NEWS: More Juice, Mommy!

CULTURE: More Juice, Mommy!

Cynthia Pereles took her 5-year-old son out for a classy dinner at a New York Applebee's and ordered him a glass of apple juice. But instead of getting a cup full of pure fruit-flavored sugar, the tyke gulped a Long Island Iced Tea.

Applebee's, while it will not comment officially, allegedly admitted its serving mistake. Pereles is suing the chain for $75,000.

I wanna party with this kid



all kidding aside though, Applebee's is gonna get reamed by parents' groups

Gotta start 'em young if you want them to grow up to be a sucessful acoholic.

Gotta start 'em young if you want them to grow up to be a sucessful acoholic.

...only $75,000? Her son's not the only one under the influence.

So what is the kid permanently damaged or something?

I could see a pretty large settlement if the child's blood alcohol level was dangerous, which it might have been. But if all he did was get a little tipsy and act stupid, hell, that happens at every family reunion when some kid picks up the wrong glass. And you don't see people suing their lushy uncle Pete.

There may be more to the lawsuit than the story is reporting, but on face... meh...

i'm giggling too much right now to come up with a decent pedophilia joke.

How much is my keyboard worth? Because I just almost sprayed my screwdriver into it.

Your screwdriver? Is that what you call it?

On topic: hell, shit happens. As long as he wasn't physically harmed, they should get couple of free meals. It was the server's fault, not the company's, even if they company is liable for it's employees actions.

I'm not a law student by any stretch of the imagination, but in a country in which someone was awarded $2.9 million for a spilt cup of coffee (yeah, yeah, $480,000 after appeals), I think the precedent has been set for the observer to expect a heavier monetary penalty to be assessed against a negligent food-service company.

Not that I think a higher amount would be reasonable or anything.

but we're not exactly talking about 3rd degree burns to someone's crotch, are we?

Ahem.

Not that I think a higher amount would be reasonable or anything.

right. i'm just saying third degree burns to your bits and pieces might warrant a bit more money, and not necessarily be the exit for a court system gone to nuttyville.

and most minors would be willing to pay applebee's for that kind of service. i wonder if the kid got his fake ID confiscated, or if he's really a sly one.

Unless the kid was physically harmed, I think this is ridiculous. As a person with food allergies, I've had a lot of things happen at restaurants which were much more life threatening than a long island iced tea and that were entirely the restaurants' faults, but I never felt the need to press charges or sue for 75,000 dollars.

If it was a deliberate prank pulled by some stupid employee, the meal should be free, the kid should be fired and the restaurant should give them a few coupons. If it was an accident which is not likely to happen again, same thing except the kid shouldn't be fired.

I'm a parent, and I agree with this. If it were my kid, I'd be scared and pissed at the restaurant....the thought that the level of the alcohol could do pretty decent damage to a small body is a scary one. But if the hospital check came out A-OK, nothing dangerous, etc etc etc, I honestly think all I'd do would be demand reasons(as in, who made the mistake), and not ask for any more money than would take to pay the ER bill. I don't think I'd sue, but then again, it hasn't happened to me. Yet.

But what if after the meal, instead of putting the kid in a 50c rocking toy airplane, the kid was accidently placed in a 2002 Ford Focus and given a set of keys?! He'd be driving under the influence! That's gotta be worth something!

Imagine how hard it it to form a basic opinion on this case after having a few drinks one's self...

Worked for Shane MacGowan.

I'll start the bidding at twenty dollars.

What I want to know is why a five-year-old kid would just chug down a fucking Long Island. It might taste like juice to your average 30-year-old alcoholic, but to a kid? And how is it that a drink that can floor your average first-time bar vistor just made this kid tipsy?

I think there's some karma happening here for Applebee's, and it has nothing to do with serving kids alcohol. Look here, stingy-ass "neighborhood" bar chains: charging up the ass for watered-down liquor will bite you in the ass in the end. Even if the people paying up the ass for watered-down drinks probably deserve it.

I want to know how you accidentally pour a mixed drink into a sippie cup.

very carefully, so you don't spill any. good liquor ain't cheap, ya know.



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Fuck an A! I ordered a Long Island Ice Tea and got Apple Juice! What the fuck......