Okay, I have to share this experience. Think of it as my own personal "Public Safety Announcement." Today, a friend & I, decided to take the kiddos & let them play over lunch at Burger King. The closest one to our house is on 9000 South and just East of Redwood Road. The kids were super excited to play, & frankly it is awesome to hear them laugh & play so much with their buddies.
On with the story.... The kids played for a few minutes while Kristi & I got lunches ordered & brought back to the play area. The kids come back to the table, & we lathered them in hand sanitizer. (Which I am very happy that I did!) It is a crazy habit of mine, to clean their hands. Okay, maybe not a habit, an
OBSESSION! There I said it. I admit it. I am fine accepting the fact that I am
EXTREMELY OCD when it comes to germs, dirty hands, and eating.
The kids ate their lunch. (This is one of few things my kids will eat til it is gone. It's deep fat fried... how can you go wrong?) After they ate their lunch, they all got their happy meal toys out (Man I hate those things!) & decided that they would start to play again. Just as they were getting ready to enter the playground again, a mother walks in & was trying to lure her little one out of the playground. (I've been there before, NO FUN!) I was watching her, & I saw her look down at the floor. She saw something, grabbed a napkin & picked it up... (this is where the gross part comes into play!) As she picks it up she pulls a nasty bitter beer face, and yells "
OMG! (She said the whole thing... c'mon kids read this!)"
I look over and ask her, what it was. I really shouldn't have asked, because really & truly I am ruined for life. She looks at me & says. "
IT'S POOP!!!!" Faster than fast, Kristi and I, as well as the Poop discoverer, grab our kids & get them out of the playland. The other lady runs to the registers and grabs an employee...(this is where I should start feeling better about the situation, right???
WRONG!) The employee comes out, he has his little bottle of cleaner, & proceeds to clean up a small spot on the Playground floor where the
FECES was. As he was cleaning, I mentioned to him that I thought the entire playground should be cleaned. As a parent, and someone who has had family members
IN THE HOSPITAL from Rotovirus, I think all measures need to be taken when something like this is discovered. He looks at me like I am a complete MORON... (which okay, maybe I do sound stupid!) and says, "Oh don't worry about it, our playground gets cleaned ONCE A WEEK!" He stands up after cleaning up the one spot on the floor, and walks away.
I was so disgusted. Actually, far beyond disgusted. I lathered the boys at least three times in hand sanitizer and we left. We got home, I changed their clothes, and I called the manager of the establishment. I told her as a food establishment more measures need to be taken to ensure that they have cleaned up the mess. She agreed with me... but still, that left an extremely bad scar in my brain, and
I WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER!!!!! allow my kids to play in a playland again....
And I am pretty darn sure I will not
EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER return to that Burger King Location again! If you do go to that location, just beware... they are flippant about the cleanliness of their joint...
There... that was the public service announcement, I found worthy to share with EVERYONE I KNOW!
