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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:49 PM Jul 2014

NC moms hold nurse-in at Walmart after woman ordered to breastfeed in a toilet stall

A Walmart employee asked a North Carolina woman breastfeeding her newborn in a store bathroom to move into a toilet stall. A representative from the retailer confirmed the employee made the demand, telling WBTW-TV the request was illegal and also violated company policy.

Kelly Messing said she was feeding her 2-week-old baby with a cover-up when the employee came into the bathroom and asked her to move to a more private location, saying she was making other customers uncomfortable.

“She stood there waiting for me to get up, so I had to sit in a stall feeding my baby,” Messing said in a Facebook post about the incident.

More than a dozen other breastfeeding mothers, organized by the national Best for Babes group, went Sunday to the Jacksonville store to protest the Walmart employee’s actions.

This store did not follow our policy in this situation and we absolutely apologize to our customer for her experience,” said Kayla Whaling, a Walmart spokeswoman. “We’re not sure exactly who did not follow our policy but we do not condone this and we have restated our policy to all associates at this retail store.”

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NC moms hold nurse-in at Walmart after woman ordered to breastfeed in a toilet stall (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2014 OP
Why did this woman comply?. A walmart employee made her do something? CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #1

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
1. Why did this woman comply?. A walmart employee made her do something?
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:55 PM
Jul 2014

Are we so fearful of the hint of authority as to do this? She should have finished her business, after telling that employee which part of hell to go to.

We have become a nation of cowering sheep.

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