CallaFirestormBW
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Original: aravain I have just as much right to complain to a manager because someone is breastfeeding in the restaurant I'm *paying* to be at, as I do because someone is being destructive to property, or loud and crude, or etc. etc. etc. It is a behavior that inhibits MY ability to enjoy MY time, and it is up to the Manager to rectify that situation (either diplomatically if they can, or by asking one/both of us to leave). I do not go out into public places (parks and such) unless forced because I *like* having this ability of requesting a change, as a patron of where I'm at (note: Not specifically to avoid breastfeeding women that would be silly and paranoid). A restaurant is, simply, NOT a public place, it's a private place that the owner invites the public into, at HIS/HER discretion. I disagree. In going out to an establishment that is -not- ones' home, one's rights are impeded by the needs and desires of everyone around you. While you -can- complain, that doesn't make it -right- to complain. After all, you are taking -your- comfort and putting it ahead of another customer's comfort, and that is every bit as inappropriate as if someone were to complain to the manager that you have to move because you -sit- funny. Our participation in activities that require us to share space with other human beings requires that we agree, for the time in which we are present, to accept that others' processes will be different and that we will, occasionally, be subjected to things that we don't like. I have trouble with restaurants because I am very sensitive to perfumes, and yet I have no right to tell other people in the restaurant not to wear perfume when they go out to dinner, or to require special arrangements from the manager. If I have an issue, I am welcome to leave the restaurant, and frankly, that is the only 'right' which I should expect. If it is -convenient- for the other person and the manager, I may be able to either move my seat or have them move theirs... but if it isn't, using my feet is my -only- right in a public venue. I would also disagree that breastfeeding can be compared to public violence or property destruction. In either of those cases, someone or something else is being hurt by the action. Breastfeeding hurts nothing but the sensibilities of people who can't grasp the idea that breasts were -made- to nurse babies, and that is a -personal- problem. Dame Calla
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