# 2-year old sips alcohol, mom calls cops and paramedics; blames restaurant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245 "2010-05-04T03:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/1 "2010-05-04T03:35:46Z")
[2-year-old mistakenly sips white Russian at Boston eatery](http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1251906) and mother proceeds to flip right the fuck out. > [@](#): > > “It’s white and he thought it was milk. He took one sip and started gagging,” said 2-year-old Jadm’s outraged mother, Jessica Smith, 22, who immediately called police from her table at the Rainbow Dragon restaurant on West Broadway. > > “I was so scared,” she told the Herald. “I grabbed it out of his hand. Jeez. Try to get dinner and it’s a crime scene.” Oh my god, so much stupid. It gets worse. > [@](#): > > Paramedics responded to the eatery and determined Jadm was fine They insist that it’s the restaurant’s fault despite admitting that they were distracted, and say they will never go back there (I’m sure the restaurant is very glad for that!) And yes, the kid’s name is Jadm. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/2 "2010-05-04T03:40:18Z")
The restaurant is obviously to blame, since they served what the patrons ordered. That’s very irresponsible. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/3 "2010-05-04T03:46:00Z")
The mom says, “Sorry’s not going to cover it.” That’s code for “Give me some money.” ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/4 "2010-05-04T03:48:25Z")
Yeah that’s pretty much the consensus in the comments, too: setup for a lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/5 "2010-05-04T03:52:35Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > And yes, the kid’s name is Jadm. Well, it was either that or Jizm. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/6 "2010-05-04T03:54:32Z")
Won’t someone think of the _children_! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/7 "2010-05-04T03:55:20Z")
So the mother was 19 when she got pregnant by a 32 year old, and then names the baby Jadm. And now mommy is trying to set up a bogus lawsuit. Yeah, that kid’s got a good future ahead of him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/8 "2010-05-04T03:57:08Z")
Maybe she thought her new baby was da bomb, but she [misspelled it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Direct_Attack_Munition)? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/9 "2010-05-04T03:57:12Z")
If they accidentally served it to the kid, OK, that would be bad, but they didn’t! The kid accidentally reached for a wrong glass as is what a kid (or even an adult) might do. No one gets hurt ultimately. This is even a news story? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/10 "2010-05-04T04:04:11Z")
**sigh** yet another kid that’s going to have to pull himself up by his bootstraps. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/11 "2010-05-04T04:24:50Z")
This country has a weird, weird relationship with alcohol. I mean, obviously this woman is crazy, but how does even a crazy person get the idea to do this stunt? How does she imagine that anybody will think it is normal to freak out because the kid takes a sip of a drink? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/12 "2010-05-04T04:27:52Z")
Whilst babysitting her cranky teething infant grandson, my mom once dunked a soother into her white russian and corked it into the baby’s mouth. Nom nom nom! He’s 26 years old now, and his favorite movie is _The Big Lebowski_. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/13 "2010-05-04T04:30:14Z")
Rum on the gums is a time honored teething solution. This lady is just stupid and batshit crazy (and probably hoping for a lawsuit). ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/14 "2010-05-04T04:39:38Z")
If the unanimity of the comments is any indication, jadmmama better not insist on a jury civil trial without thoroughly researching the concept of ‘order for costs’, because she’d be lucky to leave the courthouse owning the underpants she wore in 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/15 "2010-05-04T05:08:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The restaurant is obviously to blame, since they served what the patrons ordered. That’s very irresponsible. Your better restaurants make it their business to mix up your orders properly. Yeah, this is beyond stupid. What are the paramedics going to do for a toddler having a sip of alcohol? Give the mother a tranquilizer? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/16 "2010-05-04T05:16:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > What are the paramedics going to do for a toddler having a sip of alcohol? Give the mother a tranquilizer? Probably all they can do… seeing as how ambulances aren’t equipped for in-the-field tubal ligations. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/17 "2010-05-04T05:31:14Z")
Unfortunately, it’s not hard to imagine how in some states or counties, child protective services would be called in and the mother’s household investigated after this instance of child endangerment. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/18 "2010-05-04T08:48:04Z")
The dude does not abide in that family. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/19 "2010-05-04T09:57:40Z")
Locally, such people are refered to as “trailer trash”. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/20 "2010-05-04T10:13:47Z")
I actually couldn’t finish reading the article once I got to this misspelling: “thought he’d hit the motherload”. That actually made my teeth hurt. What ever happened to proofreading? To get back on topic. Kids in the middle ages drank mostly weak beer (becaúse the water was too filthy) and managed to survive. And my grandpa sometimes let me have a nip of his Schnaps when I was a toddler. One sip of a White Russian isn’t even gonna make the kid tipsy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245.md?page=2)