Father Argues For Diaper Changing Tables In All Men's Restrooms

Oct 21, 2019 by apost team

One man in Lincoln, Nebraska thinks that men need to be treated equally. Michael Reinmiller is a man with a mission. He wants to see a baby changing station in every men's restroom.

He became acquainted with this problem when he needed to use restrooms on several floors to change his son's diapers. He claims he had no idea that this problem even existed before he had his son. Now, however, he is finding it to be a severe challenge to find changing stations in men's restrooms.

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Michael Reinmiller says that he's had to ask if there is a changing station for his son whenever he enters a building. He described the humiliating scenario of having to remove his own shirt so that he could place his son on top to change him while he was having dinner in a restaurant. It was uncomfortable for both him and the baby.

Whenever he now learns that a restroom doesn't have what he needs, he complains to the management, and thankfully, he has seen some changes.

One place that now has changing stations in men's restrooms is Lincoln Public Schools. In fact, they have them on both the second-floor men's and women's restrooms. There is also a changing station in the athletic area in which families are known to frequent. It also turned out that Lazlo's Brewery & Grill put changing stations in its men's restrooms 29 years ago

Since Michael has been on his crusade, Tico's added its name to the list of companies that have changing stations in men's restrooms.

The local news channel 10/11 NOW randomly selected five places of business in Lincoln to find out for themselves if changing stations really exist in men's restrooms. They discovered that only two establishments had them. Then they interviewed several men, and all of these men agreed that baby changing stations are necessary.

Michael thought that if a customer complained about the restroom being out of soap, you would say that was wrong because people need it. He is not going to give up fighting for what he believes is right. If he doesn't bring attention to this issue, no one will make any changes, and we think that he is right about that too.

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