The Applebee's thing
Since several of you have commented or asked questions about the Applebee's thing I figured I would copy the post that I made in breastfeeding
This weekend I was at an Applebee's in Gulfport, Mississippi. I wasn't familiar with the law regarding breastfeeding in Mississippi (I'm from Louisiana) so I asked the waitress if I could nurse my daughter at the table. She replied that she believed I could but wanted to check with her manager. The manager then approached me and asked me to use the ladies room. Seeing as how I don't like to feed my child where people poop, I opted just to go to the car. Well, when we got home I looked up the law in Mississippi and it states that women can breastfeed in public. Specifically, "A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding." So, I want to write a letter to Applebee's and let them know that the manager needs to be better informed of the law. You would think after all the publicity surrounding the nurse-ins of last year they would have educated the managers. Any suggestions on what to include in the letter?
This weekend I was at an Applebee's in Gulfport, Mississippi. I wasn't familiar with the law regarding breastfeeding in Mississippi (I'm from Louisiana) so I asked the waitress if I could nurse my daughter at the table. She replied that she believed I could but wanted to check with her manager. The manager then approached me and asked me to use the ladies room. Seeing as how I don't like to feed my child where people poop, I opted just to go to the car. Well, when we got home I looked up the law in Mississippi and it states that women can breastfeed in public. Specifically, "A mother may breast-feed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be, without respect to whether the mother's breast or any part of it is covered during or incidental to the breast-feeding." So, I want to write a letter to Applebee's and let them know that the manager needs to be better informed of the law. You would think after all the publicity surrounding the nurse-ins of last year they would have educated the managers. Any suggestions on what to include in the letter?