Seriously, what is the deal with toddlers being served alcohol?

sistrkate · April 2011

It happened in FL too, different restaurant. It's really inexcusable.

PirateGirl04 · April 2011

WOW! Thats strange b/c ever sangria I've ever seen has looked more like grape juice not orange juice...But what do I know?

allobosc · April 2011

I don't know why kids menu drinks can't be kept in the kitchen/drink station. I know a lot of restaurants where we get milk from have to get it "from the bar"??

trickeytricky · April 2011

I seriously can not come up with a reasonable excuse for these people.

It's just ridiculous. . . . I didn't bother reading the article, but I'm sorry, it's not an accident, it's a stupid employee thinking their being slick/funny/whatever.

Ttimes3 · April 2011

Operations FAIL. Indifferent

Having worked in operations (albeit, not in the restaurant industry, but nonetheless), I have HUGE trust issues and nothing surprises me, anymore.

mrs.george2be04 · April 2011

I've heard about both of these stories, and I've also heard a couple of theories as to why it may have happened.

1. One person on another board mentioned that some of the pre-mixed drinks, come in the same containers as the apple juice, etc., and that said containers are not see through. Obviously people need to pay better attention, but that's one theory.

2. I heard this one on the radio: at some restaurants employees put their own beverages in the kids' cups (probably because they are pretty opaque), and some of these employees are drinking on the job.

I've never worked in the restaurant industry, so I really don't know much about it, but it makes me want to stick to my old standby, Bob Evans. Stick out tongue

mcmann05 · April 2011

Agreed on this being completely unexcusable! What's next, putting cocaine in my kids mac n cheese?! I mean come on. I worked in a restaurant for 2 years and I can't even fathom how this would happen....even with the excuses above we didn't have anything that could be mistaken for anything else in the kitchen. There was NO bar stuff kept in the kitchen so maybe that's these restaurants first mistake! I'm appalled and gotta say, I will continue to take my kids' drinks to the restaurants.

buckeyethor · April 2011

I think it is ridiculous. I am going to take her drinks or taste them first. I have enough worry about spoiled milk at restaurants.

anotapotamus · April 2011

I worked in a fairly large chain restaurant waiting tables for a bit and I absolutely cannot fathom how this could happen - for one simple reason - alcoholic drinks were NEVER put in to-go style cups like what you would prepare for a toddler. There was only barware available behind the bar.

Milk was kept with the coffee stand, so I was responsible for getting that myself. If juice from the bar was needed, you had to bring a cup with you to give to the bartender. That in and of itself was an indicator that you needed an N/A drink.

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