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marmar

(80,081 posts)
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 11:47 AM Oct 2015

No, your apology is not accepted, you entitled little sociopathic prick





HARTFORD, Conn. — The food service worker on the receiving end of a obscenity-laced tirade by a former UConn student earlier this month that went viral penned a letter to the school's newspaper saying he does not accept the apology.

"I saw the video you posted on your YouTube channel. I am neither accepting nor rejecting an apology, because what you offered was not an apology. You sat on a comfy chair in a comfy den in a comfy home and spoke to a camera. Was I in that room? Have you reached out to me directly? A heartfelt apology is directed at a human being in their presence," David Robinson, the former manager of the Union Street Market seen on the receiving end of Luke Gatti's tirade over bacon-jalapeno macaroni and cheese, wrote in a letter to the Daily Campus dated Oct. 26.

In the initial video, Gatti can be seen berating Robinson for more than 9 minutes inside the student union on Oct. 4 before he makes physical contact with him and is taken to the ground and restrained by another worker at the market and Robinson.

The other food service worker involved, Bill McKay, a chef at the market, penned a letter to the student newspaper earlier this month forgiving Gatti but suggesting he join the military. ..................(more)

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victim-of-uconn-mac-and-cheese-tirade-says-he-does-not-accept-apology/ar-BBmvrd5?li=AAa0dzB&ocid=mailsignout


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No, your apology is not accepted, you entitled little sociopathic prick (Original Post) marmar Oct 2015 OP
Thanks for this - a video apology isn't a genuine apology. It needs to be made directly bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #1
Once, long ago, there were people called "parents" who taught children this nugget closeupready Oct 2015 #2
RESPECT Octafish Oct 2015 #3
Look at me! Look at me apologizing! Yay, me! Iggo Oct 2015 #4

bullwinkle428

(20,663 posts)
1. Thanks for this - a video apology isn't a genuine apology. It needs to be made directly
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 11:53 AM
Oct 2015

to the person that was wronged. A sad by-product of the "selfie nation" mentality.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
2. Once, long ago, there were people called "parents" who taught children this nugget
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 11:58 AM
Oct 2015

of wisdom. Sadly, they seem to have renounced their child-rearing responsibilities in favor of spoiling their children.

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