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Toddler served margarita in a sippy cup
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.
The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.
"I wasn't going to make a big deal about it," the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, "but then he got sick."
The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers.
"We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake," Tei said.
The serving appeared to have been accidental, Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said. Mayorga said her son is now doing fine.
She said the company has been very apologetic and offered free meals, but she added, "If they think I'm going back there, they're ridiculous."
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.
The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.
"I wasn't going to make a big deal about it," the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, "but then he got sick."
The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group's restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers.
"We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake," Tei said.
The serving appeared to have been accidental, Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said. Mayorga said her son is now doing fine.
She said the company has been very apologetic and offered free meals, but she added, "If they think I'm going back there, they're ridiculous."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...Margarita.html
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first off ... why are they storing their margarita mix pre-mixed with the tequila and triple sec?
and secondly ... i can see it being an honest mistake, we used to keep juices in the same containers as the mixes, but we labeled ours. i really hope this lady doesnt sue, it's not like the manager intended to do this. i feel bad for the guy
and secondly ... i can see it being an honest mistake, we used to keep juices in the same containers as the mixes, but we labeled ours. i really hope this lady doesnt sue, it's not like the manager intended to do this. i feel bad for the guy
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first off ... why are they storing their margarita mix pre-mixed with the tequila and triple sec?
and secondly ... i can see it being an honest mistake, we used to keep juices in the same containers as the mixes, but we labeled ours. i really hope this lady doesnt sue, it's not like the manager intended to do this. i feel bad for the guy
and secondly ... i can see it being an honest mistake, we used to keep juices in the same containers as the mixes, but we labeled ours. i really hope this lady doesnt sue, it's not like the manager intended to do this. i feel bad for the guy
it sounds like their might be a chance that the lady wont sue them, just because she said she wasnt planning on making a big deal out of it, until her kid got sick.
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its applebees.. :dunno: most of their margaritas are the frozen ones anyways.. so they just premix it i assume.
it sounds like their might be a chance that the lady wont sue them, just because she said she wasnt planning on making a big deal out of it, until her kid got sick.
it sounds like their might be a chance that the lady wont sue them, just because she said she wasnt planning on making a big deal out of it, until her kid got sick.
yea, just seems like people are so retarded these days, personally i would be a bit upset but the fact that they took the steps to make it right by paying for the hospital visits and related medical bills would be in my eyes the right thing to do and all the restitution i would need. legal action wouldn't even cross my mind
