OT:Drunk kid wants his Mac and cheese at the Union

[BUConn10]

So this video has officially gone viral. In 24 hours this kid has gotten UConn more press and discussion than our loaded bball team has throughout this offseason.

 

[August_West]

I know who you are and I have photos of you I'm ready to upload to the internet. I can be bought off with one of these mac and cheese things, only it has to be maugasmic. You know 'n mac and cheese. Jalopenos are optional.

jalapenos are NEVER optional. unless, of course, you are wearing a skirt.

 

[August_West]

how epic would it have been if it was Purvis instead of the cook with the full nelson take down. We couldve already started polishing trophy #5

 

[superjohn]

and we have now officially achieved liftoff:

Comment on YT

Hi, I'm a producer with NBC Connecticut. We'd like to report on this story. Can NBC Universal have permission to use the video in all its television and online platforms? We can put a credit/courtesy on the video if you have one you'd like.

Of course it's going to be on the CT. news, it's a viral sensation of a kid acting ridiculous and getting arrested at the state University. The video has everything from young punk acting better than a man who helps serve him food all the way to young punk spitting in said mans face while handcuffed. Pretty sure when you are arrested you lose the right to not have your arrest shown, that's why we see arrests on the news all the time.

 

[80shusky]

I see adults like this pretty much every day. I am in a construction related field and travel a lot. I live in Fairfield County and commute often to Manhattan, Westchester and Long Island. Yes, he clearly has a drinking problem. However, he is also an entitled brat. I see them every day. They don't care about anybody but themselves. They drive like idiots. They don't get up on the subway and offer their seat to pregnant women. They throw trash out of the windows of their BMWs. They whine if they have to wait for anything for more than 15 seconds. They don't like when anyone says no the them and they lash out like the entitled brats that they are. That is him and he is them.

 

[BUConn10]

In regards to all the "kid deserves a second chance" discussion, this kid was given SEVERAL second chances during the 9 minute video. The manager was being super cool relative to the situation and gave him ample opportunities to simply walk away with no consequence but this a**hat decided to keep escalating the situation when he saw he was on camera and people were watching. Would you want you or your children to have to share a campus community with the likes of people like this? People who have no regard for others based on his blatant disregard for the manager's job or value as a being. Someone who clearly shows zero respect to laws or the police?

 

[August_West]

I guess even two years after Bazz there are still "hungry huskies"

 

[Stainmaster]

how epic would it have been if it was Purvis instead of the cook with the full nelson take down. We couldve already started polishing trophy #5

No, Emmert would shut down all of our athletic programs as punishment.

 

[ctchamps]

In regards to all the "kid deserves a second chance" discussion, this kid was given SEVERAL second chances during the 9 minute video. The manager was being super cool relative to the situation and gave him ample opportunities to simply walk away with no consequence but this a**hat decided to keep escalating the situation when he saw he was on camera and people were watching. Would you want you or your children to have to share a campus community with the likes of people like this? People who have no regard for others based on his blatant disregard for the manager's job or value as a being. Someone who clearly shows zero respect to laws or the police?

I have not seen one person who has advocated the kid deserves a second chance". Did I miss someone?

 

[BUConn10]

I have not seen one person who has advocated the kid deserves a second chance". Did I miss someone?

Superjohn and Tcf were discussing it above my post.

 

[ctchamps]

Superjohn and Tcf were discussing it above my post.

Thought the tcf post was what you were referencing. I don't get the impression tcf was advocating a second chance. Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

 

[uconnever]

The kid needed someone to tell him "no."

And not just about alcohol.

Unless/until that happens, nothing is likely to change.

This is exactly my thoughts. I tell my 7 year old son no to things just to get him ready. In reality the answer may be yes, but I do it because he's starting to jump up and down and scream when he hears no, so I would be in jail for murder if he turned out anything like this kid.

 

[tcf15]

Superjohn and Tcf were discussing it above my post.

Not saying he deserves a second chance. Saying he needs help more than anything else, and that it's a shame that alcohol, which was the original problem at UMass, got him in trouble again at UConn.

 

[ctchamps]

Not saying he deserves a second chance. Saying he needs help more than anything else, and that it's a shame that alcohol, which was the original problem at UMass, got him in trouble again at UConn.

I sent you a pm!

 

[August_West]

Wait till he gets a hold of the Lobster mac & Cheese in Kingston.

That's the obvious next stop. And when he gets tossed from there he can try the heady maple infused Mac and cheese up in Burlington.
Plus he wouldn't get full nelsoned up there they would just hug him until he had a break through.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Not saying he deserves a second chance. Saying he needs help more than anything else, and that it's a shame that alcohol, which was the original problem at UMass, got him in trouble again at UConn.

Alcohol may be the problem, but it's entirely possible that he's just a jerk who also drinks too much. If I had to guess, the bigger problem for him is probably his parents, who appear to enable his terrible behavior.

 

[BUConn10]

Thought the tcf post was what you were referencing. I don't get the impression tcf was advocating a second chance. Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

You are the hero this board needs fleud

 

[ctchamps]

You are the hero this board needs fleud

Sarcasm or sincerity?

 

[Kitaman]

Sarcasm or sincerity?

I think its better if you choose.

 

[Kitaman]

Sarcasm or sincerity?

I think its better if you choose.

 

[Pudge]

I think this kid is "garden variety" 19 year old drunk. Maybe beyond what most of us ever experience. I have seen this kind of crap.

But, what's different (that I would tell an audience of college age kids) is the presence of a phone taking video. ALL of this is instantly there to bring you to ever worse endings.

 

[ctchamps]

I think this kid is "garden variety" 19 year old drunk. Maybe beyond what most of us ever experience. I have seen this kind of crap.

But, what's different (that I would tell an audience of college age kids) is the presence of a phone taking video. ALL of this is instantly there to bring you to ever worse endings.

I don't think he's garden variety at all.

 

[ctchamps]

I think its better if you choose.

I have no preference. Just want clarity.

 

[mlz01]

Not saying he deserves a second chance. Saying he needs help more than anything else, and that it's a shame that alcohol, which was the original problem at UMass, got him in trouble again at UConn.

I agree with you. His behavior was beyond cruel, embarassing and unacceptable. But, given this and past behavior this kid needs help. There is something underlying here that drives this kind of behavior and gives someone the ability to treat another person this way. Alcohol greatly influenced the situation but something tells me he treats people poorly when sober. Let the University discipline how they will, but I really hope someone gives this kid a chance and helps him turn things around. We are all scumbags in our own way. Grace and forgiveness goes a long way and can help him get back on the right path of human decency and respect.

Anyone on the board know him? It's tough to say, but I root for a kid like this to turn things around, where one day he can shake that Managers hand and sincerely apologize for his behavior, while thanking him for showing great patience and grace in the situation.