School Children Mistakenly Served Tequila And Margarita Mix At Lunch

[matcom]

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It was not the sort of letter a school delights in sending home to its families.

"Dear Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Parents:

"It is with great regret that I tell you that your child may have been exposed to alcohol today at lunch," said the missive signed by Alexander Harvey IV, head of the private Alexandria Country Day School.

It was tequila and margarita mix, to be precise, left in the refrigerator in a pitcher and mistaken for limeade by kitchen staff, who poured it into small cups and served it to children as a lunch treat, he wrote.

Some youngsters didn't like the smell and declined; others took a sip and declared it "gross," according to parents and Harvey.

An administrator who realized something was wrong started investigating, Harvey said, and quickly discovered that the limeade was really liquor -- although it is unclear why the kitchen staff didn't notice. It had been left over, he said, from a party two days earlier at the school for the staff, faculty and Board of Trustees

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58074-2004Sep28.html

[Lavender Brown]

1. OMG

How do you confuse tequila with limeade?

[northzax]

3. you have obviously never had

school cafeteria limeade.

[mairceridwen]

2. why didn't this happen

when I was in school? :toast:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. This reminded me of my sister

years ago, who found a pitcher of "lemonade" in the refrigerator, when my brother and I were supposed to be watching her. It was a pitcher of daiquiri; but that didn't dawn on us until she'd had several sips.

[HEyHEY]

5. hehehehehehehe

:evilgrin: