A Massive 40+ Person Brawl Broke Out At Golden Corral Because The Buffet Allegedly Ran Out Of Steak

I see these Royal Rumbles break out seemingly daily in restaurants, airports, or pretty much any place where a bunch of people congregate and figure it's all just a sign that we are another step closer to mankind's destruction by its own hand. 

HOWEVAH, after seeing what allegedly cause the chaos, maybe you can't put this one on humanity's unwinding one viral video at a time.

Fox 19- More than 40 people may have been involved in a brawl at a Golden Corral in Pennsylvania, police say. The fight allegedly broke out after a customer became enraged when the buffet ran out of steak.

Police confirm the brawl may have involved more than 40 people and happened following an argument among some customers. They did not say what caused the argument, as that is still under investigation.

But former employee Dylan Becker says he heard from his friend, a current employee at the Golden Corral location, that the fight started over steak. “There was two parties in line waiting for steak. Somebody had cut in front and then started being picky and finicky about the steaks and taking too long, and then, somebody else spoke up and said something I guess the other party didn’t like. Then, it just looks like it turned into an all-out brawl,” Becker said. Another friend, Gaven Lauletta, heard the same details, adding that the restaurant allegedly ran out of steak, sparking the incident.

I mean if you are a Golden Corral or any buffet worth your comically high salt content, you cannot run out of steak, shrimp, or any meat that could be considered premium for an all you can eat meal that costs less than 20 bucks. There is an unwritten rule between buffets and customers that simply cannot be broken. The buffets are going to promote the hell out of all the unlimited higher end proteins they can to get us in the door while lowkey trying to pump as many cheap carbs and bubbly beverages into our stomachs as they can to fill us up. In return, the paying customer won't pull absurd moves like taking a whole tray of the most expensive stuff under the sneeze guard directly to our table.

However, once one side breaks those rules, chaos can and almost definitely will ensue. 

Speaking of said chaos, I don't know if I am more amazed, proud, or horrified as a parent to see the high chair become the weapon of choice during an all out showdown at the Golden Corral. I've always appreciated those plastic high chairs for being extra sturdy during a time of my life that was anything but considering the lack of sleep and time I had. 

But to see these high chairs wielded like the fast casual version of the AK-47 as a weapon that is strong, efficient, AND reliable made this old dad well up with pride. Your typical wooden chair may pack a punch as well as some theatrics if it shatters on someone's head. But the high chair can take out at least a dozen complete strangers during your hangry rampage before showing the slightest signs of wear. Now I'm starting to wonder if I ever sat my little ones down in a high chair that still had skull fragments in it from a fight earlier in the week. I guess we'll never know! But Kate's awesome merch line now has a new meaning to me.

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Also I had to shout out my fellow unit in the pink for trying to calm everyone down using the tried and true big man strategy of yelling with one hand out then hoping everyone listens to the largest person in the room. 

That's a man that was clearly hoping cooler heads would prevail so everyone could go back to eating all the hot food they could fit in their bodies even though it would require walking through a dining room that looked like a warzone. An A for effort no doubt, but when the masses are upset about the lack of unlimited meat, even the most jolly big man on the planet cannot quench their thirst for blood by asking for peace.