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aikiariyen) wrote in

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@ 2005-11-19 12:04:00

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To the Breast-feeding lady:

I am well aware you have a right to breast-feed your child. In fact, I congratulate you because apparently it's better for said child. What I object to is being faced with your thrusting breast while I'm trying to serve you. This is a cafe, not a titty-bar, and I do not expect to get breasts in my face when I go to work. Please, do me a favour and put a towel or something over your breast to save me and others the embarrassment. Especially, I would appreciate it if you did not also expose the breast not in use!

Thankyou very much,

Your very embarrased (and very female, very straight) Barrista.

I wonder - does anyone else have a problem with being surprised by a bared breast? Or pair of breasts in this case. The woman had her goddamn shirt fully unbuttoned and no bra on (and I betcha she'll complain about saggy breasts in a few years time, too...) It was in a shopping centre, even, where there are mothers' rooms.

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	tarnished_raven 2005-11-19 02:12 am UTC (link)
	It's rude and inconsiderate of others, precisely what she'd accuse others of being if they object to her actions. Yes, breastfeed. Yes, breastfeed in public. But no letting it all hang out. That's what the special bras are for, the specialist clothing, even buttons on a normal shirt. This ain't 1960 lady, letting it 'all hang out' is passe. (Reply to this)

conuly
2005-11-19 02:16 am UTC (link)

It's very unusual to see a person nursing in public when you can actually see the breast - the baby kinda covers that up, y'know? That you could see the other one makes me think you're not just remembering things that weren't there, though. Normally, though, I think most people find that covering the kid causes more attention to be directed towards the activity in question, which is counterproductive to the obvious goal of discreteness - especially if the baby objects to being fed under a heavy piece of cloth. That's what I've been told by several different people, anyway.

I don't have any problems with a bared top on a man or a woman (fairness, I say!), if you're curious and wanna set up an informal poll. (And if anybody tries to slippery-slope me, as far as they know, I'm all for public nudity. I hate it when people try slippery slope arguments.)

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	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 02:42 am UTC (link)
	I have issues with men being in restaurants/cafes without shirts on too. But that's me. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	conuly 2005-11-19 02:19 am UTC (link)
	You don't expect to see it in public. Actually, I do - and I don't think that it's fair to compare it to using the toilet. Among other things, that's really an uncreative argument. Lots of people think otherwise, but... yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	noelleleithe 2005-11-19 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Well, yeah, of course it's not safe to breastfeed if you eat lots of processed crap, or if you do drugs, smoke, drink alcohol, etc. But generalizing that to meant breastfeeding is "not safe," period, is a prety darn humongous leap. The vast majority of mothers take care of themselves, eat well, and all that, both during and after pregnancy. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 02:51 am UTC (link)
	I agree - but it was all there, hanging out, and it just made me very uncomfortable taking her order, and serving her in general. I would've been fine with the one, or having it covered with something, anything... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 02:54 am UTC (link)
	See, I find that acceptable. It was mostly the fact that I could see all of one breast all the time, and the other breast at least half the time, because she stopped her daughter from feeding to order. I guess decorum is the point I was trying to get across. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 02:56 am UTC (link)
	In other words - there's no need to make your barrista embarrassed by not having a bare breast less than half a metre away from her face? I had no choice. I could see it from where I was standing so clearly that unless I purposefully looked the other way and risk being accused of bad service or ignoring her... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	pope_guilty 2005-11-19 03:03 am UTC (link)
	I'll translate that post: "Waaaaaaah! Waaaaaah!" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	regalis 2005-11-19 04:51 am UTC (link)
	I'm surprised I got this far down the thread before finding a comment left by some immature ass. Run home, little piggy. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	bynkii 2005-11-19 03:11 am UTC (link)
	wow, i'm impressed...a post that was slightly negative about breast feeding, and the La Leche Attack Squad hasn't Arclight'd you into the stone age...neat. I never saw why not doing it in a discreet corner was so necessary (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 03:14 am UTC (link)
	The problem I had was the fact her whole chest was exposed. Both breasts. That's probably why I'm not being lynch-mobbed yet. What I don't understand is why they don't want to go to the mothers' rooms. They have comfy couches, water coolers, etc. Airconditioning. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cindy_ann 2005-11-19 03:12 am UTC (link)
	I had a problem with it when a 6 year old boy walked up to his mom and said i'm hungry and she started breast feeding him. if he's old enough to ask for it, it's time to cut him off. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pninja 2005-11-19 03:13 am UTC (link)
	wha...? splode (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rogues49 2005-11-19 03:18 am UTC (link)
	i was eating in a white tablecloth restaurant and this woman pops her boob out in full view and started feeding her kid i mean, people are all around her EATING. really, ew. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 03:21 am UTC (link)
	Mind you... so was the kid... but I still find it disconcerting... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	piperrhiannon 2005-11-19 03:21 am UTC (link)
	Breastfeeding or not, keep your shirt on and buttoned in a place where people are sitting and eating. Honestly, the kid won't starve in the thirty seconds it takes you to go into the restroom. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	conceptual_tea 2005-11-19 03:41 am UTC (link)
	If you wouldn't eat in a bathroom, why should someone else's kid? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	wring 2005-11-19 04:34 am UTC (link)
	...and that makes her a sucky customer? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sphynxlike 2005-11-19 05:02 am UTC (link)
	agreed. if she feels comfortable enough to do it in public, more power to her. if she feels the need to hide it with a blanket, good for her. if she feels shy about it and does it in private, whatever. i don't see how her breastfeeding in public makes her a sucky customer. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lord_snot 2005-11-19 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Oh jesus god in heaven. Get the fuck over it. It's not like she squirted you with it. It's just a fucking set of boobs. Y-A-W-N. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 05:40 am UTC (link)
	Y'know, you are probably the sort of person who would run around with both breasts exposed because it's funny. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lunarwhirl 2005-11-19 04:54 am UTC (link)
	Yes, yes I do. The kid has a right to eat, but GODDAMN, isn't there a blanket you can use? Or am I gonna have to walk around topless to prove my point? =P (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	mummygeorgie 2005-11-24 02:44 am UTC (link)
	The OP is from Queensland, Australia. I'm from Perth, similar summer temps. It's very nearly summer here. Have you tried walking around/eating/drinknig with a blanket over your head in hot weather? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kwanboa 2005-11-19 10:20 am UTC (link)
	It doesn't even need to go that far, a kid usually covers up a boob nicely. Just keep the other one inside your fucking shirt. Ugh. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	spikeslustylove 2005-11-19 05:11 am UTC (link)
	I think breastfeeding is great and all...but If I want to see two breasts exposed, I could watch Cinamax or go to a strip club, not head down to closest titty bar, but c'mon. public place. (Reply to this)

	louis_wu 2005-11-19 05:40 am UTC (link)
	Well, to be completely blunt, if you're embarassed with her bare breasts while feeding her child, it's you who has the problem, not her. Do you go to topless beaches and get all wigged out by the topless girls? Evolution dictated that mammaries are for feeding young. Sexual and social connotations are a fairly recent development. In other words, deal. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Thankyou :) This is my point, along with the fact that there is no need to show ones' barrista both of your breasts that she neither wants nor needs to see. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	regalis 2005-11-19 06:09 am UTC (link)
	And now, I feel the need to yell. BOOOOOOOBBBSSSSS. XD (at least you're working, love). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aikiariyen 2005-11-19 06:12 am UTC (link)
	Hehehe. I shall do that next time we're out. And the title of the post? An award I received from MedSoc grins I still don't know if I have the job yet or not, but it seems promising as I have shifts next week for "training" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lily_shrike 2005-11-19 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Well when she takes the baby away as soon as someone gets within three feet of her and leaves her shirt open with no baby the entire time they're there, that's not breastfeeding. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	piecesofalife 2005-11-19 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	Personally, I am a gay man and breasts do not bother me. I do agree that she did not need to expose both breasts. When a woman breastfeeds, the baby usually covers a good portion of the breast. There is no need to show everyone else the other one. but then again, as we know not everyone in this community will agree with what someone says. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dbaxdevilsfan 2005-11-19 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, I made this same point this morning when relaying the story to my boyfriend, and he agreed. (Reply to this) (Parent)