Diane Wiessinger wrote:

> They are *formula salesmen*, and nothing else.  The bags they foist on
hospitals are formula marketing kits.  The whole marketing world knows that
their techniques are highly effective, regardless of our untutored opinion
of them.  Don't traffick with them.  And don't let them get away with the
innocent-sounding title of formula rep.  They are formula salesmen, and
nothing else.  Please, let's call them what they are!<

 

I wish we could go a step further but it is so cumbersome.  Truly, they are
ARTIFICIAL baby milk salesmen.  How about ABM salesmen for short?  At their
dinners or other encounters, I have deliberately used that term when I turn
down their trinkets/food.  I even use voice inflection that makes it sound
like:  a BM salesman (yes, as in the toilet).  It goes something like this:
"Well, as a BM salesman, you must know the benefits of breastfeeding and the
hazards of ABM feeding."  They ask me what ABM means and I enjoy telling
them, changing the inflection to emphasize the word ARTIFICIAL.  (I use a
very serious innocent face when I do it.)  You should see their facial
reaction; it is priceless!

BTW, I have even given the aBM salesmen a coffee mug with the "No Free
Lunch" logo on it.  I walk away as they stand there staring at it and
figuring out what it means.

Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC

Lactation Specialist

Lactation Center of Westchester/Putnam

Westchester County in NYS, USA

914-245-2206

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