FabSwingers.com forum: Costa boycott

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just read an article about a woman boycotting costa because she was asked to leave while breastfeeding because she hadn’t brought anything.

I will probably go to hell for this comment but I totally agree with Costa!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just read an article about a woman boycotting costa because she was asked to leave while breastfeeding because she hadn’t brought anything.

I will probably go to hell for this comment but I totally agree with Costa!!"

Me too..

Its a bit cheeky init

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

If she hadn't bought anything then yeah, they were within their rights.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Na should be able to get boobs out anywhere baby or not

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Na should be able to get boobs out anywhere baby or not

Ha ha knew someone would say that x

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

Yeah why didn't she at least buy a drink that is cheeky.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They had every right to ask her to leave.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dont s'pose her boycott will be much of a loss to them, if she aint buying anything anyway

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Dont s'pose her boycott will be much of a loss to them, if she aint buying anything anyway"

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

I can see both sides of this to be honest - can understand the Mum wanting to find somewhere quiet and comfortable to feed her baby and depending on the location, somewhere like a Costa may be the only place available.

However she would have been taking up space that other paying customers could have used, so I understand Costa's position - especially if it were during a particularly busy period.

Think some discretion on both sides could have avoided it - a cup of tea in Costa is only £1 so surely not too much to ask and would have avoided the situation.

Similarly if it were at a quiet time then maybe Costa should have shown some discretion and turned a blind eye.

Be interesting to know how the story came out too - if it's the Mum running to the media then any sympathy for her goes out the window a little.

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

I can see both sides.

Yes Costa are within their rights because she isn't a paying customer.

However, how many people have used a cafe toilets because either there aren't any public ones, or the public ones aren't very clean?

Should there be places in public for women to go and breastfeed? (Although, how many of these would be closed like public toilets are?)

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By *y Favorite PornstarCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"Just read an article about a woman boycotting costa because she was asked to leave while breastfeeding because she hadn’t brought anything.

I will probably go to hell for this comment but I totally agree with Costa!!"

Any indication if she was planning to shop after the breast feeding? Is it possible she went in to shop but then her baby needed feeding?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Maybe she should have said to a member of staff just going to feed the baby and I’ll order a coffee. I’ve done the same when I’ve been desperate for the loo and come out and ordered something.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Meh. I don't like coffee anyway.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Meh. I don't like coffee anyway."

They do a nice hot chocolate though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m sure Costa are shitting thereselves, this could send them under.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Meh. I don't like coffee anyway.

They do a nice hot chocolate though "

True. Did I also mention I'm a tight arse too, lol.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Meh. I don't like coffee anyway.

They do a nice hot chocolate though

True. Did I also mention I'm a tight arse too, lol."

Looks rather tight

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I’m sure Costa are shitting thereselves, this could send them under. "

Stares at profile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Meh. I don't like coffee anyway.

They do a nice hot chocolate though

True. Did I also mention I'm a tight arse too, lol.

Looks rather tight

I didn't mean like that, but thank you anyway. Yours looks rather delicious too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee."

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

As much as I hate the great Satan that is the Coca Cola empire,I am very much against the self importance and feelings of entitlement that some people have.

I’m with Costa on this

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x"

Why should they.

If I went in there to have a sit down as my feet where aching I would expect them to bring me a free drink.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Having just read the story on-line, it's a difficult one but per my last post I can still see both sides - it WAS at a busy time, and the place was "packed" according to the Mum in question so can understand why Costa would have favoured paying customers over non-paying ones.

Can also understand the Mum's position of wanting to feed her child.

Again it comes back to discretion being used - perhaps rather than asking the Mum to leave a drink had been offered to be bought to the table - but apparently the Mum was asked to leave "if she wasn't intending to buy anything" at which point the logical thing for her to have done would be to say she was once she had fed her baby, or to ask if it would be possible to bring her drink over, or even to have a quiet word with the manager.

Either way this storm in a coffee cup could have been avoided.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x

Why should they.

If I went in there to have a sit down as my feet where aching I would expect them to bring me a free drink.

Why???? It's called customer service x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x

Why should they.

If I went in there to have a sit down as my feet where aching I would expect them to bring me a free drink.

Why???? It's called customer service x"

Customer service yes. But a free product. ?

On that basis no one should be charged

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x"

She could have ordered it before she sat down.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x

She could have ordered it before she sat down."

If you check the story there was apparently a big queue and the baby was getting agitated for feeding so she took a seat to prevent it screaming the place down.

Still think it's a bit of a storm in a coffee cup that could have been avoided with a bit of common sense being applied on both sides.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x

She could have ordered it before she sat down.

If you check the story there was apparently a big queue and the baby was getting agitated for feeding so she took a seat to prevent it screaming the place down.

Still think it's a bit of a storm in a coffee cup that could have been avoided with a bit of common sense being applied on both sides."

I checked the story there. The queue was huge according to her.

Another example of someone getting offended over fuck all and running to social media.

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

Slightly off thread but cafes can be so pedantic in this country. Once I sat outside a hotel with a friend and we both ordered coffee. We also wanted a cake but the waitress said there was none left. I walked over to the bakers and bought some. I just sat down when the manager came out and said we can’t eat food here bought from elsewhere. I agreed with the idea as I would get hacked off if someone from say the local McDonald’s sat down. We had a long discussion that at times was quite heated. He apologised but I pointed out he was simply wrong. He apologised again and I told him not to, no need to be sorry you are just wrong. He didn’t get it. We weren’t eating anything as the cakes were wrapped in a bag. We just wanted to enjoy our coffee. I thought it was a Monty Python type sketch, or that other thing from years back that was a set up- Oh, what was it called?

Sorry OP. Why didn’t they just turn a blind eye to the poor mum with her hands (and boobs) full?

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By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

"Slightly off thread but cafes can be so pedantic in this country. Once I sat outside a hotel with a friend and we both ordered coffee. We also wanted a cake but the waitress said there was none left. I walked over to the bakers and bought some. I just sat down when the manager came out and said we can’t eat food here bought from elsewhere. I agreed with the idea as I would get hacked off if someone from say the local McDonald’s sat down. We had a long discussion that at times was quite heated. He apologised but I pointed out he was simply wrong. He apologised again and I told him not to, no need to be sorry you are just wrong. He didn’t get it. We weren’t eating anything as the cakes were wrapped in a bag. We just wanted to enjoy our coffee. I thought it was a Monty Python type sketch, or that other thing from years back that was a set up- Oh, what was it called?

Sorry OP. Why didn’t they just turn a blind eye to the poor mum with her hands (and boobs) full?"

Reminds me of the manager of the New York Starbucks charging the rescue services for bottled water as the fought the blaze in the World Trade Centre terrorist attacks. These are the same companies who pay little or no tax!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just read an article about a woman boycotting costa because she was asked to leave while breastfeeding because she hadn’t brought anything.

I will probably go to hell for this comment but I totally agree with Costa!!"
she hadn't brought any milk with her or hadn't bought a coffee?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’m sure Costa are shitting thereselves, this could send them under.

Stares at profile

*stares back*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’m sure Costa are shitting thereselves, this could send them under. "

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

If they go out of their way to be supportive of breastfeeding mothers, then others would come because of that, and that woman would make them more money in good publicity than she has cost them in negative publicity.

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By *htcMan
over a year ago

Agree with Costa.

I hate it when I'm out and a woman is breast feeding in a restaurant in full view at least try to find a corner or toilet or place out the way of everyone to see.

Usually I purposely keep looking hoping she will say something so I can tell her this is not a place to do it.

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

"Agree with Costa.

I hate it when I'm out and a woman is breast feeding in a restaurant in full view at least try to find a corner or toilet or place out the way of everyone to see.

Usually I purposely keep looking hoping she will say something so I can tell her this is not a place to do it. "

That wasn't why they kicked her out.

I suggest that if you try to give women feeding their children disparaging looks, then you probably have a bit of a problem.

Cafes are for eating and drinking which is precisely what the child is doing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What a palava over one chair and a fiver

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

She could have bought the baby a coffee, would have solved the problem & Costa coffee us so week it wouldn't have been much different to warm water anyway...

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Agree with Costa.

I hate it when I'm out and a woman is breast feeding in a restaurant in full view at least try to find a corner or toilet or place out the way of everyone to see.

Usually I purposely keep looking hoping she will say something so I can tell her this is not a place to do it. "

lots of people think its ok to ask a woman to feed her baby in a toilet. I find that a bit odd, I doubt very much they'd take too kindly to being asked to drink their coffee in the lavatory.

I'm genuinely interested in why you think breastfeeding women should hide away

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"What a palava over one chair and a fiver"

it is a bit isn't it.

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By *hetalkingstoveMan
over a year ago

London

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Actually the problem was she had the Starbucks tattoo on her tit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got an absolutely filthy look off the staff in McDonald’s once.

A woman was breast feeding (in gold digger she was wearing gold digger) and I asked if I could suck on my BF as he’s quite a bit older than me?

Icy stares from all the staff as I quietly finished my Big Mac, nuggets and fries.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

we had this conversation this morning. Are we so focussed on money that it becomes acceptable to ask a woman to leave a café because she hasn't paid for a coffee. I think we have our priorities wrong

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By *hetalkingstoveMan
over a year ago

London

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

Agreed. It's money/the economy first, people second.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's fairly difficult to stand at the counter and order while breast feeding or holding a crying baby.

I think we should all be a bit tolerant towards parents with small children.

I boycott Costa due to crimes against coffee.

I'm sure a member of staff could have brought her a coffee over and paid for it when the baby was fed. I'm a bit on the fence with this one x

Why should they.

If I went in there to have a sit down as my feet where aching I would expect them to bring me a free drink.

Why???? It's called customer service x

Customer service yes. But a free product. ?

On that basis no one should be charged "

No not free. I said pay for it after the baby was fed x

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

It probably would have been resolved quite amicably if the mother had asked the staff if she could come in and feed her child, first

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By *y Favorite PornstarCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

Nobody does dehumanisation as well as governments.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

Nobody does dehumanisation as well as governments.

They don’t speak for us.

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By *hetalkingstoveMan
over a year ago

London

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

Nobody does dehumanisation as well as governments.

Ok?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RWA1VlwZ7Fg

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

Any human with an ounce of reason wouldn’t walk into a cafe ( Costa or any other ) when it’s clearly busy , massive queue and very few spare chairs , and take one to sit and feed their baby ! Without buying anything !

What a bloody cheek , and what a sense of entitlement . Those people who have queued and bought product to eat and drink are denied a seat by a woman who clearly thinks she is way more important than anyone else .

And you think they are dehumanising ?

Would you walk into a busy cafe , sit down and make no attempt to buy anything ?

I know I wouldn’t , and many times as my kids were babies , I would order a coffee and a jug of hot water to warm their bottle . I sure as hell wouldn’t just sit in a cafe and feed my baby without making a purchase .

So yes , that’s how I want humanity to be .

Respectful of others , those who run a business and customers of that business .

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"Actually the problem was she had the Starbucks tattoo on her tit

Didn't a Labour MP also call for a boycott on Starbucks yesterday because of how little tax they pay in the UK?

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

As I said in my post above , it’s not Costa who have their priorities wrong . It’s people who think it’s ok to take up seats in a busy cafe without buying anything that have their priorities wrong .

I really don’t understand how anyone thinks it’s ok to do this . Rent , rates , heat , light , staff wages and so on all need to be paid for , and if a policy was adopted to let Mums who want to feed their babies sit in and do so without purchasing anything , they would soon go bust . Not to mention that every small independent cafe would be expected to do the same , and they wouldn’t last five minutes with this kind of thing going on .

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa. "

Yes it was one woman in one Costa , but from small acorns ......

If people start thinking it’s ok en masse , then what happens ?

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

There are independent coffee shops that do allow breastfeeding mums in, without expecting them to pay for anything.

Also, Costa is signed up to the "breastfeeding friendly" initiatives to allow babies to feed in their cafe's.

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By *hetalkingstoveMan
over a year ago

London

"any human with an ounce of reason wouldn’t walk into a cafe ( Costa or any other ) when it’s clearly busy , massive queue and very few spare chairs , and take one to sit and feed their baby ! Without buying anything !

And you think they are dehumanising ?

Would you walk into a busy cafe , sit down and make no attempt to buy anything ?

So yes , that’s how I want humanity to be .

Respectful of others , those who run a business and customers of that business .

If I was in a cafe I'd happily go without a seat for a breastfeeding mother, paying customer or not. It's a Costa, not an A&E department.

That the woman thinks she is more important than anyone else is entirely in your head.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

Yes it was one woman in one Costa , but from small acorns ......

If people start thinking it’s ok en masse , then what happens ?

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the floodgates open mammaries everywhere

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By *y Favorite PornstarCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa. "

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2??? "

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed.

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By *y Favorite PornstarCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed."

I asked that about 10 hours ago and it was said that she was told to leave "If she wasn't planning on buying anything". So which is it?

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2??? "

Maybe she could've offered other paying customers a free squirt of milk, Au Naturelle

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By *igertigerCouple (MM)
over a year ago

nr Letterkenny

"Just read an article about a woman boycotting costa because she was asked to leave while breastfeeding because she hadn’t brought anything.

I will probably go to hell for this comment but I totally agree with Costa!!"

I'm with the baby he or she needed to be fed. Costa make enough money out of its paying customers and pays little or no tax in real terms. A little discretion was needed. Have never shopped in Costa never will.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well I wouldn’t actually use anywhere that has mums feeding their mewling brats. Can’t stand kids at the best of times. .......... I’d get a take out

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

Yes it was one woman in one Costa , but from small acorns ......

If people start thinking it’s ok en masse , then what happens ?

given that the number of breastfeeding women make up a fairly small percentage of the population I suspect not a lot.

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed.

I asked that about 10 hours ago and it was said that she was told to leave "If she wasn't planning on buying anything". So which is it? "

To be honest, if someone came up to me and said "if you aren't going to buy anything, leave" I would leave, even if I had intended on buying something!

Especially in a place that is meant to be breastfeeding friendly!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed.

I asked that about 10 hours ago and it was said that she was told to leave "If she wasn't planning on buying anything". So which is it? "

I don't know if she said it to the employee or just in her rant following the incident.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed.

I asked that about 10 hours ago and it was said that she was told to leave "If she wasn't planning on buying anything". So which is it?

I don't know if she said it to the employee or just in her rant following the incident."

So she rants

Doesn’t buy coffee

Plonks her ass down and feeds the brat anywhere?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed.

I asked that about 10 hours ago and it was said that she was told to leave "If she wasn't planning on buying anything". So which is it?

To be honest, if someone came up to me and said "if you aren't going to buy anything, leave" I would leave, even if I had intended on buying something!

Especially in a place that is meant to be breastfeeding friendly!"
happened to me in a restaurant bar I used to frequent a lot I was waiting for someone she was late as usual, spent a fortune in that place over the years, stopped going it's still there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

I think we're inclined to assume that money is more important than people.

I can't really see breastfeeding mothers descending en masse on the independent coffee shops. This was one woman in one Costa.

And we're supposed to believe she doesn't have £2???

She said she was planning on purchasing something after the baby was fed.

I asked that about 10 hours ago and it was said that she was told to leave "If she wasn't planning on buying anything". So which is it?

To be

Especially in a place that is meant to be breastfeeding friendly!happened to me in a restaurant bar I used to frequent a lot I was waiting for someone she was late as usual, spent a fortune in that place over the years, stopped going it's still there "

You got booted out for breast feeding before ordering????? How long ago was this? Doesn’t your mum know to stop when you grow up?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not very bright drinking hot coffee whilst breast feeding a baby ...

I say it was a good call throwing her out incase she did get a hot coffee in between feeding ....

Sounds like a cheap skate trying to sue or get in the papers and on the sofa ( breakfast tele)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not very bright drinking hot coffee whilst breast feeding a baby ...

I say it was a good call throwing her out incase she did get a hot coffee in between feeding ....

Sounds like a cheap skate trying to sue or get in the papers and on the sofa ( breakfast tele)"

Would she be ok breastfeeding on the sofa?

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

As I said earlier - some discretion on BOTH sides would have avoided this - the fact the woman in question has run to the press over what it a fairly minor incident speaks volumes too.

I sympathise completely with the need to feed a hungry baby but from the way the story is presented the lady in question didn't necessarily go the right way about it - she could have explained she was planning on buying a drink once she'd fed her baby, or even offered to pay for it there and then to collect later, or asked to speak to the manager but the way she tells the story (which is all we have to go on as Costa hadn't commented) she did none of that but chose to take to social media after the event to slate them.

Can also sympathise with Costa's position given it was a "packed cafe" and there was a "long queue" (the woman's words not theirs) - so paying customers were their priority BUT as was said earlier perhaps they should have been more understanding of the situation.

There's no clear cut answer to this one especially with only one side of the story to go on but as I started by saying it does sound like some common sense and discretion was missing on BOTH sides

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By *hetalkingstoveMan
over a year ago

London

I think what's notable here is the usual panic about a woman breast feeding.

I've been in cafes and coffee shops where I've often seen people working on laptops, or just sitting reading a newspaper, without any sign they've bought a drink recently, or at all, and all without getting any negative attention from staff.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"As I said earlier - some discretion on BOTH sides would have avoided this - the fact the woman in question has run to the press over what it a fairly minor incident speaks volumes too.

There's no clear cut answer to this one especially with only one side of the story to go on but as I started by saying it does sound like some common sense and discretion was missing on BOTH sides "

I agree.

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By *ill DoeMan
over a year ago

Huddersfield

She was breastfeeding me at the time and we were both disgusted tbh.....all the local dogging spots were busy unfortunately

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Of course it may not have happened at all, wouldn't be the first time a claim of kicked out for breast feeding in public store has been shown to be a false claim that social media put into the public domain only for the store to be innocent and have to prove it by cctv, which of course doesn't go viral.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think Costa have missed a marketing opportunity here.

It's amazing how dehumanising big business makes things.

"you can't sit in a chair and feed your hungry child unless you've paid £2 for a drink you don't want!"

Is that how we want humanity to be?

And you think they are dehumanising ?

Would you walk into a busy cafe , sit down and make no attempt to buy anything ?

So yes , that’s how I want humanity to be .

Respectful of others , those who run a business and customers of that business .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes so many places have rules about only customers using their loos etc so can see where they're coming from. It's nothing to do with breastfeeding per se.

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By *r MoriartyMan
over a year ago

The Land that time forgot (Norfolk)

If I was the baby I would be fucked off my mum took me to Costa and all I got was milk.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I also know of a Costa who told a disabled lady they had no room for her ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think what's notable here is the usual panic about a woman breast feeding.

Good point. They should be kicked out too if it's busy. People that have bought food can't sit down because they are taking up a table.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"Just read an article about a woman boycotting costa because she was asked to leave while breastfeeding because she hadn’t brought anything.

I will probably go to hell for this comment but I totally agree with Costa!!"

Why would you go to hell?

Some establishments you can't use their restrooms without buying something and fair dos, yet some women think babe in arms gives them carte blanc to do whatever.

Going into an establishment, not buying anything so will boycott them...you tell em girl...please!!!

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"I can see both sides of this to be honest - can understand the Mum wanting to find somewhere quiet and comfortable to feed her baby and depending on the location, somewhere like a Costa may be the only place available.

However she would have been taking up space that other paying customers could have used, so I understand Costa's position - especially if it were during a particularly busy period.

Think some discretion on both sides could have avoided it - a cup of tea in Costa is only £1 so surely not too much to ask and would have avoided the situation.

Similarly if it were at a quiet time then maybe Costa should have shown some discretion and turned a blind eye.

Be interesting to know how the story came out too - if it's the Mum running to the media then any sympathy for her goes out the window a little."

They are a business and as such can say who comes into their establishment.

Sick to the back teeth of the entitled. Woman actually asked if I could change seats on the bus so her son could look out the window.

The look I gave both of them stopped his whinging.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"As much as I hate the great Satan that is the Coca Cola empire,I am very much against the self importance and feelings of entitlement that some people have.

I’m with Costa on this"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Since when did anyone became entitled to simply use a private business’s premises as they wished without becoming a customer and the feel it was appropriate to complain if they were called out for it?

It is the equivalent of someone walking into her house, sitting on the sofa and saying ‘I’m just having a rest...’

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Since when did anyone became entitled to simply use a private business’s premises as they wished without becoming a customer and the feel it was appropriate to complain if they were called out for it?

It is the equivalent of someone walking into her house, sitting on the sofa and saying ‘I’m just having a rest...’"

Ah come on, have you never had a McShit?

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By *alking DisasterWoman
over a year ago

South Oxfordshire

The reason customers are up in arms over this is because Costa has a breastfeeding friendly policy.

This is a direct quote from a article in the Manchester Evening News following a complaint from a customer which resulted in the staff asking the mother to "cover up".

In England and Wales, the right to breastfeed in public is covered by The Equality Act 2010, which means businesses cannot discriminate against women feeding a child of any age.

A spokeswoman for Costa Coffee said: “Mothers bring in children of all ages to Costa and they are always warmly welcomed by us.

“We have always been very happy for mothers to breastfeed in our stores and for all those who prefer a more private area, we offer baby changing facilities.

“Costa is renowned for its family friendly environment and is the perfect place for mum’s to relax with their children.

“Our staff will also warm bottles for mothers, deliver drinks to their tables and go out of their way to accommodate families.

“We have reached out via our social channels to speak to the customer in question and have launched an investigation into this matter.

“We’d like to assure customers that this incident does not reflect our breastfeeding friendly policy.”

By demanding that the customer buys something before feeding her child, they are surely breaching this policy?

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By *ebjonnsonMan
over a year ago

Maldon

Of course it is a serious business. Built by Whitbrread and now being sold to Coca Colla for 3.9 billion.

They have opened in many small towns where a cafe should be part of the community, a social place , such as they are abroad.

I would always choose an independent over a chain although some of those can be run by a Basil Fawlty type.

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By *elaxedcplCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Yeah why didn't she at least buy a drink that is cheeky."

Maybe the baby was screaming and she was desperate to feed? Or may be she didn't have money with her?

Of course, Costa were within their rights but it really is a bit shit asking a feeding mother and baby to leave.

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By *rsSBWoman
over a year ago

toy town

It's not the fact that she was breastfeeding the problem. Most places won't let you sit in there establishment if you are not purchasing drinks or food.

She's probably ( or hopefully ) trying to bring awareness about women not being allowed to breast feed in public, however it comes across as she's trying to get some money for herself.

Very sad if that's the case

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The reason customers are up in arms over this is because Costa has a breastfeeding friendly policy.