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Mom: Chili's Served My Kid An Alcoholic Mudslide!
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Jaya Saxena
Published Apr 19, 2011
Modified Apr 19, 2011
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Jaya Saxena
Published Apr 19, 2011
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From what we've gathered, America's chain restaurants just don't understand the difference between alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. First a 15-month-old was served a margarita at an Applebee's, then a two-year-old was served sangria at an Olive Garden. Today, a Chicago mom is claiming her four-year-old daughter, Brooklyn (or Brooklynn), was served a Mudslide at Chili's. It's never been a better time for toddlers to get their drink on, and as long as they hand over their plastic keys to a designated driver, what's the harm?
Mom Tyree Davis says she ordered her daughter a chocolate milkshake, but was instead served a Mudslide, which contained vodka, Kahlua, and Bailey's Irish Cream. Brooklyn told her the shake tasted funny, and Davis said, "She was closing her eyes for a minute at a time, and she was telling me that her stomach hurt and her head hurt, and she just wanted to lay down." Davis drank it and tasted the alcohol, and a waitress came over and alerted her of the mixup. Davis then took Brooklyn to a local hospital, where she was treated for alcohol overdose.
However, rather than bend over and change their policies like the other restaurants, Chili's is disputing Davis's story. They say "the drink in question was served to an adult, in glass barware, not to a child or in a kids' cup." Davis says no one at the table ordered alcohol, and that she was told the waitress had only worked there a week. Well there's the problem! It takes waitresses at least three weeks of training to learn not to serve alcohol to kids.
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