How NOT to Write an Apology Letter
The only reason I am able to nurse my children is that I am not working right now. The hurdles working mothers face as they try to pump milk to be able to give their child the best food available, a food that cuts down in later time lost due to child illness, are absurd. But when a giant hotel claims they don’t have any private space available in the entire hotel for a conference attendee to pump, well, I call foul.
Stumble it!
and the 529 college savings accounts get a kickback.
April 11th, 2007 20:57
Great post. I was just commiserating on the phone with someone today because his wife, a lawyer, cannot find one pace to pump in the entire courthouse when she is there for trial. The American workplace is very uncooperative with breastfeeding mothers.
April 11th, 2007 21:48
I hope I didn’t scare your blogfriend, but I left a comment (okay, a mini-tirade) over there about the situation and told her where she needed to send her letter. That was absolutely appalling treatment. And completely unnecessary.
April 12th, 2007 00:00
You didn’t scare me.
Do you by chance have a membership to that site? I can’t get much information there otherwise. I put a comment on Bill Marriott’s blog (http://blogs.marriott.com/ I think is the URL), who knows if it’ll get seen there!
April 12th, 2007 10:16
Unbelievable.
April 12th, 2007 23:03
Such a pet peeve of mine. In the year I was completing my internship (and pumping for my older daughter) I think I counted 26 places in which I had to pump as a result of conferences, inservices, offisite trainings, site rotations, etc. Arranging for a place to pump was an enormous hassle. I always called ahead or contacted the coordinator of the event so that I could get through the whole, “no I won’t pump on a toilet” conversation in advance. Nevertheless the majority of the time there was a problem when I went to the prearranged location (e.g. locked doors, janitors MIA, etc.) and in almost every case I was walked in on while pumping. The last day of my internship, I chucked my pump in my basement with great joy. Our society’s absolute lack of support for “attached parents” plays a major role in why I have not returned to work, and is why my PhD. will likely remain tucked away in a closet until my family is complete and my las child has weaned (whenever that might be).