Thanks so much for your responses. I understand that I can't expect everyone to agree or be educated about breastfeeding, but as representatives of a store for infants and toddlers I would expect to be treated with respect. Actually I think any store I went in to I should be treated with respect.
I am going to write a letter and call tomorrow. I'm going to post a sample letter. Please tell me what you think and if there is anything I should add.
To whom it may concern
I am writing this letter in reference to an incident that occurred at a Carters for Kids store located in the Franklin Mills Mall on May 29th around 3:30pm. I was shopping with my infant son in a Mei Tai carrier, facing me. He became hungry and I proceed to set him up to breastfeed. With this carrier I am able to breastfeed discreetly and hands free. I continued to shop. I noticed some employees near where I was looking. I noted they were employees because they had been discussing how many items of clothing had to be put away after being left up front and one of them said had she had not yet had to work a night shift. Then one of the employees pointed at me and said to the other women something along the lines of "Did you see her?" the other employee looked then looked away and said "Oh. I guess that's ok." The first employee then said, "There is a time and place for that. That's just trashy." The other employee then laughed and nodded in agreement.
I do not think it is alright for customers to be called names. Nor did I expect for a store that caters towards infants and toddlers to be intolerant of discrete breastfeeding. I have shopped at Carters for almost 90% of my son's clothing up until now and have not had an issue before. I had come to love Carters for their quality clothing and fantastic sales. If this is representative of how your company treats its customer and your company's position on breastfeeding then you will lose my patronage.
Sincerely
I am going to write a letter and call tomorrow. I'm going to post a sample letter. Please tell me what you think and if there is anything I should add.
To whom it may concern
I am writing this letter in reference to an incident that occurred at a Carters for Kids store located in the Franklin Mills Mall on May 29th around 3:30pm. I was shopping with my infant son in a Mei Tai carrier, facing me. He became hungry and I proceed to set him up to breastfeed. With this carrier I am able to breastfeed discreetly and hands free. I continued to shop. I noticed some employees near where I was looking. I noted they were employees because they had been discussing how many items of clothing had to be put away after being left up front and one of them said had she had not yet had to work a night shift. Then one of the employees pointed at me and said to the other women something along the lines of "Did you see her?" the other employee looked then looked away and said "Oh. I guess that's ok." The first employee then said, "There is a time and place for that. That's just trashy." The other employee then laughed and nodded in agreement.
I do not think it is alright for customers to be called names. Nor did I expect for a store that caters towards infants and toddlers to be intolerant of discrete breastfeeding. I have shopped at Carters for almost 90% of my son's clothing up until now and have not had an issue before. I had come to love Carters for their quality clothing and fantastic sales. If this is representative of how your company treats its customer and your company's position on breastfeeding then you will lose my patronage.
Sincerely
and hope you send it.
It baffles me.
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