See How Nursing Mum Slammed Department Store For Telling Her To Breastfeed In The Rest Room
A nursing mum, Whittney Hope, from Tennessee, was shopping at a US store, Dillards, in her hometown of Chattanooga, when her little daughter needed to be breastfed. She was then told by one of the store attendants that she could only breastfeed in a secluded part of the store, the bathroom. As she was leaving, she spotted a large advert in the store of woman, modelling lingerie. She then paused and decided to feed her baby in front of the poster, snapping the above picture in the process.
Pissed off, she wanted to show the irony of being told to go to the bathroom to feed her daughter, while they advertise a woman’s breasts blown up to large proportions on a poster in the store.
After complaining to the store manager, Whittney headed home and posted the photo to the Dillard’s Facebook page, alongside a comment about what had happened.
“This afternoon while shopping in your store, (Hamilton Place- Chattanooga) my daughter got really fussy. I searched for a quiet secluded area to nurse my child.
When I found a place I asked if it was okay for her to eat here. The employee at customer service nodded. I then began to nurse my child. I didn’t use a cover up (I did that in the pic to prove the irony) I discreetly pulled my shirt down and her head covered me up. The same lady then told me I could not “do that” here.
She told me I would need to go to the restroom. I was completely shocked as I have never had anyone comment on me breastfeeding in the whole 18 months I have been nursing. Yet alone, another woman, possibly a mother herself. I repeated her to make sure I understood.
Annoyed, she began to tell me the directions to the restroom again.. (Down the hall, take the elevator, then around the corner) I’m sure my hungry child would understand that we have to take a journey to somewhere more secluded where she can eat.. NOT.
I immediately went and asked for the manager so I could file a formal complaint (which I did online) As we were leaving the store I passed by this advertisement for bras. I mean seriously the lady’s face is not even in this. Why is it acceptable for a giant picture of BOOBS to be on the wall but I can not feed my child?”
Photo credit: Facebook
Na wao
Y will she told her to use rest room knowing dt it will not be conducive
That’s the irony. It’s okay for people to dress and show all their breasts /cleavage but it’s not okay for a nursing mom to breast feed her baby. Talk about double standards.
Hmmmmm There is nothing wrong breastfeeding a child, you can breast feed your child anywhere, for goodness sake the baby need to be feed na
Breastfeeding a child can be and should be done ANYWHERE for goodness sakes! What’s wrong with people these days???
I don’t know why people are attaching so much attention to breastfeeding
That’s the irony. Maybe the model’s boobs are silicone. Lol
how would she breast feed in the restroom