And as the dad explained in a Reddit post, this wouldn't have been such a big deal if the store had a family restroom or a changing table in the men's room, but neither of these amenities turned out to exist.

So after an unhelpful exchange with an employee, he decided to go into the woman's bathroom instead since he obviously couldn't leave his baby in a soiled diaper.

And when he explained the situation, she gave him the casual response of "Bro, that sucks" before walking out.

But while the dad rushed to change his son after this exchange, he wasn't quite fast enough before a second woman came in and had a much more agitated reaction.

In the dad's words, "I tried to explain what I was doing, but she kept screaming 'Get out! You can't be here!'"

And since he saw her talking to an employee, he felt compelled to exit the store entirely and leave his stuff behind.

And while that employee tried to wave him down, he was caught in fight-or-flight mode enough to rush to his car and leave.

Although his wife reassured him that he did well to change his son in the women's bathroom, his mother thinks he's "an idiot and was 100% in the wrong."

And while they thought the second woman overreacted, many felt the fault ultimately rested with the store's management for not having adequate facilities for a father to change a diaper.

As one user put it, "Your mom was way out of line. You needed to change your kid. What'd she expect you to do, change him on the floor??? Drive home with him in a dirty diaper???"

The only thing that some commenters felt he should have done differently was not flee the store since he had done nothing wrong.

In response, the dad left a comment saying that he would've stayed there if he weren't overcome by anxiety in that moment, particularly at the thought that the employee would call the police and escalate the situation even further.

h/t: Reddit | rocksandhardplaces1