CNN 2012-01-02

 Tell you about a nursing mom turn to facebook to support after she claims employees at Houston area Target store embarrassed her when she was breast feeding in public. So she invited other nursing mothers to join it today as a show support for breast feeding in public. These are pictures from that Texas Target where handful support has turned out and you can see clearly with a baby in tow¹, which high commend² the mom who rally³ in this forces join us on the phone from Houston. Michel thanks for joining us, first all, tell us what happen to you?

 

Basically, I was just a nursing my five-month-old in the target store when I was in a shopping for Christmas stuff on Nov. 29th, and I sat on the Target floor and had a couple Target employees that I actually spoke⁴ with and had conversations with. They never regarding to my law and they requested me to move to the fitting⁵ room. Even after, you know, telling them all at my law word you know my legal rights words to not have to move, they do you know kept on this … I kept asking them what Target policy was ,what they were trained to do. They said it was to, you know, direct to the nursing area I guess an official nursing area will be in the feeding room in the store. And then, you know, there were another handful of women that they are all women employees, you know had have you around the area, shaking their head note, making rude faces, you know, marks and ..me. Then in the next morning, I called the corporate⁶ office of Target and talked to a guest relation specialist there and was told that even though Target is aware of our legal rights in nursing in public or whatever we rights to be in the public or private places in the state of Texas. That women shouldn’t be doing it and walking around the store fronting it. However, I was sitting down in the store in a remote area not a single person came by that was a customer. I was completely covered with a large blanket. So I don’t see how they find that it’s offensive⁷ and to that shame to get those type of comments from you would think a better trained cooperate level guest relation specialist. 

 

So, Michel, let me ask you this. Target offered you a changing room to go in to breast feed your baby but you said you prefer to do it where you were sitting on the floor there. Is it you thought you will be hidden away that way which they hide you away that way you didn’t want to see in the dressing⁸ room? 

 

This is my fourth child. I have gone at the request of people before I was with other children before to a dressing room because this is the first incident by far that I had. But the problem is that you have a cart full of things and when I came out my cart was gone and few wants to re-shop another hour after you just finished an hour shopping getting a cart full of stuff when I have kids…. You know that’s not exactly the fun thing to do so after that happened to me.., just I can have, just I did, I don’t care. They requested me to go to a feeding room. I m not like to go to a feeding room and nurse my baby and then have to re shop everything all over again. I just choose not to do it. 

 

So let me read you the statement that we got from Target. I’m gonna read part of it. Then we get your response. 

 

They say as a family-oriented retailer⁹, Target has a long-standing cooperate policy that supports breast feeding in our stores. We want everyone feel comfortable shopping in Target. Guests who choose to breast feeding in public area in the store are welcome to do so without being made to feel uncomfortable. Additionally, we support the use of the fitting rooms for women who wish to breast feed their baby even if others are waiting to use the fitting rooms. We continually educate our team members in stores across the country on store police to ensure all guests have a great experience. So hearing that, how is your response? What’s your reaction? 

 

That’s the response that I have gotten from Target as well. That was my official response from them, which, you know, everybody is telling me that’s so not an apology that’s just basically a re littering something there breasting feeding policy and standards. I welcome that that’s cool that Target has that thing but the problem none of employees know of it. All the employees that have … of it. They never got any training. And I actually

1 tow   

n.拖，拉，牵引

参考例句：

• The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.那辆坏了的车由一辆货车拖着。
• Mrs Hayes went to the supermarket with her four little children in tow.海斯太太带着她的4个小孩到超市去了。

2 commend   

v.称赞，表扬，委托保管，推荐

参考例句：

• We should commend good people and good deeds.我们应当表扬好人好事。
• His ideas do not commend themselves to me.他的看法没给我留下好的印象。

3 rally   

n.集会，公路汽车赛；v.集合，恢复，振作

参考例句：

• The grand mass rally was held on the square.广场上举行了盛大的群众集会。
• The team captain vainly tried to rally his troops.队长试图振作部队的士气，但没有成功。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 fitting   

n.[pl.]设备，家具，配件，试穿；adj.适合的

参考例句：

• I'm going to a fitting tomorrow.明天我要去试穿新衣。
• The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。

6 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

7 offensive   

adj.令人不快的，侮辱的，攻击用的；n.进攻

参考例句：

• His mode of doing business is offensive to me.他干事情的方式叫我很不喜欢。
• If all else fails,I will take the offensive.如果其他方法不行，我将采取攻势。

8 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

9 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。