A well planned scam...I'm guessing the server is in on this and will get a nice cut.
One drink will not get you hospitalized...
The parents are definitely lying about not being able to detect alcohol. That's just ridiculous...
A well planned scam...I'm guessing the server is in on this and will get a nice cut.
One drink will not get you hospitalized...
The parents are definitely lying about not being able to detect alcohol. That's just ridiculous...Yup. People who don't drink are
better able to detect alcohol because they aren't desensitized to it, and it and most of its congeners honestly aren't that pleasant unless you've 'learned' to enjoy them. Otherwise it's a scent and taste that we pick up on immediately because it (outside the context of a deliberately made spirit) indicates that something has spoiled.
Another article about this claims the kid says
his head started hurting immediately after a few sips. Yeah, because that's how alcohol works, it just gives you a headache. Sounds more like non-drinkers trying to guess at "symptoms" for the eventual lawsuit.
I wouldn't be so quick to throw the server under the conspiracy bus- the family could've mislead one easily enough- just have one adult list all the drinks and not note that the daiquiri is for the kid...
Of course, they could be found out as a scam but still get their payday from the hospital for giving someone with alcohol intoxication (eye roll) frickin tylenol.
The other article I mentioned above says the kid was hungover the next day as well. I highly doubt one partially consumed weak-@$$ chain restaurant drink is doing that to a 12 year old. I don't think this passes the sniff test (and neither would that drink!)
A well planned scam...I'm guessing the server is in on this and will get a nice cut.Or the parents discretely poured booze into the drink themselves.
I'm very cynical these days. As a parent, I couldn't imagine rushing my 12 y/o boy to the hospital because he consumed an alcoholic beverage unless there was a serious reaction taking place.