APPLE-BUZZ: MOM SUES OVER DRUNK KID (Applebee's serving Long Island Ice Teas to 5 year olds!)

NYPost ^ | 1/8/2006 | David Hafetz

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APPLE-BUZZ: MOM SUES OVER DRUNK KID

By DAVID HAFETZ

January 8, 2006 --

He ordered apple juice at Applebee's — but the restaurant allegedly put so much yippee in his kiddie cup, the Manhattan 5-year-old ended up in the emergency room after a bizarre boozy bender of clowning, shouting and stumbling.

Now the boy's mom, Cynthia Pereles, is suing the chain eatery and a downtown franchise for serving her son, Seth, a Long Island Iced Tea — a walloping cocktail of white rum, gin, vodka, triple sec, coke and sweet-and-sour mix....

Seth, meanwhile, was getting an early taste of booze-fueled adult folly.

"He was laughing uncontrollably, his eyes were glazed, and he started licking the wicker bread basket," Pereles said. "He was not Seth . . . He said, 'Mom, I can't listen to you because of that nasty drink.' "

The panicked mother, who says she never even lets her son drink soda, left the restaurant. On the street, Seth "was hollering, yelling people's names, laughing hysterically and bending over."

[cgk]

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Pereles said she suspects that the drink was given to her son deliberately because he was annoying the staff.

No excuse for this, but what was the kid doing? running up and down the aisle knocking down the servers and food.

[colorcountry]

We give ritalin to our kids for the same reason.

[MissEdie]

If he drank all of the "juice" how would she know what it was? How do we know she didn't do it herself and tried to blame somebody else?

[atomicpossum]

Appleby's: Where a kid can be a Kennedy.

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Pereles said she confronted the staff about the drink, and that the manager admitted the restaurant somehow gave Seth the cocktail.


A good smack on his rear end would of been the best solution from his mother if he was mis behaving, not a drink from the staff

[keat]

Seth began seeing a therapist and has sworn off apple juice.

"And don't try to give him a beverage in a kiddie cup," his mother said.

Oh sure, I've been there before, give it a week an he'll be back for more.

[SouthernFreebird]

Yikes! my kids have misbehaved in public before but never to the point that people wanted them to get drunk and pass out! LOL

[MaryFromMichigan]

Appreciate the email and password.
I wouldn't mind seeing that little courtesy more often!

[oxcart]

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[RightOnline]

Sounds like some nimrod wait staff brought the wrong glass, pure and simple.

Incredibly dumb mistake, though.......

[Frank T]

[LdSentinal]

On the street, Seth "was hollering, yelling people's names, laughing hysterically and bending over."

Seth sounds like a Kennedy.

[YankeeinOkieville]

Sorry, but I don't buy this story. A 5-year-old, who sounds like a little terror to begin with, knows enough to blame his erratic behavior on the "yucky drink". The whole story reeks of finger in the chili type get-rich-quick momma.

[Last Dakotan]

"He was laughing uncontrollably, his eyes were glazed, and he started licking the wicker bread basket,"

Ahhh, I remember college too. A little of it.

[perfect stranger]

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[CindyDawg]

How could you make a mix up like that in a kiddy, to go cup? Incident aside though, anytime you have a child annoying people in a restaurant, it's time to go. It's not only rude to have one being disruptive and running around but it's also dangerous.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Jesus Juice? I have a hard time believing a little kid would take more than one sip of a long island iced tea before spitting it out.

[SouthernFreebird]

Looks like he has some anger issues already.