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Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee’s. The explanation came when she opened the lidof the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.

The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.

“I wasn’t going to make a big deal about it,” the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, “but then he got sick.”

The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy’s drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee’s in the San Francisco Bay area.

The Mayorgas will be reimbursed for their medical bills, and Tei said the franchise group’s restaurants will no longer serve apple juice and margaritas in similar containers.

“We absolutely believe it was an honest mistake,” Tei said.

The serving appeared to have been accidental, Antioch police Lt. Pat Welch said. Mayorga said her son is now doing fine.

She said the company has been very apologetic and offered free meals, but she added, “If they think I’m going back there, they’re ridiculous.”

I smell a $50 million lawsuit wafting in from the kitchen. I hope they serve it with one of Tyler Florences delightful summer salads!

Woman buys over $1K in tainted pet food - Yahoo! News:

BEAUFORT, S.C. - A woman said she was so worried about reports of tainted pet food she spent more than $1,000 buying all the product she could find at her local Wal-Mart. Margaret Trask said she filled a shopping cart full of canned pet food made by Canadian company Menu Foods at the Beaufort Wal-Mart after hearing about the recall Friday.

She returned Wednesday morning to buy more food and came back that night to buy even more, but Trask said store officials asked her to leave. She said store employees were taking some of the food off the shelves.

Trask plans to throw the food away so no animals eat it. She figures she spent more than $1,000.

Some of the 60 million cans and pouches of food have been blamed for kidney failure in scores of animals and killed at least 16 pets.

Not all the food Trask bought was included in the recall.

Trask also took out classified ads in at least two local newspapers, listing all of the recall pet food brands.

“A lot of people don’t know about the recall,” Trask said. “I don’t know what else to do.”

From the Consumerist…

Too funny. The code is broken…

Supporting a opinion formed early in life that restaurant employees were some sort of special breed of genius, here is the Waffle House condiment code cheat sheet. Yes, your order is communicated via a code based on the arrangement of little packets of condiments on an empty plate. Everyone who has ever worked at a Waffle House is smarter than us. —MEGHANN MARCO

Am I too predictable or what?

Christmas is wrapping up, and after counting up the loot, I ended up with over $220 in Starbucks gift cards (and a damn nice SB mug from AC). Holy machiatto, Batman!

Thanks to my friends and family who are feeding my never ending addiction to caffeine. When my heart explodes, it will all be on your heads.
;)

I also got a few Polo shirts and a couple pairs of jeans to accommodate my increasingly expanding fat ass. There was a time when my ass was my best asset…now it’s my biggest. Sigh.

Coming soon though, January 1st, I begin in earnest to get back to my fighting weight. I’m at a Marlon Brando’ish 215 pounds right now, and I need to be about 170. I’d settle for 180 though…let’s see how that goes. I think I might post weekly updates, just to make my public shame work for me as an incentive.

Anywho…if you’re reading this, merry Christmas, and I hope you have a great, healthy, happy 2007.

Peace and love,
Scott