# Drunk (former) UConn student Luke Gatti just wanted mac & cheese **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997 "2015-10-09T04:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/21 "2015-10-09T14:51:17Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > He has a record of douchitude. First he was [arrested for being belligerent and yelling a racial slur at a (apparently white) police officer](http://onlyintherepublicofamherst.blogspot.com/2014/09/what-not-to-call-police-officer.html). > > Not two weeks later and on the same street, [he was arrested again](http://onlyintherepublicofamherst.blogspot.com/2014/09/repeat-party-offender.html). Looks like only garden-variety douchiness now. > > Future employers will love Google for how easy it make their hiring decision. > > Pic of his dad in my second link, looking like he wants to be anywhere else. “did recklessly create a risk of public annoyance and alarm by engaging in tumultuous behavior that may create a publically offensive condition.” that is the _whitest_ sentence I’ve seen lately. > [@Tangent](#): > > Drunk assholes are usually still assholes when they sober up, IME. Maybe they shouldn’t be ignored. Maybe calling attention to this is a good thing. “In vino, veritas,” and all that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/22 "2015-10-09T15:54:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > This is more than 36 hours old now; I can’t believe there isn’t a thread on the Dope already. > > [Video here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFHjVXYP5s). (NSFW) > > Synopsis: drunk 19 year old behaves like an ass, demands bacon jalapeño mac & cheese, assaults the manager of the cafeteria/restaurant and is eventually taken down hard and then arrested. > > The co-worker of the manager who did the take down showed remarkable restraint; kudos to him. > > BIG kudos to the manager for remaining professional despite the abuse he was taking. > > And a final thanks to the cop for nothing gentle with this asshat. > > Congratulations, Luke Gatti! You’re not just internet famous; you’re internet _in_famous! Three things about that link: 1. It’s being sponsored by AMAZON??? Weird. 2. Why is Youtube allowed to turn up the speaker volume on my tablet? That’s bullshit. 3. WHEN are people with vidcams in their phones gonna get on the fucking ball and STOP recording things in portrait orientation? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/23 "2015-10-09T16:11:44Z")
See, this is when abusive cops would come in handy. A hearty whack to the knee caps with a police baton would have made for some good schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/24 "2015-10-09T16:18:20Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > The guy is clearly a bit of a dick. On the other hand, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable at the fact that he has been hung drawn and quartered by the internet for this crime. This guy can’t serve his time and then try to make something of himself, people are actually delighted at the fact that for the rest of his life his career prospects have been torpedoed because he got drunk and caused a scene in a restaurant. It’s a shame that there might be consequences for moronic public assholery. I kind of doubt anyone is living in a cardboard box because of something stupid they did that was memorialized in a YouTube video. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/25 "2015-10-09T16:26:04Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Taken down hard? Not even. > > This is getting taken down hard. > > (1 min. YouTube with bad language and Bruce Lee like takedown) Is that supposed to be real? Look, I’m not the guy who shouts “fake” at everything, but it really has that viral-video-trying-too-hard-to-not-look-professional vibe to it. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/26 "2015-10-09T16:26:45Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > The guy is clearly a bit of a dick. On the other hand, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable at the fact that he has been hung drawn and quartered by the internet for this crime. This guy can’t serve his time and then try to make something of himself, people are actually delighted at the fact that for the rest of his life his career prospects have been torpedoed because he got drunk and caused a scene in a restaurant. Kid has been arrested three times in two years, and kicked out of two colleges for his actions. This isn’t a little dickishness, it’s Criminal Entitlement, and he clearly has learned exactly ZERO lessons from his previous run-ins with authority. I’m sure if we were able to look further back, we’d see a long history of this behavior. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/27 "2015-10-09T16:42:41Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I kind of doubt anyone is living in a cardboard box because of something stupid they did that was memorialized in a YouTube video. [This guy](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2012/10/02/ala-man-pleads-guilty-in-bcs-obscene-video-case/1608529/) lived in jail for two years because of drunken assholery immortalized on YouTube. [Video here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337SEmLIZx8) (NSFW obviously; the sex assault part comes around 3:30). Not sure if he’s in a cardboard box now, but I’m guessing his job prospects are limited. (To be clear, I have no argument with his sentence. It was sexual assault, even if intended as only a joke. The parallel to the Mac & Cheese guy is disregard for consequences, not the result.) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/28 "2015-10-09T17:30:15Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > See, this is when abusive cops would come in handy. A hearty whack to the knee caps with a police baton would have made for some good schadenfreude. yeah. most of us receive a good solid smack in the face (either figurative or literal) at least once in our lives to give us a sense of perspective. Sounds like young Mr. Gatti is way, _way_ overdue for a good swift punch in the face. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/29 "2015-10-09T17:39:53Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Kid has been arrested three times in two years, and kicked out of two colleges for his actions. This isn’t a little dickishness, it’s Criminal Entitlement, and he clearly has learned exactly ZERO lessons from his previous run-ins with authority. I’m sure if we were able to look further back, we’d see a long history of this behavior. I’m gonna go look for the thread on Reddit where a couple of his classmates\* tell fun stories about how this clown behaved during orientation. \*Yes I know this is the internet. But enough people corroborated the story that I think the likelihood of being true is high. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/30 "2015-10-09T18:13:13Z")
People are harsh. Isn’t it obvious this kid is inflicted with crippling case of affluenza? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/31 "2015-10-09T18:33:15Z")
How about 2 of the dozens of male students standing around walk the guy outside. Especially after he shoved the manager. And the kid becomes an aggressive asshole after drinking? I’m fine with his future prospects taking a dive. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/32 "2015-10-09T18:39:07Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > People are harsh. Isn’t it obvious this kid is inflicted with crippling case of affluenza? Perhaps some Penal Housing-based Socialization Training is in order. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/33 "2015-10-09T18:42:07Z")
Sometimes you just need some mac and cheese ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/34 "2015-10-09T18:49:16Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Sometimes you just need some mac and cheese It’s like the douche bag version of Five Easy Pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/35 "2015-10-09T19:03:09Z")
Supposedly, [he was not expelled](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/no_uconn_mac_and_cheese_fan_lu.html) although the university spokesperson wouldn’t say anything more due to federal privacy laws. And I’m kind of pleased that he’s from Long Island and not Connecticut. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/36 "2015-10-09T19:14:47Z")
I didn’t want to listen to the whole thing - why wouldn’t they give him the mac n cheese in the first place? Because he was drunk? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/37 "2015-10-09T19:15:20Z")
They were out of it. So was he. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/38 "2015-10-09T19:15:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > This is more than 36 hours old now; I can’t believe there isn’t a thread on the Dope already. I mentioned it in the [Weird experiences in restaurants thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18748669&postcount=328) a few days ago. Just a heads-up, **nearwildheaven** will be here shortly to roll her eyes at how [uninterested](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18756639&postcount=390) she is. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/39 "2015-10-09T19:18:09Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Supposedly, [he was not expelled](http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/no_uconn_mac_and_cheese_fan_lu.html) although the university spokesperson wouldn’t say anything more due to federal privacy laws. Well, he will be soon, or tah internets will take out its rage on UConn. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997/40 "2015-10-09T19:27:29Z")
In a few weeks, everyone will be distracted by UConn basketball and forget about this drunk loser. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-former-uconn-student-luke-gatti-just-wanted-mac-cheese/733997.md?page=3)