Drunk Toddler

lisarose7 · April 2011

http://www.9news.com/news/sidetracks/192875/337/Tot-served-booze-at-restaurant-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|t

CN: Family was having dinner at Applebee's. Parents ordered apple juice for their 15-month-old. Toddler was served a margarita instead.

Seriously, though, is it THAT hard to distinguish margarita mix from apple juice?

cupcakesfrosting · April 2011

Wow.

I've never worked at a restaurant that had margaritas. Is the alcohol already IN the mix?

lisarose7 · April 2011

Apparently it was in this case. The doctors said if the kid had finished the drink he could have died.

anna.oskar · April 2011

I didn't even know of any restaurants that carry pre-mix margaritas. Usually (as far as I've worked with/seen) The margarita mix isn't alcoholic. It's literally the "mixers" to the alcohol.

huh. Learn something new every day.

shaydenise · April 2011

Um if the drink had enough tequila in it for it to actually resemble apple juice wouldn't they have SMELLED the alcohol?

Blueyed228 · April 2011

Isnt that story super old? I vaguely remember hearing something like this years ago, but it may have involved whiskey.

cupcakesfrosting · April 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_drunk-toddler?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:efe4546e-8833-4546-b66c-b1b40942e6dePost:cbedfac0-cc94-4f29-99ad-5dcb872b9841">Re: Drunk Toddler</a>:
[QUOTE]Apparently it was in this case. The doctors said if the kid had finished the drink he could have died.
Posted by lisarose7[/QUOTE]

Ya, I read that.

But most of the time, mixes and alcohol are kept differently. This just seems weird and irresponsible to me.

Blueyed228 · April 2011

Come to think of it, it was a Fridays and def whiskey.

cupcakesfrosting · April 2011

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[QUOTE]I didn't even know of any restaurants that carry pre-mix margaritas. Usually (as far as I've worked with/seen) The margarita mix isn't alcoholic. It's literally the "mixers" to the alcohol. huh. Learn something new every day.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

Yes, exactly.

lisarose7 · April 2011

I know...I've never heard of the alcohol actually being in the mixer before the drink is made.

Blueyed228 · April 2011

How do you confuse apple juice and a margarita?

cupcakesfrosting · April 2011

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[QUOTE]How do you confuse apple juice and a margarita?
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

I'm confused because I want both apple juice and a margarita.

lisarose7 · April 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Drunk Toddler : I'm confused because I want both apple juice and a margarita.
Posted by cupcakesfrosting[/QUOTE]

I just want the margarita. :)

And, Blueyed, that was my question when I saw this. How do you confuse the two?!

Maggie214624 · April 2011

I am thinking the parents might not have noticed if it was in one of those kids cups with the lids on it which aren't always see thru. Trying to give the parents the benefit of the doubt here.

lisarose7 · April 2011

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[QUOTE]I am thinking the parents might not have noticed if it was in one of those kids cups with the lids on it which aren't always see thru. Trying to give the parents the benefit of the doubt here.
Posted by Maggie214624[/QUOTE]

I'm thinking it was a sippy cup...which is why I'm less inclined to judge the parents. I'm thinking the bartender should have known the difference, though.

Unless, of course, the kid keeps a flask in his diaper. Darn toddlers trying to spike their apple juice at restaurants....

Blueyed228 · April 2011

When it happened at the Fridays I was talking about, it wasnt the bartenders fault. There was an apple juice in a glass and then a shot of whiskey. The waiter poured the shot into the sippy cup.

Im pretty sure bartenders are not allowed to mix drinks in sippy cups. Especially at a chain restaurant.

undyingmizery · April 2011

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tgi%20fridays%20cocktails&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=shop:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf

They sell all kinds of premade mixers

This is sad. I would be pissed. On the other hand I always check food and drinks before they eat/drink.

anna.oskar · April 2011

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[QUOTE]<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tgi%20fridays%20cocktails&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=shop:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf" rel='nofollow'>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tgi%20fridays%20cocktails&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=shop:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf</a> They sell all kinds of premade mixers :( This is sad. I would be pissed. On the other hand I always check food and drinks before they eat/drink.
Posted by undyingmizery[/QUOTE]

Although i'm pretty sure Applebees would not be using marketed drink mixes that were created to make a drink taste like the bartender at TGIFridays mixed the drink ;)

EmilyW416 · April 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Drunk Toddler : <strong>I'm thinking it was a sippy cup...which is why I'm less inclined to judge the parents. I'm thinking the bartender should have known the difference, though</strong>. Unless, of course, the kid keeps a flask in his diaper. Darn toddlers trying to spike their apple juice at restaurants....
Posted by lisarose7[/QUOTE]

Thats what I thought too...How does it get put in the kids cup? Just seems wrong and dumb to me.

lisarose7 · April 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Drunk Toddler : Thats what I thought too...How does it get put in the kids cup? Just seems wrong and dumb to me.
Posted by EmilyW416[/QUOTE]

What, you never ask for a margarita in a sippy cup when you eat at Applebees? :)

I agree, though. If you're filling a sippy cup with margarita mix, wouldn't you have an inkling that something's wrong?

kitkatherine · April 2011

That seems like you'd obvoiusly notice or smell it. Any part of that. The family. the waitress. Someone. Big mistake!

rhodesign · April 2011

I'm with blue, I think I heard of this happening elsewhere several years ago.
Even still...totally weird all around

Blueyed228 · April 2011

Rho? Is that you?? I miss you when you are gone and my brain hates the confusion!!!

Milsey32 · April 2011

The story makes me so proud to live in Michigan, haha... but not really

Wrkn925 · April 2011

I've heard of it happening with an LIT before. For some reason I think the server did it on purpose then.

When I bartended we used these for juices, but ours were more translucent than white

We had Margarita Mondays where they were $1.95. We would premix the margaritas in these containers or in an extra tea urn. Some of these containers were used for juice, too.
RULE: When these containers had alcohol in them you had to put XXX on them with a black marker.

When I first read this story, my assumption was a different bartender did something like we did and didn't label it. ?? It was just the first thing that came to mind, because I was always scared that would happen.

DeadUtopia · April 2011

I am NOT trying to insult anyone...I have little kiddos and I would be PISSED if this happened...but earlier today when I read that on Yahoo, som guy made the best comment EVER. It went something like, "No mention of the pissed off person who ordered a margarita and got apple juice." Made me LOL

anna.oskar · April 2011

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[QUOTE]I am NOT trying to insult anyone...I have little kiddos and I would be PISSED if this happened...but earlier today when I read that on Yahoo, som guy made the best comment EVER. It went something like, "No mention of the pissed off person who ordered a margarita and got apple juice." Made me LOL
Posted by DeadUtopia[/QUOTE]

Really? Some guy was expecting a margarita in a sippy cup?

DeadUtopia · April 2011

I just looked at the Applebee's website and they have an apple margarita ("Red Apple 'Rita:The Neighborhood's own sweet apple margarita. It's a mix of Sauza Gold tequila, DeKuyper Luscious Red Apple liqueur and margarita mix served over ice.") Makes me wonder if the bartender accidentally gave the red apple liquor instead of apple juice. Still a pretty bad mistake.

anna.oskar...Maybe he was lol

jaycee7389 · April 2011

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[QUOTE] When I bartended we used these for juices, but ours were more translucent than white We had Margarita Mondays where they were $1.95. <strong>We would premix the margaritas in these containers or in an extra tea urn. Some of these containers were used for juice, too</strong>. RULE: When these containers had alcohol in them you had to put XXX on them with a black marker. When I first read this story, my assumption was a different bartender did something like we did and didn't label it. ?? It was just the first thing that came to mind, because I was always scared that would happen.
Posted by Wrkn925[/QUOTE]

i saw this story on the news and they said something like that happened. not sure if that is the whole story though..

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