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Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by Aloha » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:37 AM UTC

et15 wrote: post #65

athenot wrote: post #14

One of the aspects of Waffle House that's always impressed me is their commitment to be open no matter what happens. This has prompted the informal Waffle House Index: the informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the effect of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. https://www.fema.gov/blog/2011-07-07/news-day-what-do-waffle...

Wouldn't this just mean that they are putting their employees lives in danger more than the average restaurant? It's got to be hard to choose between following a suggested evacuation and losing your job.

Not really no - employees are not fired if an evacuation is forced or if they can't get there because of a disaster.

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:49 AM UTC

moron4hire wrote: post #48

kyleblarson wrote: post #11

Waffle House has an incredibly interesting notation system so that their cooks know what to make, and any cook can go to a new WH and immediately start working: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickgray/378694469

Ah yes, the Magic Marker system. I haven't worked at Waffle House for... oh, 20 years. I still remember Magic Marker.

Apparently they've added to the Magic Marker system since then!

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:54 AM UTC

stefanmichael wrote: post #46

There's a waffle house location in Alamogordo new mexico that serves green sauce on the chicken fried steak and it's un fucking believable how good it is.

I didn't know I needed to try this until just now. Thanks for the tip!

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by js2 » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 1:57 AM UTC

iambateman wrote: post #78

My Waffle House story: My girlfriend and I had spent three rough months trying to figure out how to date each other. Nothing was working. We were awkward and poor communicators and just generally not a good fit. We were going to a coffee shop to break up but figured we would see too many people we knew. Break ups are emotional. So we escaped. To Waffle House. I don't remember what either of us ordered, probably hashb…

https://www.today.com/food/atlanta-couple-takes-tasteful-waf... ?

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by bitxbitxbitcoin » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

Jgrubb wrote: post #30

dmuth wrote: post #12

Sounds like Waffle House is to the South what Wawa is to the Philadelphia area. :-) I've only been in a Waffle House once, but did enjoy the food and the service--definitely on my list for the next time I'm down south.

Ok thank you. I'm originally from Avondale, the Atlanta suburb that is the birthplace of the Waffle House, but I moved up to NJ 15 years ago and have never understood what the deal is with people and Wawa. I think I get it now.

They're both places to get complete meals at hours that normal restaurants are closed, and the magic comes from the intersection of people with that need at each hour.

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by iambateman » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:19 AM UTC

js2 wrote: post #84

iambateman wrote: post #78

My Waffle House story: My girlfriend and I had spent three rough months trying to figure out how to date each other. Nothing was working. We were awkward and poor communicators and just generally not a good fit. We were going to a coffee shop to break up but figured we would see too many people we knew. Break ups are emotional. So we escaped. To Waffle House. I don't remember what either of us ordered, probably hashb…

https://www.today.com/food/atlanta-couple-takes-tasteful-waf... ?

hah nah. I haven't been back to Waffle House since ;)

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by OrgNet » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:34 AM UTC

js2 wrote: post #8

I love Waffle House but I can’t convince my wife, kids, cousins or anyone else in my family. They just don’t get it. But I don’t care, Anthony Bourdain got it: https://youtu.be/bct8stbZafI (As long as I live, I’ll think of him every time I see a Waffle House.)

wow, that is some weak looking coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bct8stbZafI&feature=youtu.be...

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by mindcrime » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:36 AM UTC

sudosteph wrote: post #67

I'm an NC native myself and always found waffle house more of a last-resort late night meal (hard to pick over bojangles, cookout, zaxbys or showmars for day-time fast and cheap eats), but still glad to see it provided so many folks with positive memories. Still, strange to read all the romanticising over it. Sure it's diverse, but that's just living in the south for you. One of my mom's friends was a waffle house co…

Fellow NC native here, and my take on Waffle House is similar. The main appeal is that they're open pretty much all the time, which is nice at 3:00 in the morning when the bars are closed and you're looking for something to do other than go home. Pile in the car and head to Waffle House to eat and talk shit until everybody is too tired to do anything else. Good times.

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by JustSomeNobody » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:45 AM UTC

Aloha wrote: post #81

et15 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't this just mean that they are putting their employees lives in danger more than the average restaurant? It's got to be hard to choose between following a suggested evacuation and losing your job.

Not really no - employees are not fired if an evacuation is forced or if they can't get there because of a disaster.

As a Floridian, I have to say it sucks sitting in the humidity for a week with no power so I’m sure most of their workers are happy go in and help get people a meal.

Re: Waffle House Vistas

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Post by aj7 » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:47 AM UTC

In 1987, I was staying in Albuquerque, NM learning how to run an optics factory to be established in CA. I was very thrifty, my Motel was $6 a night. I ate in the nearby Waffle House on Central Ave. Once.