1 tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila, floor. 45 tequila...well, let's just say the fun stops sometime before then

The bartender was actually taking shots of WATER and let this kid douse 45 shots of tequila. Just wrong.

The chaps over at BBC News had this to say about it:
The barman is charged with having "fatally injured" the boy in his bar in February 2007. The barman has admitted responsibility, German media report.

The 28-year-old barman, identified only as Aytac G, allegedly had a drinking bet with the schoolboy, but poured mostly water for himself.

The boy fell into a coma with alcohol poisoning, and died four weeks later.

The case triggered outrage in Germany and a heated debate about binge drinking by teenagers.

Two men aged 18 and 21, who encouraged the 16-year-old to down the tequilas, were sentenced in November to complete a compulsory social training course.

Prosecutors accuse the barman of having also served alcohol illegally to youths on 173 occasions in 2005-2007.