I once had gone to an Applebee's near my house, and I ordered pizza. I didn't realized until I first looked at it that it had grey hairs all over it! No, it wasn't ALL over, but it was a large amount of hair. It turns out that it was in all of the food that we ordered, so we had to call out the manager. Then we left, because I said it was scummy. x)
So, i'm not all that suprise that this would happen to Applebee's... sad, I know. I just hope the kid will be okay.
It's a conspiracy theory! Alcohol will make the child say hi/bye to everyone, making the resteraunt seem nicer, meaning more tips for the waitor so he can buy more kids alcohol. /sarcasm