Another toddler served alcohol at restaurant in U.S. - two-year-old was given sangria instead of OJ @Olive Garden -
News has surfaced of another case of alcohol accidentally served to a toddler at a restaurant in the United States.
This time it was a two-year-old who was given sangria, which contained white wine, in Lakeland, Fla.
Jill Van Heest, the toddler’s mother, told a Florida ABC affiliate that she began to suspect something was wrong with her son when he began to act out. She told him to behave and to keep quiet, but her son didn’t listen to her.
Then the waiter and manager then told her that instead of orange juice, her son had been served the alcohol-infused drink. That’s when Van Heest realized her son wasn’t acting out, he was drunk. She immediately rushed her son to the hospital.
“How disorganized can your bar be that you serve something with alcohol to a child in a cup — with a lid nonetheless — and not recognize it for half an hour?” Van Heest, who owns a restaurant with her husband, asked.
The Olive Garden issued a statement, in which they took full responsibility for what happened. In part, the statement said:
“This was an extremely regrettable accident caused by the failure of an employee to follow our strict operating procedures. We take this situation very seriously, and we are especially grateful that the child involved was not seriously harmed.”
Van Heest plans to sue.
Meanwhile, Applebee’s has announced it is changing the way it serves juice after a toddler was mistakenly given a small amount of alcohol at a Detroit-area location last week.
The Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News reported Tuesday that Applebee's will pour juice for children from single-serve containers at the table starting this week.
Applebee's also plans to retrain workers.
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