveying the scene in disgust, called maintenance for a biohazard cleanup.
BobbyAnn
I have to agree. It appears as tho’ this is China, where this is acceptable behavior [hence why no one is batting an eye].
My only hope is this doesn’t go viral in the US – it can only lead to giving people ideas and I don’t ever want to see this become custom in the US. Apparently [from the second comment] it has already reached Orlando FL. OMG
PDL
OMFG.
Marcos
Oh wow that’s gross… How nobody notice them in the restaurant? What an employee have to say to them if they found out? They will be kicked out?
C
As disgusting as it is, i dont think taking a picture was appropriate either. The kids face should at least be fuzzied out. Just because its gross or happening in public doesnt mean we need to take a picture. That kids only doing what dickhead dad says is ok. I dont see why he should be ridiculed for his dads shitty parenting.
Justin H
I have seen this scenario before. But it was on an airplane. The bathroom door was stuck shut and the whole 3 hour flight noone could go! A little boy needed to go and someone donated their empty Gatorade bottle. Kid stood mid aisle, Pants down, Hands on hip whizzing away… Desperate times call for desperate measures. Even I as an adult have peed in some pretty interesting spots.
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HOLY SHIT
Parvati
Mark China off the places to go before you die list. I have a couple of friends who are also servers that have both been to China, repeated experiences such as this one, and have vowed never to return. Just plain nasty and lazy.
izzy
Would not be at all surprised to find out this was Hong Kong … totally not unusual. Children are gods that are tolerated whatever they do .. or are encouraged to do by over indulgent parents. Quite possibly the bathroom would be too dangerous for Son Number 1!
Cynthia
I lived in China for three years and things like this are common practice. If that’s where this was, it makes sense that no one cared. Also, where I lived at least, some restaurants don’t have restrooms so if you do have a cold you has to go using a plastic cup is much preferable to him peeing on the floor, though I’ve seen that too.
Michelle
Definately disgusting parenting, I would’ve kicked them out of my store.
Susie
I agree, it looks like this might have been taken in an asian country. Let’s hope so, at least. Their toilet practices are different than ours but I sure don’t want to eat anywhere within a 100 miles of that place.
Jennifer
My 6 year old said, “Oh, that’s disgusting. Why didn’t that guy just take him to the bathroom?” No prompting from me. He is right!
catherine
Honestly, in China the toddlers run around with split pants and when they want to go, they just squat in the middle of the road or sidewalk and let go. While I applaud not using wasteful disposable diapers, there should be some rules. This strikes me as close to that.
Erica
I can’t even …
Theresa Cartee
Nor can I, I got nothin !
Steph
I’ve seen this exact same thing, except that it was in the middle of an outlet mall in Orlando. I remember being shocked, especially since the bathroom was maybe 30 yards away from the benches this was occurring by.
The one thing I will mention that my incident and this picture have in common is that both the families look to be Asian. While I couldn’t place the language of the family in my incident, they were clearly tourists from elsewhere. In this photo, no one seems to be batting an eye at the act–which makes me wonder if wherever this is taking place sees this as the norm.
Taryn
*shivers* holy..fucking..NO!
Penelope
Chinese. Mainland China let babies, and some grown ups, shit and piss everywhere. On trains, sidewalks, buses. Even on holiday to Hong Kong, I’ve seen a picture of a grown woman shitting in a mall corner on what looks like fucking marble floors. Nobody likes Chinese. Chinese don’t even like Chinese.