Yuck - Co-worker Washed Breast Pump in Office Kitchen Sink

[Anonymous]

This is OP. What if your co-worker is dirty and unwashed, puts her little pump thing on, pumps her milk, from her dirty sweaty breast and then takes the pump to wash it in the sink. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT???? You are crazy if you are. I support mothers who breastfeed and recognize all of the federal laws in place for providing them a place to pump. I'm only talking about WASHING the pump. Maybe I'll bring my dirty underwear and bras to work tomorrow and wash them in the kitchen sink since its cool and all.

[Anonymous]

OP, you make it sound like your co-worker washed a dirty diaper in the kitchen sink. Did you crow up in an orphanage? Grow up.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to go wash my pump in the kitchen sink at work right now. Sorry OP! Deal with it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. What if your co-worker is dirty and unwashed, puts her little pump thing on, pumps her milk, from her dirty sweaty breast and then takes the pump to wash it in the sink. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT???? You are crazy if you are. I support mothers who breastfeed and recognize all of the federal laws in place for providing them a place to pump. I'm only talking about WASHING the pump. Maybe I'll bring my dirty underwear and bras to work tomorrow and wash them in the kitchen sink since its cool and all.

Yup, I'm okay with that. I also (gasp) put my un-sterilized mouth on my coffee cup, add some (gasp) milk from a cow I don't know and have never met, and then wash said mug in the sink. There might actually be spit on it. I might actually have sweaty hands when I pick up the cup.

Besides, are you bathing in this sink afterwards? Are you licking the sink?
Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. What if your co-worker is dirty and unwashed, puts her little pump thing on, pumps her milk, from her dirty sweaty breast and then takes the pump to wash it in the sink. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT???? You are crazy if you are. I support mothers who breastfeed and recognize all of the federal laws in place for providing them a place to pump. I'm only talking about WASHING the pump. Maybe I'll bring my dirty underwear and bras to work tomorrow and wash them in the kitchen sink since its cool and all.

I don't know how you can compare washing your dirty underwear with the filth that comes out of your rear end, with the nourishment that comes out of the breast to feed a baby!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP here. I did not quite expect this response. My point is that it is a fluid that is coming out of someone's body, someone that I do not know. I think it is disgusting to wash what is essentially a private part in the sink where people put their dishes. If you have no problem with this, I would love to see how clean you keep your houses. I have NO PROBLEM with breastfeeding - I think it is great for those who can do it.

So let me get this straight. Milk that comes out of a COW, a smelly barnyard animal, is no problem in your eyes, right? But human breast milk, which is meant for humans and comes from someone who I assume has good hygiene habits, gives you the willies?

Grow up. You probably still use words like pee pee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think OP is either (1) Octotroll, (2) a new troll, or (3) a freaking idiot.

Or some combination of either 1+3 or 2+3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. What if your co-worker is dirty and unwashed, puts her little pump thing on, pumps her milk, from her dirty sweaty breast and then takes the pump to wash it in the sink. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT???? You are crazy if you are. I support mothers who breastfeed and recognize all of the federal laws in place for providing them a place to pump. I'm only talking about WASHING the pump. Maybe I'll bring my dirty underwear and bras to work tomorrow and wash them in the kitchen sink since its cool and all.

This post convinced me - OP is a troll. Because nobody can possibly be so stupid as to equate washing a breast pump with washing dirty underwear. Really - this is just plain ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. What if your co-worker is dirty and unwashed, puts her little pump thing on, pumps her milk, from her dirty sweaty breast and then takes the pump to wash it in the sink. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT???? You are crazy if you are. I support mothers who breastfeed and recognize all of the federal laws in place for providing them a place to pump. I'm only talking about WASHING the pump. Maybe I'll bring my dirty underwear and bras to work tomorrow and wash them in the kitchen sink since its cool and all.

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought OP was an adult. This is a child we're talking about, who clearly works at a fast food restaurant or something. Now I understand.

[Anonymous]

I think any one who's actually HAD an infant and had to care for them would not have much problem with washing a breast pump in a kitchen sink.

Once you care directly for an infant, you know that there is no separation between their bodily functions and you. Before I had kids I would have been totally disgusted with the idea of someone peeing on me or throwing up on me... guess what? As a parent, you quickly move from shock and disgust to practicality. Clean up and move on.

OP === get over yourself. YOU have germs too. Life is germy. We all survive. Soap + Water saves us all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Breast milk is food. Food belongs in the kitchen, not the bathroom.

+1,000,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP here. I did not quite expect this response. My point is that it is a fluid that is coming out of someone's body, someone that I do not know. I think it is disgusting to wash what is essentially a private part in the sink where people put their dishes. If you have no problem with this, I would love to see how clean you keep your houses. I have NO PROBLEM with breastfeeding - I think it is great for those who can do it.

What I am saying is, would you wash your underwear in the kitchen sink???? Obviously not! It's the same thing.

I hope this is satire, but just in case I hope I can speak for all babies and say that they do not consume anything from any body parts that touch underwear. Just for the record.

[Anonymous]

OP you are thinking an awful lot about your coworker's breasts.

[Anonymous]

Drama drama drama!!!!

Hey OP....I just pumped during my lunch break and stored food for my infant to have tomorrow...and guess what I WASHED the parts that touched my breasts ( cones/ tubes n all)....FYI , I will pump once more before I leave for the day and I am going to wash again....

Get a life OP!!!

[Anonymous]

For the other PP Pumper that stores the parts in the fridge.

Medela or Lanisoh now have sterilization wipes or these bags you can put your parts in and zap them in the microwave to clean/sterilize them. You could try that.

For the OP...get a grip.