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Again?!? ANOTHER Child Served Booze! 4-Year-Old Given Cocktail at Chili’s
4-Year-Old Girl Given a Mudslide
Once was bad, twice was terrible, and now it is being reported that a third young child has been served alcohol while dining at a big chain restaurant. Seriously? What is going on! In just about a week’s time, there have been three children given booze when they should have been getting nothing harder than apple juice.
First, there was the case of a baby being given a margarita at Applebee’s, then there was the report of a toddler being served a sangria at Olive Garden. And now news has hit that a 4-year-old girl was given a alcoholic mudslide in lieu of a chocolate shake at Chili’s. How could this happen…again?
The mudslide looks – apparently – a lot like a chocolate shake. Except that the mudslide is spiked with vodka. The milkshake and the mudslide were sitting side by side at the bar and were accidently swapped and given to the wrong customers. The young girl drank from the cocktail several times before complaining that she didn’t like it. After her mom took a sip, she “knew immediately” that it had booze in it. She took her child to the ER (after calling the police) and it turned out she had an alcohol overdose and was then treated at the hospital.
Seriously, doesn’t it seem odd that there were three different cases of this happening in such a short time span? Has this always been happening and parents just didn’t notice, blaming those terrible twos or thinking their child was just acting out, not drunk? Or is it just a very timely coincidence?
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jennifer commented on Apr 19 11 at 12:20 amI’m guessing a couple incidents were real, and a couple — well — yeah. In my head I imagine at least of these scenarios would show the parents quickly dumping the apple juice brought in the kid’s cup and filling with one of those mini bottles of sangria or what have you that they brought from home. In less than a minute’s time — hopefully without the kid actually drinking any — they start sniffing and fussing so those around them know something is up. Accusations start flying, with the wait staff and manager wondering how a kid’s cup stored in the soda area ended up behind the bar in the first place, and how any bartender who wants to stay employed at this or any restaurant would ever “accidentally” pour an alcoholic drink into a plastic cup with zoo babies on it. But, the customer’s always right…right?
goddess commented on Apr 19 11 at 9:25 amI’m beginning to wonder too= though the mudslide seems harder to replicate.
Dana commented on Apr 19 11 at 5:43 pmJuice is kept at the bar, not at the soda area.
k. annie commented on Apr 19 11 at 9:33 pmReally? You think parents would get their own children this drunk?? Because chain restaurant bartenders and wait staff are know for their impeccable attention to detail??? How many times have YOU gotten the wrong drink, meat temp, side order, check even. I was a waitress and I know that it’s very hard work that’s very easy to screw up. I can see how these things can happen once, twice, and many more times. These mistakes need to be addressed–and I’d love to see stricter ABC laws regarding children’s juice and beverages served from a bar area (which most are), but I really doubt it’s parents with airline bottles of liquor looking for cheap thrills (and a side of drunk toddler).
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