Gorram Women...

[mgdavis]

who think they can just whip out their "lightbulbs" in random places. I just walked into a waiting area for a couple offices here at work. There's a water cooler in there, I wanted to fill my water bottle. It's Sunday, so the offices are empty. I walked in and startled this female employee, I figured she was sleeping in a chair or something. I said "boo", because I'm like that. Then I realized that she had a procreating breast pump going. I said "I'm sorry" as I backed out quickly. It was a procreating waiting area behind an unlocked door. Our facility has Womens Lounges, but this idiot decides to use a semi-public area. I'm gorram pissed off now. WTF.

[ceemes]

who think they can just whip out their "lightbulbs" in random places. I just walked into a waiting area for a couple offices here at work. There's a water cooler in there, I wanted to fill my water bottle. It's Sunday, so the offices are empty. I walked in and startled this female employee, I figured she was sleeping in a chair or something. I said "boo", because I'm like that. Then I realized that she had a procreating breast pump going. I said "I'm sorry" as I backed out quickly. It was a procreating waiting area behind an unlocked door. Our facility has Womens Lounges, but this idiot decides to use a semi-public area. I'm gorram pissed off now. WTF.

Why? Here in Vancouver it not all that unusual to see mother actually breast feeding in public.

[BuzZz]

That's fine, they can whip 'em out where ever they like. But they had better expect me to stop and stare as long as I like if it is a public or semi-public venue. Few things pisss me off more than some fool standing there with her titts hanging out and being offended because I'm staring at them.

If they expect privacy, they can keep 'em under wraps until they are in private.

That's my take on it, anyways.

[Ninja Geoff]

That's a free show!

[mgdavis]

Not a show that I wanted in any way, shape, or form. She did have her sweater pulled around, which saved me a bit of embarrassment. I'm rather pissed that she couldn't walk another 50 yards to the womens lounge, she just made herself at home in a waiting area. Speaking of home, why couldn't she do it there? Do they explode if not emptied regularly or something?

[AZRider]

I agree. I enjoy a free show when I can get one. But I dont want to watch the off off broadway play about the dairy farm.

[Loonette]

Not a show that I wanted in any way, shape, or form. She did have her sweater pulled around, which saved me a bit of embarrassment. I'm rather pissed that she couldn't walk another 50 yards to the womens lounge, she just made herself at home in a waiting area. Speaking of home, why couldn't she do it there? Do they explode if not emptied regularly or something?

Yes, they do explode. Well - not really explode, but they become engorged, extremely painful, and will start to leak out. Infants/very young babies eat every two hours, and the amount of milk produced is based on the demand. Thus, if the breasts are being utilized every two hours by the baby, then even in the absence of the baby, the breasts will still work up that milk within two hours. It's quite amazing - us mammals!!

Apparently she didn't expect anyone to enter, but what were you embarrassed about? Do you blush watching a cow get her utters pumped by a milking machine? Sounds like you've got some weird sexual hangup - it's just a breast. I can understand someone being a bit startled simply because it's not something you would expect to see coming through the door, but you seem unreasonably angry about the whole thing.

And by women's "lounge" do you mean the bathroom? If so - yuck! Toilet rooms are for eliminating human waste, not for expressing human food. If it was an actual lounge with a couch, TV, stereo, and wet bar, then I personally would have chosen that location if it were me. For myself, I quit pumping my breasts after the first few attempts - it didn't work well for me. And I also had the flexibility in my life where I could just get the baby to me instead (including during an employee meeting that I had to attend). But nobody with whom I worked ever cared about me breastfeeding my child in their presence - in fact, they seemed to enjoy it. (?!)

Cheers,
Loonette

[roscowgo]

I don't think i've ever even seen a "breast pump" Rather than googling it, I'm trying to engineer one in my head just from the name.


I'm coming up with some fairly startling ideas so far.



So far the double sucker version with shopvac attachment is in the lead for weirdest crap i've ever thought up.

The one that works while you walk from little pumps in the heels of your shoes seems to be the most practical.

And would a system that pre-pressurizes the rest of the breast be more efficient....fascinating stuff.

[fireguzzi]

The one that works while you walk from little pumps in the heels of your shoes seems to be the most practical.

BAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

[blues2cruise]

Not a show that I wanted in any way, shape, or form. She did have her sweater pulled around, which saved me a bit of embarrassment. I'm rather pissed that she couldn't walk another 50 yards to the womens lounge, she just made herself at home in a waiting area. Speaking of home, why couldn't she do it there? Do they explode if not emptied regularly or something?

Yes, they do explode. Well - not really explode, but they become engorged, extremely painful, and will start to leak out. Infants/very young babies eat every two hours, and the amount of milk produced is based on the demand. Thus, if the breasts are being utilized every two hours by the baby, then even in the absence of the baby, the breasts will still work up that milk within two hours. It's quite amazing - us mammals!!

Apparently she didn't expect anyone to enter, but what were you embarrassed about? Do you blush watching a cow get her utters pumped by a milking machine? Sounds like you've got some weird sexual hangup - it's just a breast. I can understand someone being a bit startled simply because it's not something you would expect to see coming through the door, but you seem unreasonably angry about the whole thing.

And by women's "lounge" do you mean the bathroom? If so - yuck! Toilet rooms are for eliminating human waste, not for expressing human food. If it was an actual lounge with a couch, TV, stereo, and wet bar, then I personally would have chosen that location if it were me. For myself, I quit pumping my breasts after the first few attempts - it didn't work well for me. And I also had the flexibility in my life where I could just get the baby to me instead (including during an employee meeting that I had to attend). But nobody with whom I worked ever cared about me breastfeeding my child in their presence - in fact, they seemed to enjoy it. (?!)

Cheers,
Loonette

Thank you for posting this. It seems a lot of education is needed.