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She was sitting on the floor in the clothing section.
I used to work retail. If an adult was sitting on the floor in the store, I would have gone up to see if they needed medical assistance, and probably suggested moving to the dressing room when I saw what was going on. Why? Because there's a seat in there, the closest seat to the clothing area most likely, and if someone is sitting on the floor in the middle of the racks of clothes, especially at Target where everything is crammed together and the carts are big, they're in danger of getting hit in the face (or baby's head) by a careless shopper who just doesn't see them sitting on the floor.
I doubt she would have had the problem if she was sitting on a bench somewhere. If they told her something when she was sitting on a bench, that might have been worth a little media attention.
Yes, you have the right to breastfeed anywhere in TX. But stores have the right to ask a customer to move if they're somewhere that puts them at risk or is disruptive to the other shoppers. Just like if you decided to breastfeed in the middle of a street, a police officer would not be infringing on your rights if he asked you to move.
cant and will never be able to change the way people feel. You just cant.
Thank God you are so wrong. Yes you can change the way people think, feel and act.. Only a few decades ago you and your partner of a different race would have been physically accosted in some parts of the country and certainly denied service at places.
The general public in this country has slowly come to tolerate and even embrace so many things like reproductive rights, gay marriage, gay adoptions, inter racial adoptions, handicap access, and the list goes on and on. It is because of activism that the FEELINGS of people are changing.
And Stan4---aren't you a doctor? Do I have the right person? If you are a doctor and you refer to breasts as boobies---well I certainly would have little confidence in your abilities as a doctor. Attitude says so much.
She was sitting on the floor in the clothing section.
I used to work retail. If an adult was sitting on the floor in the store, I would have gone up to see if they needed medical assistance, and probably suggested moving to the dressing room when I saw what was going on. Why? Because there's a seat in there, the closest seat to the clothing area most likely, and if someone is sitting on the floor in the middle of the racks of clothes, especially at Target where everything is crammed together and the carts are big, they're in danger of getting hit in the face (or baby's head) by a careless shopper who just doesn't see them sitting on the floor.
I doubt she would have had the problem if she was sitting on a bench somewhere. If they told her something when she was sitting on a bench, that might have been worth a little media attention.
Yes, you have the right to breastfeed anywhere in TX. But stores have the right to ask a customer to move if they're somewhere that puts them at risk or is disruptive to the other shoppers. Just like if you decided to breastfeed in the middle of a street, a police officer would not be infringing on your rights if he asked you to move.
Wow I didnt know that. Yeah why would she be sitting on the floor? Thats just weird. I would have told her to move too. Very strange.
I used to work retail. If an adult was sitting on the floor in the store, I would have gone up to see if they needed medical assistance, and probably suggested moving to the dressing room when I saw what was going on. Why? Because there's a seat in there, the closest seat to the clothing area most likely, and if someone is sitting on the floor in the middle of the racks of clothes, especially at Target where everything is crammed together and the carts are big, they're in danger of getting hit in the face (or baby's head) by a careless shopper who just doesn't see them sitting on the floor.
I wondered about that. Sitting on the floor in my local Target would definitely invite getting banged into by a cart being steered by someone on their phone paying no attention to anyone (or anything) else.
She was sitting on the floor in the clothing section.
I used to work retail. If an adult was sitting on the floor in the store, I would have gone up to see if they needed medical assistance, and probably suggested moving to the dressing room when I saw what was going on. Why? Because there's a seat in there, the closest seat to the clothing area most likely, and if someone is sitting on the floor in the middle of the racks of clothes, especially at Target where everything is crammed together and the carts are big, they're in danger of getting hit in the face (or baby's head) by a careless shopper who just doesn't see them sitting on the floor.
I doubt she would have had the problem if she was sitting on a bench somewhere. If they told her something when she was sitting on a bench, that might have been worth a little media attention.
Yes, you have the right to breastfeed anywhere in TX. But stores have the right to ask a customer to move if they're somewhere that puts them at risk or is disruptive to the other shoppers. Just like if you decided to breastfeed in the middle of a street, a police officer would not be infringing on your rights if he asked you to move.
If they had asked her to move due to safety concerns, I could understand but the fact is, they asked her to move because she was breastfeeding.
So you do believe that all those babies were hungry at the same time? Moms here always insist breastfeeding is so discreet ("I didn't show an inch of skin! Nobody even knew!"). Right? So you either have a bunch of moms who appear to be doing nothing but holding their babies, which doesn't really "raise awareness," or a bunch of moms being provocative and confrontational, which doesn't really help with public sympathy.
No, the babies are not all hungry at the same time. Not all the moms are nursing at the same time either.
If they had asked her to move due to safety concerns, I could understand but the fact is, they asked her to move because she was breastfeeding.
The point is, if she had been breastfeeding in a safer location, it probably would not have attracted anyone's attention. When's the last time you've seen an adult customer sitting on the floor in a store?
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