Good new on the "excessive affluence" front

[Gob]

A young male barista gave a young mother a free coffee after a middle-aged woman complained about her breast feeding in Starbucks.

Julia Wykes was out in Ottawa, Canada when she popped into the multi-national coffee shop for a break. When her five-month old son started whinging, she fed him at the counter.

As the temperature was 39c, Ms Wykes said she had no intention of covering her young son while feeding him. 'I am not going to suffocate my child to save you from the potential glimpse of side-boob.'

As she was feeding her son, a middle-aged woman asked the young man behind the counter to 'deal with' the situation.

Since sharing her story with a local parenting group, the story has gone viral on the internet.

Speaking to the PhD in Parenting group on Facebook, Ms Wykes said: 'If you're ever at Starbucks in Trainyards (Ottawa), give them a good tip! This morning I was nursing my son in Starbucks and a woman very loudly complained (so she knew I could hear) to the baristas that they should get me to stop doing that in public as it was disgusting.

'The barista smiled at her and said he would handle it. I was gearing up for a fight, but he came over with a free drink for me and said loudly "And here's a voucher for a free drink next time you're in here, I am so sorry that you had to deal with such unpleasantness today." Coming from an at most 19- year-old guy!'

[Long Run]

There is hope for today's yutes.

[Crackpot]

[Lord Jim]

Yeah, I for one am really surprised and impressed that an "at most 19- year-old guy" didn't object to a "glimpse of side-boob"...

[BoSoxGal]

Why in the world are some people so disgusted by breast-feeding???? It's the most natural and least sexual thing is the world.

[TPFKA@W]

I am not disgusted by breast feeding in public. I am disgusted by nose picking in public. Nose picking is as natural a human thing to do as is breast feeding. It still is something one should make as unpublic as possible because it does offend some. Breastfeeding or nose mining, take your pick. Oh yeah add butt scratching and farting. Both perfectly natural but best done as privately as possible.

[Econoline]

I am not disgusted by breast feeding in public. I am disgusted by nose picking in public. Nose picking is as natural a human thing to do as is breast feeding. It still is something one should make as unpublic as possible because it does offend some.

I think that's why they invented dark-tinted privacy glass for car windows...

[dgs49]

Just because something is normal and natural does not necessarily mean that it is appropriately done in a public setting. I'm sure there would have been a more private setting available to her than "at the counter."

Nothing "disgusting" about breast feeding in public; I'm sure Andrew would be fine with it.