I went shopping at the local mall today with the family.  Everytime I go into that place, I leave very annoyed.  I am not allowed to bring a stoller on the escalator.  There are 2 elevators in the mall.  There are signs posted “Give priority to elderly, people in wheelchairs, and people with strollers”.  Everytime I try and use the elevator, there are so many people who obviously don’t have strollers, wheelchairs and aren’t elderly.  It is very unlikely that a pile of 5 teenagers would all have heart conditions.  And its not only teenagers, there are often 2-3 adults at a time.  What is so strenous about putting two feet on an escalator that automatically takes you “up” where you want to do, instead of hopping in an elevator.  People are so thoughtless.  They only think of their own selfish needs.  Unfortunately, I am not the type of person who likes conflict.  When I am faced with something like this, I usually just bite my tongue and rant to my husband later.

Then its time to nurse the baby.  Where do you think that the only nursing room is?  Yes, thats right, in the bathroom.  Its in a bathroom stall with a bench; in a bathroom that looks like it hasn’t been cleaned all week, and a plastic garbage bag placed over one of the toilets reading, “out of order”.  And ofcourse, all soap dispensers are out of soap.  Now, doesn’t this sound appetizing?  Wouldn’t you want to eat your lunch in a sanitary place like this?  NO, OFCOURSE YOU WOULDN’T.  So why should my baby girl have to eat her lunch in the “crapper”.  You know, all of these places are supposed to be “breastfeeding friendly”.  Well, if shafting the breastfeeding moms in a stall to breastfeed is considered friendly, I would hate to see what they consider a punishment.

I wrote an email with my concerns to the shopping centre, and they responded with “we are going to be rennovating”.  However, this bathroom is new within the past five years, and if there are three floors and hundreds of stores, you would think they would cater more to their customers.