Suckling Succotash

This post may offend some people but I really don't care. I suppose this is my major etiquette flaw; my sometimes brutal honesty. While sitting in a coffee shop in the Mission, quite happy and calm after my acupuncture appointment (thank you San Francisco Community Acupuncture), I was enjoying my cup o joe when a family walked in. I didn't think twice about them until the mommy pulled out the old milking shroud, pops out one of her breasts and latches on little Suzie. I get it...little Suzie is hungry and children aren't always conveniently hungry but other people really aren't interested in watching junior suckle. I for one prefer the only milk in the coffee shop to be in the cups, frothed into beautiful micro-foam. So please if you are of the public breast-feeding clan please note that it is not particularly appetizing for others to hear/see a woman being drunk from. I do appreciate this woman's use of the milking shroud but perhaps she should have thought to sit in a more secluded area, the one that faced the wall and not the other patrons, or use the very clean family restroom. (Two were available so it's not like she was trying not to use up the only toilet space.) Pro-public breast feeders often get angry at comments like mine saying that breast feeding is a "beautiful natural process". Well so is sex and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't appreciate my husband and I indulging in our "natural process" in such a public place. So remember: When a breast-milk filled bottle isn't an option (even though my classy mommy friends say that it is actually more convenient on the go) please don't do it so close to my latte.