Breast-feeding mother asked to leave Olive Garden

[The Straight Story]

Breast-feeding mother asked to leave Olive Garden
Woman refused to take baby to rest room

MICHIGAN CITY - The mother of an 11-month-old baby girl was asked to leave the local Olive Garden restaurant after she refused to move to the restaurant's rest room to nurse the baby.

Margaret Naas, La Porte, mother of 11-month-old Katie, decided she might like some chicken Parmesan for lunch on Monday.

After she ordered, Katie decided she was hungry as well.

"She wanted to nurse," Naas said. "It was 80 degrees out and I didn't have any blanket or cover with me," she added.

Here is where her story breaks from the Olive Garden's spokesman's story.

She said she lowered only one side of her halter top to nurse the baby.

http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=25224&TM=39693.75

[Sannum]

1. .

:popcorn:

[msanthrope]

83. You need bourbon, too, for this type of Friday p.m. thread. n/t

[timeforpeace]

91. So the word is out and all these "nursing mothers" are heading to Olive Garden? Buying trouble seems

be the big commodity these days.

[Buzz Clik]

2. Did she have a receipt for the baby?

[Renew Deal]

3. I'm ready

:popcorn:

[pepperbear]

170. Why is the Olive Garden acting like it's "Girls Gone Wild"?

:eyes:

[Solly Mack]

4. if only the story included a pit bull....

[Renew Deal]

7. Or guns

Lots of them :evilgrin:

[Solly Mack]

Nowhere else could that headline be appreciated by so many

only on DU

[The Doctor.]

197. What?

Some overweight guy with a smoke was nursing a pit bull in Olive Garden?

[Chulanowa]

90. An overweight pit bull owned by a guy having a smoke

[Solly Mack]

94. See, now. You're just demanding too much of a good thing with that

Be grateful someone somewhere did this for us

[Chulanowa]

97. And yet there haven't been demands for pictures yet

People are slacking off today

[Solly Mack]

99. Too overcome with emotion right now, I think

Someone will...

The headline was a gift...and one that DU should cherish (and is)

I know I am lolololol

[Chulanowa]

101. Yeah, it's a manna from heaven sort of moment, isn't it?

[Solly Mack]

103. So much so I'm making Margaret Naas an honorary DUer

If she isn't one already...and I have my suspicions.

[cherokeeprogressive]

191. Or gun of any kind; preferrably one that those with no knowledge of guns PERCIEVE to be automatic.

n/t

[AlbertCat]

216. if only the story included a pit bull....

C'mon.... it's Olive Garden... They were probably eating a pit bull... and other strays.


If you're breast feeding... and eating the fat laden, MSG of Olive Garden... arrest her for child neglect!

[Orangepeel]

5. Oh, my.

good thing this isn't a lounge thread.

[One_Life_To_Give]

6. IBTL

:popcorn:

[Botany]

8. Olive Garden really bad Italian Food .... and all you want of it too.

Olive Garden = :puke:

[SoCalDem]

15. To be fair, their salad & breadstick lunch is okay

:)

[LynneSin]

138. Yes but their breadsticks make it worth the trip

nuff said

[wolfgangmo]

233. Yah, the breadsticks are worth a trip...

... to the crapper for the overpowering need to barf.

I ate there 3 times in different cities as guest of friends/family. Each time was horrible. I must assume it is the chain.

It ain't italian and it is hardly food.

[TankLV]

234. Italian or not, the salad, breadsticks, and especially, the "Soupa Toscana" are all tops in my book

the Soupa is my FAVORITE, especially when I have a cold.

Thanks to a lady cook's website I found online, we got the recipe.

There's a bunch of great finds online for favorite restaurants' dishes - especially if they are no longer available...

to each his own, I suppose...

[Umbral]

250. As mentioned, the fresh stuff is good, but the rest tastes of the can it came out of. nt

[SoCalDem]

9. Hahahaha.. I lived in Mi-shitty-gan City for 7 & a half years

When WE lived there, there were NO chain restaurants at all yet.. just a sleepy old manufacturing town with 4 Polish Bakeries & a big ole prison:)

[SidDithers]

10. Holy crap. Breast Feeding and Olive Garden...

in the same thread. And it's not a meta thread!

Well played, sir :)

Sid

[QC]

19. We need a circumcision angle, though.

Perhaps she was at Olive Garden just after having the baby circumcised.

[Kadie]

27. That would have been a huge story... since Katie is probably a girl.

'11-month-old Katie'

[QC]

31. Maybe there was a bris going on at the next table. n/t

[Kadie]

35. And people only complained about the nursing baby!

Figures!

:rofl:

[QC]

40. Boobies are obscene, you know. n/t

[DBoon]

51. Olive Garden food is obscene

Thankfully the mom wasn't feeding any to her child.

[redqueen]

95. Sorry but no, their breadsticks and salad are pretty good.

Orrrrr maybe I just have crap taste. :P

[AlbertCat]

218. Thankfully the mom wasn't feeding any to her child.

But SHE WAS!

Indirectly of course.
Maybe I should say she WILL in about 2 hours.

[AlbertCat]

since Katie is probably a girl.

OK...the father then...

[TankLV]

237. Well, I'm sure the "thought" ran thru the lady's mind when the men kicked her out...

only I'm fairly certain she would have preferred a "closer cropping"...

so maybe we DO have a "C" thread after all...!!!

[tosh]

23. ...

:rofl:

[slutticus]

142. ...

:rofl:

[tekisui]

11. A perfect storm.

:rofl:

Seriesly, though. Get a grip OG. It is how babies eat.:banghead:

[seabeyond]

12. some much popcorn being eaten, made me hungry for some too.

:popcorn:

[AngryAmish]

13. Did she leave her pitbull outside?

[The Straight Story]

17. They rode their pit bull there, and he has a .50 cal mounted on his saddle

:rofl:

[a la izquierda]

220. That brought tears to my eyes....

while watching Kennedy's funeral.

[YOY]

14. I'm torn...does this belong in the lounge or not?

One one hand...breast feeding in public...kind of an issue. On the other hand, HELLO, Olive Garden...

Torn I tell ya.

[AngryAmish]

20. Recommend it, dammit.

If any thread deserves one, this is it.

[Hissyspit]

67. O.k., I did.

As the author of the original Unintentionally Controversial Olive Garden Thread (TM), I approve this hybrid post.

[SoCalDem]

26. If it had CornFlake Chicken in it, it would the lounge-material

:)

[redqueen]

28. "Kind of" an issue?

GTFOH!

[YOY]

47. DOGDAMMIT I'M TORN!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bPndxNNKfA

[redqueen]

54. *rofflemayo*

First good laugh I've had this week.

Thanks so much. :)

[YOY]

64. At least you now emotionally know what Natalie was so torn about finally...

Something in the spirit of trying to classify both Olivegarden and Breastfeeding.

[johnnie]

16. "decided she might like some chicken Parmesan"

Why oh why couldn't she have wanted chicken coated with corn flakes? That would have been the trifecta.

[QC]

24. Chicken parmesan is murder. n/t

[undeterred]

154. She felt like having breasts.

[TankLV]

238. ahh - "chicken tits"!!!

I'm a leg & thy man myself - but then again, I'm gay...!!!

[MineralMan]

18. Will the morons never learn? I see another nurse-in in this

Olive Garden's future, along with an abject apology from a manager.

[begin_within]

But was the chicken parmesan made with corn flakes?

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Boom goes the dynamite!

[guitar man]

22. ok, I'm in

:D

[MineralMan]

39. That's my service dog, damnit. Leave me alone and let me

finish my lasagna!

[guitar man]

45. how can you finish your lasagna

when that lady is showing her boob over there? :wow: :rofl:

[MineralMan]

71. Well, there is that, but I find that looking at my plate while I cut

up lasagna and fork it into my waiting maw works better than trying to eat while leering at some woman's boob in a kid's mouth. Maybe it's just me.

[redqueen]

25. Wow...

nice find. :thumbsup:

And this:

"But we had guests who had concerns about modesty and we have to be responsive to the comfort level of all our guests," he said.

Is total bullshit. The law is the law, and fuck the prudes.

[MineralMan]

34. Had I been there, I'd have told the whiners to be polite and not

stare, then offered to pack up their meals for them if they wished to leave.

The law is the law, and babies have to eat when they have to eat. After all, eating is the order of the day at a restaurant.

Screw 'em if they don't let babies eat.

[Renew Deal]

36. Let them "eat" from a bottle.

Keep your boobies out of my pasta!!!!!! :argh:

[MineralMan]

42. Let them follow the law. None of your affair!

Grow up, please...

[Renew Deal]

44. BULLSHIT!

:rofl:

[Chulanowa]

98. ...I don't know...

That mental image has a strange sort of appeal.

[liberalhistorian]

116. If you don't like it, you don't have to look;

no one's forcing you. It's none of your damned business.

[ThomCat]

160. Who the hell are you to dictate that women MUST feed their children

from a bottle just to please you when they're out in public? :shrug:

And if she is at her own table how are her breasts in your pasta?

[Renew Deal]

198. It was a joke

:D

[cwydro]

219. You're bad.

:rofl: :spank:

I knew what you were doing though!

[AlbertCat]

221. how are her breasts in your pasta?

Can you imagine the wait-staff?


"Our specials tonight are succulent breasts of....OH MY GOD!"

[MrsBrady]

251. I agree...

If I were her...and in her position, I would have loved to have been able to say something like this...
in the most polite tone, not a sense of anger...but dry and persistent...

Well, I know the law, and I have a right to feed my baby, wherever I please.
You don't have to like it, but you do have to follow the law.
Perhaps I should call my congressman when I get home, and call your corporate office to let them know you are breaking the law.
I think will call my lawyer brother-in law while I'm at it.
I highly suggest you let us continue on with our meal...the baby needs a meal too, by the way...
You might want to pay for lunch too, seeing as the restaurant clearly has no idea what good customer service is...and you seem intent on ruining my "dining experience".
If people are complaining, perhaps you ought to explain where babies come from and how they eat. God intended it this way...you wouldn't want to go against GOD, would you?
And while your here, bring me some more water.

[Maru Kitteh]

206. I can haz sarcasmz?

[northernlights]

55. let'em pack up their lunches and eat

in the restroom.

Why the hell should the infant, with her immature immune system, be forced to dine by the toilet spray?

[MineralMan]

70. Indeed.

[ThomCat]

161. Agreed. Let the prudes who want to control everyone else

control themselves and carry their own lunches into the bathroom.

If they don't think bathrooms are a clean enough and acceptable place for them to have meals then they're hypocrites of the worst kind for thinking that babies should eat there.

[Botany]

37. "the guests" didn't have to look at the boob and the baby

A nursing mother is not an ugly sight.

now the tuscan chicken :scared:

[izquierdista]

58. That depends on the mother

If she can nurse while the baby is laying on her lap, THAT would be pretty disgusting.

[redqueen]

69. No, your post is what's disgusting... not to mention dumb as hell.

:eyes:

[redqueen]

127. deleted

[ThomCat]

163. Um, that is defitely in the running for dumbest post of the day.

[Maru Kitteh]

207. Oh FFS. That made you look really smart.

[MineralMan]

73. Ooh...chicken boobies on noodles. How shocking!

[Botany]

76. You know what the child was thinking don't you?

MMMMM taste like Chicken

[Mariana]

183. Is that before or after it's been eaten? I can't tell.

:puke:

[Euromutt]

226. You can tell the Mafia's influence has waned

That kind of insult to Italian cuisine would have been harshly dealt with forty or fifty years ago.

[Raster]

29. Perhaps she would have gotten a better reception at Hooters.

Hell, they might have even comped the meal.

[carlyhippy]

167. LOL!

sorry, that was really sick, but I had to laugh....

[TankLV]

239. naw - you can't get food from PLASTIC (or silicone)...

hooters has got to have the WORST food I've ever had - but then again, it's like buying Playboy for the articles, I guess...

I just wish they'd get a chain going with the name "Peckers" - now THAT'S a restaurant I could "appreciate"...!!!

[Raster]

263. I am a GAY man. I *did* buy Playboy for the articles--and the Gahan Wilson cartoons.

[Renew Deal]

30. I'm glad that the OG protected a mans right to eat without a woman whipping them out

for her childs amusement. :hide:

[Egnever]

32. Whats new? Olive garden is crap.

Has been forever. This doesnt surprise me a bit. I havent darkened their doorstep in many years and given a choice I never will.

[depakid]

33. Americans and their obsession with/fear of breasts

One of the more bizarre pathologies in US society.

[AlbertCat]

222. their obsession with/fear of breasts

With nudity!

And it's not that bizarre. After all, the PURITANS landed on Plymouth Rock, y'know.

[texastoast]

38. Wasn't it Olive Garden who pulled advertising from Letterman

after his bad joke about the daughter of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named?

If so, what can you expect from an asshole bunch of conservatives? I can't stand anything but their salad and breadsticks.

[Warren DeMontague]

41. HOLY SHIT!!! CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY TO DU!!!!

:popcorn:

[montanto]

82. lol. no shit!!

[Stevenmarc]

43. What is it about chain restaurants and breastfeeding, you never see this at Le Cirque

[pepperbear]

169. no need. at le cirque you can get baby formula flambe w/ ginger and apricot reduction. n/t

[jberryhill]

192. Yes, but the corkage fee is pretty high /nt

[HughBeaumont]

46. The opening line of this story should read . . .

In a story sure to get the popcorn icons clicking and tempers flaring on the Democratic Underground website, the mother of an 11-month-old baby girl was asked to leave the local Olive Garden restaurant after she refused to move to the restaurant's rest room to nurse the baby.

Talk about tailor-MADE.

[guitar man]

48. lest we forget

:D

[MineralMan]

77. The vine that ate Savannah..

[Homer Wells]

217. YUP....It's going places!

:evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Cronus Protagonist]

49. I say let women feed their children topless anywhere they want

This nation needs to shed its puritanical upbringing.

[redqueen]

52. Hear hear!

Furtheremore, women should be legally allowed to go topless wherever it is legal for men to go topless.

[guitar man]

56. women should be allowed to go topless

anywhere, anytime :evilgrin:

[MineralMan]

78. I'll tell my mom. She's 85 and I know she'd like to go topless when

grocery shopping or eating at Olive Garbage.

[redqueen]

86. Do those places allow men to go around topless?

If so then your mom should have that option as well... and to hell with whoever doesn't like it.

[MineralMan]

89. I agree. Women should be able to go topless anywhere men

can. My point to the writer is that not everyone really wants to go topless. My mother would not, I guarantee.

I'm pro nudity. It tends to level the playing field, overall.

The Japanese have a saying regarding the "furo," their version of the hot tub. It goes something like:

"The emperor and the pauper are equal in the furo."

That's my philosophy.

[redqueen]

93. And it de-mystifies the body, too...

which seems to me could only be helpful.

[MineralMan]

105. I agree. I spent most of my early adolescence trying to

get a look at an unclothed girl. Think of all the time I would have saved had nudity been common. What a waste.

[AlbertCat]

224. "The emperor and the pauper are equal in the furo."

Yeah? Well mine's bigger so we're NOT equal!



(That was a joke, BTW.... even though mine is bigger)

[WonderGrunion]

121. I'm pretty sure Olive Garden has a "No Shoes, No Shirt,

No Service" policy for both genders.

[redqueen]

151. Yeah but she had her shirt on...

it was just one area that was exposed. :P

[Chemisse]

173. I agree - it is blatant sexism that lets men go shirtless but not women!

[AlbertCat]

227. it is blatant sexism that lets men go shirtless but not women!

No it's not.

Get a clue! Women's breasts turn men on. Do men's breasts turn women on? I dunno.... I'm not a woman.

Anyway, there is a difference. Ignoring that is just dumb.

But I for one don't care if women want to run around topless. In a place like a restaurant it should be up to the management.

In NC it's only "indecent exposure" if the opposite sex is involved.


So now I'm off to sit by the pool naked with the boys....

[customerserviceguy]

232. "Women's breasts turn men on"

And in the harshest of Islamic societies, they feel the same way about ankles.

Both are purely cultural. So was slavery many years ago. We can rise above it.

[Chemisse]

261. I'm jealous! LOL

I know there is a difference; I just felt like screaming sexism in a crowded thread.

}(

[cherokeeprogressive]

193. Yesssss. What this country needs is more bare breasts. More I say!

I, for one, would be much less likely to take my AR-15 out and shoot up the neighborhood (don't own an AR-15 and wouldn't shoot anything I didn't have a license to shoot).

More breasts. That's what I'd like to see.

[texanwitch]

50. Olive Garden didn't care if the baby went hungry.

I hope they gave her some breadsticks before she left.


The breadsticks are the only thing good there.

[ThomCat]

164. Of course they didn't care if the baby was hungry.

The baby wasn't a paying customer. :eyes:

[snooper2]

53. Did she leave the pit bull in the car with Vick?

Or was he eating at the table with her?

[rucky]

57. If there were ever a story made for DU

this would be the one.

[redqueen]

59. And really, we needed this.

It's been a rough week... to put it very, very mildly.

[fishwax]

60. OK, who here put her up to it?

:popcorn:

[SidneyCarton]

61. Definite K&R

This thread is full of win.

[hunter]

62. Breastfed baby's food preferences are influenced by what mom eats...

Olive Garden is making a grave commercial mistake here. Babys breastfed in Olive Garden will someday become their very best customers!

[Turbineguy]

63. My Wife did that once on a BART train.

It was during the Reagan administration. But she wasn't eating Chicken Parmesan at the time. Perhaps that made all the difference.

http://www.artkitchen.com/Animation/BoobsALotFlash.html

[akwapez]

65. Maybe its just a "No Outside Food or Drink" policy.......n/t

[bullwinkle428]

66. PLEASE tell me she had another child with her on a "leash"/safety harness!

[dembotoz]

68. well at least someone was getting a decent meal there....

[ejpoeta]

72. if they don't want women to breastfeed their child in the open, then they should provide a

place for them to go to feed them.... not the bathroom!! i breastfed my daughter and would go in the bathroom stall and feed her and i hated doing it. i was tempted to feed my daughter right at the table but didn't.

[Sheepshank]

194. ewwwww feeding you kids in a bathroom!

While I understand your discomfort and trying to be polite to others...I wonder how the diners (who couldn't look elsewhere) would feel if they were asked to take their plates into the bathroom to finish their meal?

[ejpoeta]

208. it appalled me frankly.... and i can see why people don't breastfeed...

it's a conscious decision and I wouldn't ever try to push it on anyone. I am due with my third in a couple of weeks now and plan on breastfeeding as well, but I remember how mad it made me that there are no accommodations almost anywhere for mothers who breastfeed. I also know from my peer counseling training that I attended for WIC to become a peer counselor that at least in NYS they can't make you go somewhere else... at least that is what I was told. I don't feel comfortable, however, whipping it out and feeding a baby in front of everyone. I even will go in my room if I have guests. I just wish there were more places that would accommodate women who want to breastfeed their child... they shouldn't be able to force anyone to go in a bathroom to feed their baby.

[Sheepshank]

231. Congratulations on you upcoming delivery

I personally would never have thought to expose my breast to strangers (my own personal prefence), but I also don't remember forgetting to take a blanet for some sort of cover. Actually I used a crib sheet sewn into a small square since I thought blankets were too suffocating in warm weather. I did bf in public, and a couple of times at a restaurant, just not exposing my breast. My childs appetite, and hunger cries trumped strangers' sensibilities.

[Bette Noir]

240. Wear a loose top and a nursing bra.

The baby goes under the top to feed. The only way anyone will be able to tell that you're breastfeeding will be the slurping sounds.

[glinda]

247. Some bathrooms have a sectioned off area for that. I personally would prefer that

women breast-feed their kids away from the public areas of "dining" and such. I think breast-feeding is healthy for a child but I really don't want to be somewhere and have a woman flip her tit out. Some women actually flaunt being able to do that. And some are offended to have that issue pushed in their face. Sounds like the situation was handled really poorly on both sides.

[Milspec]

74. Olive Garden food sucks

[arcadian]

75. FUCK! FUCK YEEEEEEEEAAH!!!!

ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!11!1!!!!

[CTD]

79. How can I boycott somewhere I'd never go in the first place

[Euromutt]

223. That was my first thought, too (n/t)

[msanthrope]

80. Was it in the smoking section? See, cornflake crust, kudzu,

pitbulls, and of course, breastfeeding and the OG have already been mentioned....

This thread is so goddamn full of win.

[progressoid]

81. Breast post of the day!!!

[HopeHoops]

84. Not again.

This has been a running gag in The Lounge for a LONG time - is this a SECOND time?

[texanwitch]

112. This is a true story.

Damn Olive Gardens for being mean to babies.

[HopeHoops]

182. So was the first one. I couldn't tell if this was current or recycled.

The old one is a Lounge joke now.

[RaleighNCDUer]

85. I don't think that is unreasonable. There's not a restaurant I know of

that doesn't have a policy about bringing in food from outside.

[Robb]

88. And you WIN THE THREAD!!

:rofl:

[redqueen]

92. *sad trombone*

:P

[JVS]

177. There might also be a violation of the no shirt, no shoes, no service thing going on here.

[Hekate]

87. A mother with a nursling should ALWAYS carry a light cover, okay? Or a large cloth napkin might...

... do the job. What is it about Olive Garden anyway?

I nursed both my kids in public in a hot humid climate and no eyebrows were raised because nothing showed. What is it with some people?

Hekate

[msanthrope]

125. I carried the cover, but nursling didn't like it. Would take it off

and refuse to have it on.

[guitar man]

145. my wife had the same problem with my daughter

she would reach up and toss the cover off. And while she was nursing, my wife was in a 46jj bra, so there was no missing that big puppy hanging out there :rofl:

[Hekate]

165. LOL. It's okay if the baby does it! I just think Mom should try to be prepared a bit.

:rofl: Those were the days.

Hekate

[Chemisse]

174. I spent all my nursing years wearing pullover shirts

So I could just slide them up and nurse with minimal skin showing. It worked. I never got thrown out of anywhere. I used to even nurse while walking down the street.

[Ms. Toad]

201. Ditto - only one kid, rather than two

but I nursed anywhere we were that she got hungry for 18 months. I know that included Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Ponderosa, and . . . Olive Garden.

Never went in the bathroom to nurse - that's disgusting. If I'm not going to eat there, not about to force my daughter to.

I'm all in favor of nursing, and of nursing in public rather than in some windowless stuffy closet - but moms - have a smidgen of common courtesy, and a half ounce of forethought and don't wear a garment that you have to remove so the babe can get to the food source.

[Maru Kitteh]

210. Do you like eating with a blanket on your head?

Sticking a blanket over a baby's head while they eat denies that baby his or her humanity and makes them an object of shame. It also denies the baby (and mom) the important natural bonding experience of being able to look into each others eyes and for the baby, creates a poverty of environment.

Let the prudes of the world cover their own heads with blankies or napkins over their heads while they eat.

[AlbertCat]

228. denies that baby his or her humanity

So they grow up to be something other than human because they didn't get to breast feed in public?

Interesting!


:eyes:

[Dogtown]

96. k&r n/t

[Eyerish]

100. Oh my, this has made my Friday!

:rofl:

[Libertas1776]

102. The

other customers were bothered? Well, that's their punishment for going within ten feet of the the Olive Garden, and think you're getting real "Eye-talian food." I'm half Italian, so I can't even set foot inside the place without getting a whole superstitious malocchio, sign of the horns apparition from warning me to turn back.

[cherish44]

104. An 11 month old doesn't need to be breast fed

Give her damn sippy cup when you go to the Olive Garden and leave your titties in your shirt.

[texastoast]

108. Righto--Who cares about the stronger immune system the baby gets

Along with a healthier child, fewer doctor bills, and a decreased chance of taking up the smoking habit.

Our culture. So Victorian. We have so much work to do.

On edit: Never mind. Sorry I brought seriousness to a fun thread.

[blueamy66]

133. On a side note...I was bottle fed, as I was adopted....

no fevers or excess doctor bills or hospitalizations nor do I smoke

:shrug:

[redqueen]

139. The plural of "anecdote" is not "data". (nt)

[blueamy66]

172. Okay.

Thank you.

Wow, now I feel dumb. :eyes:

[texastoast]

156. Generally

generally, my dear. Percentages. Historical statistics. Which, of course, all might mean nothing.

[cherish44]

171. I'm not saying don't breast feed but at the Olive Garden an 11 month old can eat regular food

or drink breast milk from a sippy cup or bottle. The milk is still healthy and good whether it's delivered from a sippy cup or nipple

[Chemisse]

176. That would be a good idea except

Often times the baby just wants the love and cuddling of breastfeeding, especially as they get older. And they decide they must have that at the most inopportune times.

[blueamy66]

129. .

:thumbsup:


;)

[Chemisse]

175. 11 months is a bit early to ween a baby - nt

[noamnety]

181. Ill informed and tactless

WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months, and breastfeeding plus additional foods up until 2 years or beyond.

It was an entirely appropriate thing to do. If they'd been out a while, it's possible her breasts were getting achy in addition to the infant being hungry.

[ejpoeta]

209. i breastfed my daughter til she was 14 months. some breastfeed a lot longer.

when on formula they are weened at a year... but when breastfeeding it is optimal to do it longer. regardless, it's no one's business. period.

[guitar man]

106. dammit!!!

do I have to do everything around here today? :shrug:



:rofl:

[Solly Mack]

107. ROFLMAO

This just gets better and better

[guitar man]

110. yes it does doesn't it?

Lets see, we have breastfeeding, Olive Garden, pit bulls, kudzu, narwhals...are we missing anything?

[redqueen]

111. Oh, lots...

Jennifer Aniston, Laura Branigan, unrecs, ... hmm, receipts are in here... I know I'm forgetting something, though.

[guitar man]

113. lol

the things DUers manage to squabble about never ceases to amaze me :rofl:

[redqueen]

118. People, eh?

I love it, too funny. :)

[liberalhistorian]

123. Johnny Depp, perhaps? I sure as hell wouldn't mind

seeing him topless anywhere, anytime! :evilgrin:

[redqueen]

146. LOL

Yes please. :P

[wickerwoman]

190. Snowmobiling vegan atheists on their way to a PETA convention?

nt

[Hardrada]

200. The Confederate Flag

[Renew Deal]

258. and the word bitch

or bitch slap :spank:

[Solly Mack]

124. ...

[texanwitch]

128. I knew this was coming.

Thank you.

[Solly Mack]

134. Yes

You're welcome

[guitar man]

130. the squirrel!!

how could I forget the squirrel? :shrug:

[Solly Mack]

132. There was just so much to choose from...

[AspenRose]

141. .

:spray:

[givemebackmycountry]

150. Wow -

That is the HAPP-HAPP-HAPPIEST BABY IN THE WHOLE U.S.A
They ought to have one or two of those in EVERY Olive Garden, nationwide.

[beac]

184. Don't tutch the but!

[redqueen]

109. ...

:loveya:

[arcadian]

114. I already said, "FUCK! FUCK YEAAAAHHH!!!11!1!!"

[taterguy]

115. That's disgusting

[slackmaster]

140. Olive Garden is da debbil

[TahitiNut]

117. So, Olive Garden doesn't want mammals as customers, huh?

Just the vermin who complain.

Got it.

:shrug:

[WonderGrunion]

119. I'm surprised the waitress didn't offer to add fresh grated cheese

to the baby's meal.

[lpbk2713]

120. A bosom!! Oh, the horror!!!11!

[Arugula Latte]

122. Olive Garden. Check. Breastfeeding. Check. Chicken. Check.

The perfect DU thread. *sigh*

[beac]

185. Unfortunately, she wasn't texting at the time.

:(

[subcomhd]

126. that's disgusting.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

131. Whadda buncha boobs.

[AspenRose]

135. Ha ha ha ha ha!

It's finally happened! :rofl:

Was it the folks in the smoking section who complained? :rofl: KIDDING!!!

[MajorChode]

136. I can certainly see Olive Garden's side on this one

I mean if you're going to let one person bring in outside food...

[WonderGrunion]

144. DUzy!!

+1

[flvegan]

137. Had the 11 month old been armed with a handgun

They'd have been safe from such encroachment upon their rights.

[bertman]

143. America the Pitiful. Just when you thought you'd heard it all.

[skygazer]

147. My guess is that it was the Asian woodcarver in the next booth who complained

As it was no doubt upsetting his pit bull.

[redqueen]

153. I knew I was forgetting some!

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

[Texasgal]

166. Don't forget the nice Mexican man

that sells tamales! AYYYYY YYYYYYYAAA YAAAAAA!!! :P

[RagAss]

148. When is the best time to show up to feed the breasts?

[SaveOurDemocracy]

155. LOL ... excellent question. n/t

[yawnmaster]

149. This thread is useless without pictures. eom

[undeterred]

152. What did she order? Chicken?

And where were the pit bulls?

[frylock]

157. no sympathy from me..

anyone who would eat at olive garden is not using sound judgement.

[redqueen]

158. hahahahaha

Nice. :)

[Starry Messenger]

159. We should send her flowers.

This is like the Holy Grail of DU threads.

[Maru Kitteh]

211. You're probably right about that.

Thank you breastfeeding lady! :hi:

Thank you baby wanting to eat! :hi:

[Toasterlad]

162. Me Likey Breadsticks!

[MilesColtrane]

168. Photo of the offended couple at the next table that complained about her:

[reflection]

180. Chuggo!

I missed him.

[RedCappedBandit]

178. ...

[reflection]

179. I knew a guy in college

who had a real weird thing about women breast-feeding in public, especially in restaurants.

He said that whenever he noticed a mother breastfeeding publicly, he would always switch tables or sit as close to the breast-feeding mother as possible, then stare intently at her exposed breast until she got uncomfortable and left the area.

Ironically, he was always a pathetic loner type who had trouble getting a date. :eyes:

[TankLV]

241. He had trouble getting a date?!!! Really?!!!

Imagine that...

[reflection]

262. I know. It's shocking.

:eyes:

[nadine_mn]

186. Oh no...Real Life imitates the Lounge!! What next?

An Asian Woodcarver asked to show his receipt before leaving Wal-mart?

[donheld]

187. Most restuaraunts have a policy about eating food/drink from outside the establisment.

:D

[Forkboy]

188. What, and have her miss the Boloney Alfredo?

[Odin2005]

189. Prudes suck, babies have to eat.

[Liquorice]

195. I think some men get so upset about breastfeeding in public

because when they see it, it reminds them that the breasts are there to feed children; not just for them to stare, grab at, etc. It ruins the fetish for them, in other words.

[polmaven]

257. Thank you...

Women's brests ar FEEDING TUBES....not sexual organs. Sick, wisted minds have made them otherwise. Disgusting!

[DCKit]

196. And Olive Garden doesn't own a fucking napkin or dish towel. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

212. Who cares if they do? Do you eat with a dish towel on your head?

Babies are people.

People should not have to eat with a dish towel on their heads.

[KamaAina]

199. But was she smoking?

:shrug:

[WillyT]

202. Who, The Baby ???

:wtf:

:evilgrin:

[chknltl]

204. FYI Mothers are forbidden to smoke babies at Olive Garden!

Sheesh, some folks can be so dense sometimes!

[chknltl]

203. Yeah but was she a freeper?

What are the odds that this was a set up by members of the freak republic in order to keep us distracted from more important stuff!!1! This story has dick cheney's stink all over it and I'm not buyin into it! You guys can go on and on with this tom foolery but ever vigilant chkbltl will be keeping his eyes wide open to more important matters. Didja know that there was wet crap fallin out of the sky around here today???!!?

:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

[Contrary1]

205. The reason being breast milk was the only natural ingredient in the entire restaurant. n/t

[Enthusiast]

213. It's a slippery slope.

If we allow some naked breasts here and there before long there will be naked breasts all over the place. :hide:

[orleans]

214. hope you cross posted this in the lounge. n/t

[usregimechange]

215. Here is their address and phone #, give them a call and tell them what you think:

4441 S. FRANKLIN ST
MICHIGAN CITY IN 46360
[phone]

[Echo In Light]

229. Thanks. Their food sucks, too. OG can suck it up.

[lpbk2713]

225. Contact info for Darden Restaurants, parent of Olive Garden ---->

Main Office, Switchboard --- [phone]

Main Office, FAX --- [phone]

Link: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/darden-restaurants



Corporate Officers & Directors Link: http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyOfficers?symbol=DRI.W&WTmodLOC=C4-Officers-5

David Pickens is Senior VP for Olive Garden

Link: http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=DRI.W&officerId=669930

[chrisa]

230. The Olive Garden is terrible.

I'm not trying to sound elitist, but Olive Garden isn't real Italian food. It's like a "Friendly's" or "Ruby Tuesday's." Their breadsticks are too salty to be edible. Almost every one I've been to also had horrific service. There are so much better restaurants, probably for a comparable price, that don't use the fast food mentality when making your food, and use better ingredients.

And I could never understand why a boob scares people. Maybe they need to get out more often.

[Bette Noir]

235. In California, women have a legal right to breastfeed in public.

If this had happened in California, she could sue and win.

[rhett o rick]

236. The Olive Garden dropped Letterman when he dared to criticize Palin. nt

[valerief]

242. Breast feeding today, pole dancing tomorrow. It's a slippery slope, I guess.

:sarcasm:

[TankLV]

243. OK - I'll say it - she could have planned ahead like my sister and all my women friends and

acquaintences did - and FEED THE BABY BEFORE SHE DECIDED TO GO AND EAT!!!

Sorry, but there is a thing called "decorum" and if I walked into a restaurant and women were breast feeding all over the place - I'd leave, as I'm sure a lot of people would, too.

There is a time and place for everything.

People should act like "Ladies" and "Gentlemen" at all times.

Sadly, we've all lost that guiding principle.

Having got that off my "chest"...I also don't see what a big deal it was.

But really, one lady at one table doing it descretely should be no big thing.

I mean how many of us LOOK AROUND ALL THE TIME AT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANT anyway? I certainly don't - I have a hard enough time trying to read the menu in the crappy light restaurants usually have! When I go to a restaurant, I WANT TO EAT! If the police ever wanted me to describe the other people, they'd have a hard time getting me to remember how many men vs women were there, let alone how they looked or what they were doing.

Now, fucking UNRULY CHILDREN and parents who REFUSE to KEEP THEM IN LINE, that's another story!

If your children aren't able to behave themselves in public, the little monsters should be KEPT AT HOME UNTIL THEY LEARN TO EAT PROPERLY - that's what my parents did - same for church, too.

Not all children's "antic" are "cute"...!!!

[WriteDown]

249. I remember when people dressed up to go out to eat...

Sadly, those days are gone.

Your last line:

"Not all children's "antic" are "cute"...!!!"

makes me think of screaming babies on airplanes.

[tandot]

244. "Breast-feeding" and "Olive Garden" in one thread

that just begs for a K & R

The article would be even better if it would include "smoking" and "pit-bull" in some form :)

[laureloak]

245. Uck! She should have gone to the restroom.

Show some consideration for others, really.

[Greyhound]

259. You're not joking, are you...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

246. Bring a blanket next time.

[eilen]

248. is this a joke? nt

[noiretextatique]

252. the olive garden is to italian food

what velvetta is to cheese :puke: prudes suck. i don't have a problem with women breastfeeding in public, then again, i am not a prude.

[WriteDown]

253. Its like babies screaming on a trans-atlantic flight....

its just a natural thing. :eyes:

[noiretextatique]

254. been there

the mother kept apologizing because people were irritated, as was i, but i kept telling her it was okay. babies cry, even when adults don't want to hear them.

[WriteDown]

255. Children's valium does wonders...

:rofl:

[noiretextatique]

256. so does a baby taser

comply or else :rofl:

[windoe]

260. Oh NOes the breast!!11!!!! Nekked bodies cannot be seen!!!

More gunz strapped high on the leggs, and signs that insult everybody!! Tea bags hanging from the hats!! Cover up that brazen statue of Justice, and quick censor Janet Jackson, the evilll nipple will mezmerize us!! MOre booze ,rape and pillage, violent newz on Tee Vee, thatz what we want!!!1!!