So I'm in San Jose, Calif. for a few days for work, staying at The Fairmont, which is a nice hotel. This morning I had to use their lobby restroom and noticed this picture attached to the handicapped stall:

First off, it has always seemed kind of weird to me that the forces-to-be decided that baby changing stations -- which basically consist of a fold-down piece of plastic from the wall -- should be made available inside bathroom stalls. Why not in the bathroom, but a little farther away from the toilet and all its various germs?

Now take a look at the picture. Maybe this is the universal symbol for a baby changing station, but to me, it doesn't look like this adult is about to change a diaper. It looks like he's about to strangle his child. Look, you can even see that the baby knows what's coming, as he has his feet up and bent as if he's going to try to kick mommy/daddy away because, like the rest of us, he doesn't like getting strangled.

By the way, I can't really think of a better picture to symbolize a baby changing station. Maybe the baby could be laying down flat with the parent behind him. I don't know. Just please get rid of this choking symbol.

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