TIFU by serving a child a spiked sundae

I was serving a table, and it was their son’s 7th birthday. The parents asked if I could bring out a sundae with lots of cherries. Though this wasn’t a usual menu item, I knew we had cocktails that were served with cherries, so I smiled and said I’d be happy to.

We did not have a bartender that day, so I went behind the bar myself, and made sure to put extra cherries for the birthday boy. I did notice the cherries were different than I’d expected— instead of a glass jar, it was a very nice looking tin, and instead of the usual super bright red 40, the cherries were a more dark velvet color. Didn’t think much of it.

When they left, I noticed the boy barely ate any of the sundae they had specifically asked for. Again, I didn’t really think much of it. That is, until days later, when I casually told the bartender the story. He lost his mind laughing, and informed me that the cherries were soaked in liquor and super expensive.

TL;DR: I served a kid a sundae with liquor-soaked cherries, thinking they were just normal cherries.