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		The 2011 "Get America's Children Drunk at Chain Restaurants" tour continues, this time at a Chili's in Colorado (9news.com)		68
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smalltownmind		2011-07-08 02:32:37 AM

It's good to see a mother who is concerned, yet at the same time not completely freaking out, gonna sue the hell out of your establishment for a dinner rush, major holiday, complete server chaos, mistake.

plus, I love the idea of the 2011 "Get America's Children Drunk at Chain Restaurants" tour. It should definitely be an annual event.

Bathia_Mapes		2011-07-08 02:39:25 AM

This makes the second time a Chili's has been accused of serving alcohol to a child. Back in April, 2011 a Chicago area Chili's served a 4-year old a mudslide instead of a chocolate shake.

minorshan		2011-07-08 03:03:14 AM

The mom should be grateful, she's got a crystal ball into what her kid's college experiences will be like.

" However, the 8-year-old passed out at the park during the fireworks show and the 6-year-old son was very wild, according to Bruenning."

So, daughters gonna pass out at a Frat party and be date raped... while her little brother gets arrested for brawling in the street.

UNC_Samurai		2011-07-08 09:35:25 AM

minorshan: The mom should be grateful, she's got a crystal ball into what her kid's college experiences will be like.

" However, the 8-year-old passed out at the park during the fireworks show and the 6-year-old son was very wild, according to Bruenning."

So, daughters gonna pass out at a Frat party and be date raped... while her little brother gets arrested for brawling in the street.

And the youngest is going to shiat him/herself.

DamnYankees		2011-07-08 09:40:15 AM

I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it.

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thismomentinblackhistory		2011-07-08 10:00:32 AM

Saborlas		2011-07-08 10:24:01 AM

That's one way to shut up the screamers.

Sybarite		2011-07-08 10:33:16 AM

Bruenning said her daughter told her, "'Mom, this doesn't taste really good,' and so I leaned over to take a drink to see if something was wrong with it and it was just loaded with tequila.

Damn, why can't I get pours like that at restaurants?

dletter		2011-07-08 11:48:48 AM

The real question is... how often does this happen and the 7 year old kid think it tastes fine, and nobody is ever the wiser, other than the parents are wondering why their kids are acting worse than usual today.

Also... how many times are 16 year old's "bartender friends at Chilis" "accidentally" putting alcohol in their smoothies.

thismomentinblackhistory		2011-07-08 11:54:38 AM

Sybarite: Bruenning said her daughter told her, "'Mom, this doesn't taste really good,' and so I leaned over to take a drink to see if something was wrong with it and it was just loaded with tequila.

Damn, why can't I get pours like that at restaurants?

Especially with blended drinks. People don't exactly sit around pounding frozen drinks to get drunk (MAYBE the occasional frozen margarita drinker). Definitely not strawberry-anything drinkers. In fact, bars regularly under pour frozen drinks because it is a great way to save money.

Haplo127x		2011-07-08 12:13:23 PM

Maybe if you didn't order fake-alcoholic drinks for small children, this might not happen.

Hypothetical Imperative		2011-07-08 12:15:53 PM

Bathia_Mapes: This makes the second time a Chili's has been accused of serving alcohol to a child. Back in April, 2011 a Chicago area Chili's served a 4-year old a mudslide instead of a chocolate shake.

So they've screwed up two out of how many drink orders in that time?

Just sayin'.

Rodeodoc		2011-07-08 12:17:35 PM

So where I work, when we have an accident or some screw up, we sit down and figure out how to make sure it doesn't happen again - and that's not "fire the guy who did it". We fix the processes and procedures that contributed to the accident.

Apparently the restaurant industry is too stupid to catch on. I happen to know a young girl who was working the bar and did this. She was fired and yes, you did read about it here. But she is now working at another chain restaurant/bar, where the mixes for fruit punch are right next to the Sangria, etc. It's another accident waiting to happen. she suggested a change to her boss and was told to STFU.

12349876		2011-07-08 12:17:49 PM

If I were given alcohol as a little kid in a restaurant I'd take one sip and ask my parents why they gave me cough syrup when I'm not sick.

StaleCoffee		2011-07-08 12:19:20 PM

If it was the father he'd be in jail.

Balrog		2011-07-08 12:20:11 PM

The mom faked it. According to this article: Link (new window) "Police used a breath-analysis test on the kids to determine their blood alcohol level, but the readings were negative, police reported. Bruenning said her children successfully completed field sobriety tests."

Now if kids that age , particularly a one year old, had the slightest sip of alcohol, one would think they would blow a measurable BAC. And yet they were supposedly passing out at the fireworks show hours later. Right.

Priapetic		2011-07-08 12:20:17 PM

thismomentinblackhistory: Sybarite: Bruenning said her daughter told her, "'Mom, this doesn't taste really good,' and so I leaned over to take a drink to see if something was wrong with it and it was just loaded with tequila.

Damn, why can't I get pours like that at restaurants?

Especially with blended drinks. People don't exactly sit around pounding frozen drinks to get drunk (MAYBE the occasional frozen margarita drinker). Definitely not strawberry-anything drinkers. In fact, bars regularly under pour frozen drinks because it is a great way to save money.

Do you know how I know you've never drank mudslides on the Cape?

boredofedu		2011-07-08 12:21:29 PM

Why would anyone want to eat at Chili's? I'd have to be drunk to eat that crappy food.

the-meter-man		2011-07-08 12:22:35 PM

My kids like their smoothies with a shot of tequila on the side. Smoothies make a great chaser, so they say...

Chalker1123		2011-07-08 12:22:45 PM

Balrog: The mom faked it. According to this article: Link (new window) "Police used a breath-analysis test on the kids to determine their blood alcohol level, but the readings were negative, police reported. Bruenning said her children successfully completed field sobriety tests."

Now if kids that age , particularly a one year old, had the slightest sip of alcohol, one would think they would blow a measurable BAC. And yet they were supposedly passing out at the fireworks show hours later. Right.

Alcohol doesn't metabolize instantly upon contact with the tongue, that's why a copy can't give you a breathalyzer until an hour (or so) after your last drink.

Lunaville		2011-07-08 12:22:47 PM

I'm wondering if a disgruntled employee decided it was okay to risk injuring children in order "to get back at the boss".

asciibaron		2011-07-08 12:28:14 PM

i give my kids beer - wtf is the big deal? it's not like they are drinking a sixer before everynight like dad, er Drew i mean, yeah Drew.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2011-07-08 12:31:05 PM

Does a child have to die from this before we finally realize that serving alcohol at family restaurants just might be a bad idea?

ilgallo		2011-07-08 12:31:20 PM

did anyone check mom's bag for a bottle of el toro?

Loaf's Tray		2011-07-08 12:35:27 PM

I want my baby blasted baby blasted baby blasted baby blasted...

cousndick		2011-07-08 12:36:39 PM

smalltownmind: It's good to see a mother who is concerned, yet at the same time not completely freaking out, gonna sue the hell out of your establishment for a dinner rush, major holiday, complete server chaos, mistake.

THIS

Maybe there is still hope for this country.

Balrog		2011-07-08 12:37:10 PM

The cops apparently decided that they had not ingested alcohol. The police notes from the previous day's paper (new window) say "Officers investigated and determined no crime was committed." I would think if there was any evidence that they were given booze, a crime must have been committed.

Walker		2011-07-08 12:38:46 PM

Ruffian		2011-07-08 12:43:35 PM

Casey Anthony already got a job as a server?

bunner		2011-07-08 12:45:05 PM

"Give 'em some squeeze!"

ArtosRC		2011-07-08 12:45:49 PM

Colorado ish the greatestest state in the Unions. If you disagrees, you're-hic a filthy traitorsh.
This ish fact and cannotsh be disputeder.

BOOZE FOR EVERYONE-hic!

steklo		2011-07-08 12:50:18 PM

Parent gives the drink order to wait-staff
Wait-staff, takes drink order to Bartender.
Bartender makes drinks.
Wait-staff picks up drinks and drops them off at the table.

I don't see the problem here.

Focusin		2011-07-08 12:59:23 PM

Holy shiat, Longmont! I drove past that very Chili's this morning going to work. farking awesome.

BalugaJoe		2011-07-08 01:09:15 PM

The drinks in those places are always watered down.

I love the corporate doublespeak goobledigoog at the end.

medius		2011-07-08 01:15:57 PM

should've gotten two each, it was happy hour

damn waitress gets no tip!

Cyno01		2011-07-08 01:22:52 PM

Priapetic: thismomentinblackhistory: Sybarite: Bruenning said her daughter told her, "'Mom, this doesn't taste really good,' and so I leaned over to take a drink to see if something was wrong with it and it was just loaded with tequila.

Damn, why can't I get pours like that at restaurants?

Especially with blended drinks. People don't exactly sit around pounding frozen drinks to get drunk (MAYBE the occasional frozen margarita drinker). Definitely not strawberry-anything drinkers. In fact, bars regularly under pour frozen drinks because it is a great way to save money.

Do you know how I know you've never drank mudslides on the Cape?

Since when is a mudslide a frozen blender drink?

Hrist		2011-07-08 01:33:17 PM

To really understand if they farked up or not, we have to turn to their menu. Which do they serve, alcoholic, non-alcoholic, or both, in terms of smoothies? Do they regularly put alcoholic drinks in children's cups?

I'm assuming they serve both alcoholic and non-alcoholic smoothies, but you'd think that alcohol going into a kiddie cup would be a big red flag to the bartender. I think they about need to be fired or seriously reprimanded for that. It would be like someone asking to borrow your hunting rifle and then asking if you had anything smaller so that you could kill people with it.

ErinPac		2011-07-08 01:34:59 PM

Haplo127x: Maybe if you didn't order fake-alcoholic drinks for small children, this might not happen.

Were any of these stories lately involving fake alcoholic drinks?
Smoothies, milkshakes and juice aren't fake alcoholic drinks. Almost everything but soda comes from the bar in these places.

The_Homeless_Guy		2011-07-08 01:35:03 PM

Chalker1123: Balrog: The mom faked it. According to this article: Link (new window) "Police used a breath-analysis test on the kids to determine their blood alcohol level, but the readings were negative, police reported. Bruenning said her children successfully completed field sobriety tests."

Now if kids that age , particularly a one year old, had the slightest sip of alcohol, one would think they would blow a measurable BAC. And yet they were supposedly passing out at the fireworks show hours later. Right.

Alcohol doesn't metabolize instantly upon contact with the tongue, that's why a copy can't give you a breathalyzer until an hour (or so) after your last drink.

Huh that makes 0 sense. They can't do it because it will be artificially high due to alcohol in your mouth. You aren't measuring the metabolites as those will be present even without alcohol. The kid should have been even more likely to blow immediately after a drink.

The_Homeless_Guy		2011-07-08 01:42:51 PM

The_Homeless_Guy: Chalker1123: Balrog: The mom faked it. According to this article: Link (new window) "Police used a breath-analysis test on the kids to determine their blood alcohol level, but the readings were negative, police reported. Bruenning said her children successfully completed field sobriety tests."

Now if kids that age , particularly a one year old, had the slightest sip of alcohol, one would think they would blow a measurable BAC. And yet they were supposedly passing out at the fireworks show hours later. Right.

Alcohol doesn't metabolize instantly upon contact with the tongue, that's why a copy can't give you a breathalyzer until an hour (or so) after your last drink.

Huh that makes 0 sense. They can't do it because it will be artificially high due to alcohol in your mouth. You aren't measuring the metabolites as those will be present even without alcohol. The kid should have been even more likely to blow immediately after a drink.

Just to clarify breathalyzers work by oxidizing ethanol to acetic acid, same as the body. Not only would measuring acetic acid levels be more difficult, but it also tell u nothing as many things result in acetic acid. Again, all a too early back test will do is give an artificially high number as it will be measuring your mouths alcohol content and not your bloods. In this case the fact that the kids blew zero immediately after the drink is even stronger evidence for no alcohol.

zabadu		2011-07-08 01:43:54 PM

Balrog: The mom faked it. According to this article: Link (new window) "Police used a breath-analysis test on the kids to determine their blood alcohol level, but the readings were negative, police reported. Bruenning said her children successfully completed field sobriety tests."

Now if kids that age , particularly a one year old, had the slightest sip of alcohol, one would think they would blow a measurable BAC. And yet they were supposedly passing out at the fireworks show hours later. Right.

I too, wondered how easy it would be to pour tequila in the kids cups AFTER leaving the restaurant, then blame the restaurant...

medius		2011-07-08 01:45:17 PM

The_Homeless_Guy: The kid should have been even more likely to blow immediately after a drink.

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ErinPac		2011-07-08 01:45:54 PM

Hrist: To really understand if they farked up or not, we have to turn to their menu. Which do they serve, alcoholic, non-alcoholic, or both, in terms of smoothies? Do they regularly put alcoholic drinks in children's cups?

I'm assuming they serve both alcoholic and non-alcoholic smoothies, but you'd think that alcohol going into a kiddie cup would be a big red flag to the bartender. I think they about need to be fired or seriously reprimanded for that. It would be like someone asking to borrow your hunting rifle and then asking if you had anything smaller so that you could kill people with it.

The one here has 99 cent "Chilling Fruit Freezers" actually on the kid's menu ($2.49 without a kid's meal). You'd think that would be a regular enough kid's choice to not be confused, especially in not one (possibly for a waitress), but 3 kid's cups.

zabadu		2011-07-08 01:49:38 PM

Here's an idea: Don't let the bartender pour non-alcoholic drinks. No sodas, no smoothies...just booze.

czetie		2011-07-08 01:51:10 PM

smalltownmind: plus, I love the idea of the 2011 "Get America's Children Drunk at Chain Restaurants" tour. It should definitely be an annual event

Only if they name it "Future Farkers of America" and get Drew to sponsor.

Mandapants		2011-07-08 01:56:16 PM

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Does a child have to die from this before we finally realize that serving alcohol at family restaurants just might be a bad idea?

I think some families require alcohol just to be able to enjoy a dinner out with the kids.

/Octomom

medius		2011-07-08 01:59:37 PM

Mandapants: Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Does a child have to die from this before we finally realize that serving alcohol at family restaurants just might be a bad idea?

I think some families require alcohol just to be able to enjoy a dinner out with the kids.

I had to drink at that age to put up with my parents.

TheLads69		2011-07-08 02:43:10 PM

I am putting good money on the mom spiking the drinks herself.

blackheart666		2011-07-08 03:07:32 PM

boredofedu: Why would anyone want to eat at Chili's? I'd have to be drunk to eat that crappy food.

I kinda like Chili's. Mostly because its funny to ask the waitresses if they like to be tied up.