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Applebees serves Margarita to toddler

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We must remember to always check what is given to our child/ren....This is super scary.

"15-month-old was hospitalized after a behind-the-bar mix-up at a Michigan Applebee's restaurant that left the toddler sipping alcohol instead of apple juice."

https://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11/michigan.toddler.alcohol/index.html?hpt=T2

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  • meghanchrisazmeghanchrisaz member
    I heard about that this morning.  I can't believe something like that could happened.  My guess, a server/bartender was trying to sneak themselves a drink and it got mixed up with the apple juice or whatever they were supposed to serve.
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  • PeejeePeejee

    Man, I kind of wish Applebee's would serve me a margarita right now...

     

    ugh, I made the mistake of reading the comments. People disgust me

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  • NJMom050911NJMom050911 member

    imagemeghanchrisaz:
    I heard about that this morning.  I can't believe something like that could happened.  My guess, a server/bartender was trying to sneak themselves a drink and it got mixed up with the apple juice or whatever they were supposed to serve.

    This is what I thought as well when I first heard about it this morning, I worked in one of these chain restaurants and it was fairly common for waiters to mix drinks in kids cups to sip on while they were working. But the article states that the entire container was labeled Apple Juice but had mix in it....

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  • meghanchrisazmeghanchrisaz member

    Oh, honestly I didn't read the article, someone told me about it this morning. That was the first thing that came to mind.  I also worked in a chain and like you said, this happened often.

     

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  • theaustins05theaustins05

    This doesn't add up to me.

    Why would the bartender put margarita mix in a sippy cup. Why would margarita mix be in a apple juice bottle. Why would a mix have alcohol in it (usually the only alcohol in a margarita is tequila). Why would the baby drink it, I didn't have a taste for lime when I was young.

    Now I'm gonna have to make DH sample the baby's drinks every time we go out to restaurants.

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  • mizzmegmizzmeg member
    People are stupid! My sister had this happen to her. She was 14 and asked for a nonalcoholic drink and they accidentally brought her an alcoholic one. Thank god someone tried it once she said it tasted funny and realized what happened!
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  • iris427iris427 member

    What a scary mix-up.  

    I definitely don't check or sample everything my child is served though. 

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  • amandabrooke81amandabrooke81
    imagetheaustins05:

    Why would a mix have alcohol in it (usually the only alcohol in a margarita is tequila).

    This.

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  • sparkymcgeeesparkymcgeee member
    There's all sorts of fail in this. Fail on the part of the restuarant (biggest fail) and fail on the parents part for not checking. Especially since margaritas don't look like applejuice. I'm not saying I would check everything my child is given because you trust restuarants but I bet I will now and I'm sure they will too.


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  • PeejeePeejee
    imagetheaustins05:

    . Why would a mix have alcohol in it (usually the only alcohol in a margarita is tequila). 

     

    Yeah I found myself asking that question.

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  • amandabrooke81amandabrooke81

    Alright, well I just googled the ABC News Video on this https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/applebees-serves-toddler-stiff-drink-13346644

    Apparently Applebee's had this same mix-up in 2006 and also 2007...the 2007 incident was also margarita mix {with alcohol in it} that was supposed to be apple juice! 

    Not that we had plans to eat at Applebee's anytime soon, but this does encourage me to BYOS-bring your own sippy, for DS!

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  • sugarplum2sugarplum2 member

    imagemeimsx:
    There's all sorts of fail in this. Fail on the part of the restuarant (biggest fail) and fail on the parents part for not checking. Especially since margaritas don't look like applejuice. I'm not saying I would check everything my child is given because you trust restuarants but I bet I will now and I'm sure they will too.

    Maybe it was in a kid's cup - the plastic ones with lids that are opaque. 

     

    Still a ridiculous "mix up". 

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