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ANOTHER child served alcohol at a restaurant
http://www.slashfood.com/2011/04/20/another-child-served-alcohol-four-year-old-gets-mudslide-a/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl10%7Csec3_lnk3%7C57293
This time it was at Chili's. This is the third time this MONTH, at three major chains.
This time it was at Chili's. This is the third time this MONTH, at three major chains.
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Re: ANOTHER child served alcohol at a restaurant
Also, it's amazing that a few sips could be considered "alcohol ingestion overdose" I mean, it's overdose for a kid of course, but i didn't think those had that much alcohol in them. wow.
babies being served alcohol + air traffic controllers dropping the ball = the world is going to crap
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Yea it really makes you wonder wth is going on with restaurants these days and if they are messing up drinks, then what could they possibly be doing to the food?
Hmmmmmm.....
"ABC reports that ERJ Dining, the owner of Chili's, claims that the girl was served fruit punch and it was the mother that was served the alcohol drink."
But the mother claimed that she ordered her child a chocolate milk.
I would not have allowed my child to take a sip of that until I checked it. it even looks like an alcoholic drink. (pic taken by mother or drink and replacement shake.)
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[QUOTE]I think the parents need to be paying more attention! "ABC reports that ERJ Dining, the owner of Chili's, claims that the girl was served fruit punch and it was the mother that was served the alcohol drink." But the mother claimed that she ordered her child a chocolate milk.
Posted by cupcakesfrosting[/QUOTE]
<div>I wonder what went wrong here. Even if the mother ordered a "chocolate shake" like it said in the article, why would they bring the alcoholic one?</div>
[QUOTE]That, and why did the restaurant think they gave her fruit punch?
Posted by cupcakesfrosting[/QUOTE]
it makes no sense
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ANOTHER child served alcohol at a restaurant : I wonder what went wrong here. Even if the mother ordered a "chocolate shake" like it said in the article, <strong>why would they bring the alcoholic one?
</strong>Posted by cardmonsta[/QUOTE]
Agreed b/c aren't most kids drinks served in a cute plastic cup with a sippy straw on top? Obviously it should have registered with the bartender that a mudslide doesn't get poured into a child's cup.
I wonder if mom is thinking of being lawsuit happy???
To our knowledge, Ms. Davis and her daughter ordered a kids' drink (red fruit punch) and a chocolate shake. The fruit punch beverage was served to Brooklynn in a plastic kid cup with a lid and straw. The beverage Ms. Davis received was served in glass barware.
[QUOTE]Since we're on the topic of kids in the news, did anyone catch the whole J Crew fiasco over the little boy getting his nails painted? <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/11/jcrew-ad-showing-boy-pink-nail-polish-sparks-debate-gender-identity/" rel='nofollow'>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/11/jcrew-ad-showing-boy-pink-nail-polish-sparks-debate-gender-identity/</a> I mean, come on. He's a kid. Do we really think liking pink and getting our nails painted is all that makes a woman?
Posted by cardmonsta[/QUOTE]
Yeah, we did a whole thread about it. i think it was a decent size.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ANOTHER child served alcohol at a restaurant : Yeah, we did a whole thread about it. i think it was a decent size.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]
<div>I'm so mad that I missed it! :(</div>
[QUOTE]I just have a funny feeling about this - it just seem like maybe this woman is trying to make a quick buck. I bet she sues.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]
Maybe. A lot of things just don't add up. But on either side.
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Guys, I worked in a restaurant for three years during college and until I got my first "big girl" job. The first time I served a child a chocolate milk shake, it turned out to be a mudslide.
Turns out not a lot of people order mudslides like they order beers or teas, and when I saw the chocolate shake with whipped cream and a cherry on top in the bar window, I assumed it was for my table.
My trainer forgot to tell me that virgin drinks have red straws, and that alcoholic drinks have black straws. Coulda happened to anyone.
Luckily the kid's parents were more than understanding and after I apologized profusely and basically wanted to die, they left me a generous tip and got the kid, who told his parents that his shake "tasted gross," his real shake for free.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ANOTHER child served alcohol at a restaurant : Maybe. A lot of things just don't add up. But on either side.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]
Exactly.
And I wonder what the repercussions of this will be. This is the third time this has allegedly happened.
If I worked at a restaurant and I heard of this happening more than once, I'd change my policies before it happened to me and my restaurants.
[QUOTE]Since we're on the topic of kids in the news, did anyone catch the whole J Crew fiasco over the little boy getting his nails painted? <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/11/jcrew-ad-showing-boy-pink-nail-polish-sparks-debate-gender-identity/" rel='nofollow'>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/11/jcrew-ad-showing-boy-pink-nail-polish-sparks-debate-gender-identity/</a> I mean, come on. He's a kid. Do we really think liking pink and getting our nails painted is all that makes a woman?
Posted by cardmonsta[/QUOTE]
A mother and son got pedicures at Dashing Diva the other day while I was there. The lady next to me rolled her eyes when they left and said she couldn't believe she was getting her son a pedi. I said "well, I assume he wanted one". He seemed to pick out his own color. There were two other mothers there with their daughters, all around the same age (7 or so). I don't see what the big deal is.
[QUOTE]Oh come on now. Guys, I worked in a restaurant for three years during college and until I got my first "big girl" job. The first time I served a child a chocolate milk shake, it turned out to be a mudslide. Turns out not a lot of people order mudslides like they order beers or teas, and when I saw the chocolate shake with whipped cream and a cherry on top in the bar window, I assumed it was for my table. My trainer forgot to tell me that virgin drinks have red straws, and that alcoholic drinks have black straws. Coulda happened to anyone. Luckily the kid's parents were more than understanding and after I apologized profusely and basically wanted to die, they left me a generous tip and got the kid, who told his parents that his shake "tasted gross," his real shake for free.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
When I was a bartender at a national chain, it was my responsibility that nothing like that ever happened. Hell, i could have 2 identical looking taps sitting and It was my job to make sure they were properly marked for service.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: ANOTHER child served alcohol at a restaurant : When I was a bartender at a national chain, it was my responsibility that nothing like that ever happened. Hell, i could have 2 identical looking taps sitting and It was my job to make sure they were properly marked for service.
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]
Even our bartenders would make the mistake once in a while with the mudslides - and put a red straw in instead of a black one. But that didn't matter, as long as the server took care to know who they were serving to.
I get the mudslide mistake. MAYBE sangria, and that's an enormous maybe. I cannot for the life of me understand how you could accidentally give a four year old a margarita, though.
I read this one and it sounds fake. It just seems weird that it's happening this often. At one restaurant, the other night actually, I saw a parent allowing the kid to drink his beer. Wtf?
[QUOTE]Oh come on now. Guys, I worked in a restaurant for three years during college and until I got my first "big girl" job. The first time I served a child a chocolate milk shake, it turned out to be a mudslide. Turns out not a lot of people order mudslides like they order beers or teas, and when I saw the chocolate shake with whipped cream and a cherry on top in the bar window, I assumed it was for my table. My trainer forgot to tell me that virgin drinks have red straws, and that alcoholic drinks have black straws. Coulda happened to anyone. Luckily the kid's parents were more than understanding and after I apologized profusely and basically wanted to die, they left me a generous tip and got the kid, who told his parents that his shake "tasted gross," his real shake for free.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
Yes, I've also heard it's the labeling of the drinks that confuses people at chain restaurants. Pouring a margarita into a sippy cup isn't hard if it's sitting next to the apple juice machine and all the containers look alike.
But damn, why do I never get served alcohol accidentally?
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Every time I've gone out with a little kid they've gotten a very obvious kids cup. I've also never received an alcoholic drink instead of the drink I ordered.
Edited for spelling.
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