My 13 yo just ogt served alcohol!

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Maybe some of the servers went to a college of mixology, but even those cannot be held to the standards we hold pharmacists to. They simply are not in the same league in any way.

What if the child is on medication for which alcholol is contraindicated?


And then why would the kid have to be on medication for it to be an issue?

 

[cardaway]

What if the child is on medication for which alcholol is contraindicated?

Is this a contest now on who can come up with the most dangerous what if? What if it was the one the bartender had slipped poison in because he was paid to by the husband who wanted to get on with his life? Sorry, not playing the what if game.

I never said it wasn't dangerous or wrong, for some reason that was ignored.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Is this a contest now on who can come up with the most dangerous what if? What if it was the one the bartender had slipped poison in because he was paid to by the husband who wanted to get on with his life? Sorry, not playing the what if game.

I never said it wasn't dangerous or wrong, somehow that is being ignored.

It isn't a contest. But saying:

In that case it counds like the last place you should take your family is Pub 99.

Did you expect everybody to agree with you? Some of us know servers really well and we hear how much they have to deal with everyday. Some customers really make them re-think their job.

Implies that you disagree with the OP and that you have excused the waitresses reaction b/c she has a really hard job.

So it doesn't sound like you are implying that anything is wrong with what happened.

Perhaps if a waitress cannot get her drink orders correct when it comes to alcholic and non-alcholic beverages, then she does need to rethink her job.

 

[TheBellhop]

Some of you all in some sort of click...if you are not in it you post the most ignorant and mean things! I posted about this because to me it is wrong...as the adult child of an alcoholic I DO NOT want my 13 yo to be served alcohol, if you do then it is your business, I however think it was wrong and am ticked by it and angered by the response here. Some of you really need to think about what you are going to write before you post it..."suicide"! Thanks but no thanks guys.

Everyone has an opinion! Why should people sugarcoat there posts saying "Oh. My. God. That is just terrible. That waitress was CLEARLY out of line. Ugh. People these DAYS!"? It's ridiculous of you to believe that everybody is in a clique and that you are on the outside. It's called a point of view, and if you expect people to agree with you on all matters then you have obviously come to the wrong place.

 

[cardaway]

Implies that you disagree with the OP and that you have excused the waitresses reaction b/c she has a really hard job.

I posted that I disagree that the reaction needed to be any different given there was no harm done. Since I'm now repeating myself it's obvious I've said all I have to say on this thread.

 

[Cass]

I would have laughed about it, it was only a mouthful. I would be mad if it was done on purpose, not accidentally.

 

[alliecats]

She never said she wanted her to apologize and scrape the ground and kiss their feet for pete's sake. All she wanted was for the server to genuinely act like she gave a rip and her laughing response does not indicate that.

I get it OP and many of us do. I think you wouldn't have even felt the need to vent about this if the server had simply said, "Oh, gosh I am really sorry about that."

Exactly!!!

 

[Planogirl]

I would have laughed right along with the server. It's an amusing mistake IMO.

 

[Free4Life11]

So then what, the manager should fire her? Send her home w/out pay?

Tell her she needs to be more careful and when she does make a mistake to apologize, not laugh it off. And then give them free desert or something.

 

[julie_yet]

That's nothing. When I was about 10 I was at a wedding reception (very bored and getting hungry) waiting for the bride and groom to come in. So some other kids and I kept making trips to the "cool" fountain punch bowl. After about the 5th time a woman comes over and tells us that it's for adults only. She then brings out a different bowl that was hiding behind a curtain. Way too late by then. I was completely sloshed. My mom was none too happy about it either.

 

[Aidensmom]

Technically, it was probably the bartender's mistake, not the server's. The server did say it was a mistake, and was not rude, and it does not sound to me like she was disrespectful in any way. She just didn't say exactly what the OP would have liked her to say. Honestly, I would not have had a problem with her, and as a secret shopper for a restaurant chain, believe me, I can be picky.

Human beings make mistakes, all of us. She did not intentionally serve him the wrong drink, and I doubt the bartender intentionally filled the request for the wrong one. There is no reason to act like that was the case. Yes, I would have been upset if my child had not realized the drink tasted funny and drank it all, but how many kids are not going to realize that? My son notices if the carbonation/syrup ratio is off in the soda - and I always take a sip when he complains to make sure that is all it is. But a sip or two of the drink isn't going to do any harm, and I would not get worked up about it.

 

[lbgraves]

Sorry, but I have worked on both side of the bar and there were certain glasses used for certain drinks. The waitress messed up & served alcohol to a minor. Maybe one drink of a LI tea is nothing to an adult who drinks but it could affect a child. I would have been embarrased if I had made that mistake and appologized to the customers.

 

[goodeats]

Yes, she should have been more apologetic, but it was just an accident.

To me this situation would be a lot different with a five year old than a 13 year old.

 

[DISUNC]

People make mistakes.

Yes they do! But they should also apologise when they make one. And this was a HUGE mistake.
A LI Ice Tea is POTENT stuff!

 

[crazee4mickey]

The OP has every right to be upset as the waitress laughed it off about serving alcohol to her child who is a minor...and by saying that serving alcohol, mistake or not, to a 5 year old is worse than to a 13 year old is fairly ridiculous...a minor IS a minor! A child IS a child!
Her DS may have only gotten a small taste but the thing that bothered me was the waitress's attitude---now, this is her job, she needs to look out for her customers (before any flames come my way on this I have been waitresses in both restaurants that serve alcohol and bars)

 

[epcotfan]

I would have laughed about it, it was only a mouthful. I would be mad if it was done on purpose, not accidentally.

I agree.