A 12-year-old boy was accidentally served an alcoholic beverage at an Outback Steakhouse in Michigan this month.
In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, an Outback Steakhouse spokesperson said they take the situation “very seriously and are thankful that the child involved was not seriously harmed.”
Mekyle Cureton told Fox affiliate WJBK that he typically orders a virgin strawberry daiquiri at a Livonia location but said that this drink “didn’t taste normal” and that his “heart started beating as I was drinking it.”
Since his family doesn’t drink, they said they weren’t able to tell if the drink had alcohol in it, so they flagged down their server, and a bartender confirmed the mistake.
While the restaurant apologized and comped the meal, the boy ended up in the hospital. He was diagnosed with accidental exposure to alcohol and accidental ingestion, according to the report.
He was given Tylenol and told to rest, per the outlet. The next day, he had his first hangover.
“We have taken the appropriate disciplinary action, and all our bartenders and staff have been retrained to ensure this does not happen again,” the company’s spokesperson told PEOPLE.
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Sounds like an scam to me to get a free meal. Taken to the hospital for one daiquiri?
I guess the new generations are wimpy
I asked for a virgin margarita at a restaurant because I haven’t had alcohol in a long time and if it hadn’t been for my friend, I would have been served the alcohol version of it. It is not a scam. If you don’t drink, it can affect you seriously and cause you to have to go to the hospital.
As a child (probably 10 probably about 100 pounds) I was curious about alcohol and drank a glass of whiskey in a family house party. I was blitzed, but it did not had a serious hangover or needed to go to the hospital. My parent did noticed my changed behavior and laughed about it since I found scotch to taste disgusting….but I guess those were different days when your parents encouraged you to experience stuff while keeping an eye to make sure the child did not kill himself.
In Spain it is not a big deal for older children to partake in wine during meals, I routinely bought wine there when I lived there and was 15 years old and nobody raised an eyebrow
Restaurant drinks are quite weak and I find the holahoops about this story as a sign of the times.
A virgin margarita? why not just order a frozen lemonade and it probably be far less expensive and unlikely to lead to a mistake. ….But I understand if somebody is fighting to remain sober dealing with overcoming addiction, that kind of mistake can be a serious setback to that person.
Good Luck to you !!!
I never was an alcoholic. The men I lived with were. I had some drinks to keep from having to drive home because they knew that once I had one drink, I would NOT drive. You have a very cryptic attitude towards people who do not drink who are accidentally served the wrong drink or people who used to drink a little who quit.
Although the conduct was inexcusable, I don’t believe there was an intent to kill the child therefore the crime was manslaughter not murder.