Unaccompanied minor told to drink coffee by Northwest Airlines employee - gets sick

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First of all, I don't believe this happened quite as it was reported. I believe the employee likely told the kid to go get a drink . The employee likely said something like "See Starbucks over there?....You can buy a drink there. Without more instruction the kid likely thought the employee wanted her to buy coffee and did. Once the kid returned with the coffee, the employee realized the choice the kid had made, but also knew coffee wasn't going to kill an 8 year old, so she said nothing more. That's what sounds sensible to me. I strongly doubt the kid said "I'm tired, and the employee said, go get some coffee." Even if I'm wrong and it happened just as the kid reported, it's no big deal....Coffee isn't illegal for kids to drink and has less caffeine in it than some soft drinks.

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