Friday, December 16, 2005

Argh!

http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=6464

This article really ticks me off. OK, if you were sitting on a plane with nowhere to go, would you rather sit next to a screaming baby or one that was happily being nursed to sleep?

Some people are so stupid and uneducated.
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5 comments:

Lynda said...

Sheesh. She was trying to be discreet. I guess that flight attendant didn't have kids. Not that I have children, but I think women should breast feed.

The only time I ever had a problem was when a mom had her boob hanging out in the grocery store, and her 1 1/2 year old wasn't using it. (Probably younger, but the child was big!) Nothing covering her, but I wouldn't even say anything about that.

8:58 PM
Lynda said...

Instead of "...I ever had a problem...", I should have said, "felt uncomfortable". Sorry.

9:01 PM
Kim said...

Eh, that's ok. When I was little, I saw a lady breastfeeding in a public restroom (sitting down on a chair, of course). I thought, "That's weird." But I was a KID! Adults should be well informed about this issue. It's nutrition! I don't see how it's any different then putting a bottle in a baby's mouth.

I think that flight attendant opened a huge can of worms...not to mention a lawsuit.

5:11 AM
Jen said...

I "love" how people hide behind the "company policy" phrase. We were instructed to do it all the time in some of the jobs I worked. It doesn't mean anything except that the person you're telling it to doesn't know for sure what your company policy is, whether there is one or not. It's a safe and sorry way of bluffing somebody to get what you want.

I was a little surprised to read that the mother wasn't initially covered under a blanket, but I also know that moms are less self-conscious after they've been through a kid or two. I mean, growing up, all the moms always had a blanket on- that's how we knew they were breastfeeding. But nobody minded. Moms + new babies + breastfeeding and the blanket was a sign to us young ones to be quiet and respectful and not pester the mom or anything.

Maybe if the mom had had a light blanket it would have saved her a litle bit if time and humiliation, but then again, maybe it would have been an even bigger signal. I'm sorry it happened and I don't think the flight attendant was right to do what she did. I think it takes more character and self control to keep quiet on an issue like that that it does to speak out, and expressing what was probably a personal disapproval by using "company policy" or another person's offense is a coward's way of showing their true feelings.

If there had been a valid protest from another passenger, that would have made the issue different. I don't think the mom did anything wrong, though. I've been on planes with crying babies- everyone treats the mom like she's some terrible person. Hey, babies cry, that's what they do! I don't mind at all. You're that little and you're suddenly suspended in the air for an undetermined amount of time- that's disconcerting, if not scary to little ones! I think alot of adults would cry at the idea of being on a plane if they weren't trying to be "mature" or "adult" about it, instead.

Just proves that no matter where in the world you go, your attempts to keep the peace are going to be disapproved of by somebody.

7:08 AM
Kim said...

That's what's sad about it. I bet none of the passengers said anything to the woman or the flight attendant.

If you have a problem with it, then DON'T LOOK! It's as easy as that.

I feel offended by these women who have everything but their nipple showing in magazines and movies. I don't see what the difference is. Oh yeah, breastfeeding is completely natural and something that has been around since the beginning of time.

I'm truly sad that we live in a society that doesn't accept it as it should be.

12:41 PM

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