People Suck: Drunk UConn Student Goes on Foul Mac and Cheese Rant

University of Connecticut student Luke Gatti really wanted some bacon-jalapeño mac and cheese. The problem is the Union Street Market he’d stumbled into wasn’t serving any–and he was wasted.

But instead of acting like most drunk people I know and settling for anything remotely edible, an enraged Gatti opted to instead verbally assault the cafeteria’s manager. After being refused service for having an open container of alcohol, the 19-year-old is seen profanely accosting the cafeteria’s manager for the missing mac in a now viral nine minute clip that surfaced Monday.

Watch the full nine minute clip below.

After arguing with the staff and fellow students for several minutes, Gatti then attempts to physically assault the cafeteria manager, resulting in both the manager and a fellow cafeteria employee wrestling him to the ground. The police then quickly arrived, arresting the drunk teen before escorting him out of the building. Gatti is still currently enrolled at UConn, but has reportedly already moved off campus.

The drunk Bacon Mac and Cheese Bro has officially left the UConn campus http://t.co/uRdWaWA0WO pic.twitter.com/S2e6gu2xY0

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 7, 2015

But is this video funny or just sad? There have been a few different writers weighing in on the now-viral video. A writer from the Hartford Courant criticized the students standing around during the altercation saying,

A room full of able-bodied young adults are audience members; none of them steps up to help. They’re elbowing each other, taking pictures and smirking. I’m sure the incident didn’t make that great of a Snapchat.

To the contrary, I wouldn’t mind receiving that Snapchat. But to address this writer’s critique first lets point out that’s she isn’t exactly being truthful. I personally recount seeing at least three students attempt to calm down an escalating Gatti or lead him out of the cafeteria in the video. Secondly, what do you expect these students to do? The manager was attempting to handle the issue and the police had been called. If we’re going to blame anyone how about we blame the entitled underage drunk dude who thought being enrolled in college made it acceptable to assault university employees because he couldn’t get his mac and cheese fix.

But for Gatt’s sake I hope the mac and cheese really was so good that it was worth getting arrested over, because he can bet on this embarrassing video following him for life.

Editor’s Note: This story originally reported that Gatti had been expelled from UConn.The post has been updated to reflect that he is still enrolled at the University.

Alexis Evans

Alexis Evans is an Assistant Editor at Law Street and a Buckeye State native. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a minor in Business from Ohio University. Contact Alexis at aevans@LawStreetMedia.com.