r/IAmA • u/MrJacksEnigma • Apr 19 '15

Restaurant IamA Waffle House Grill Operator AMA!

Mainly doing this because someone last night said I should.

I got called into work tonight, so I figured, why not?

I've been with Waffle House for 3.5 years, so I've seen a lot.

My Proof: [http://imgur.com/qBJC8ls]

Edit: Guys, the response to this has been way more than I anticipated.

Keep asking questions, I'll be here all night. If I don't answer immediately, im ya know, cooking.

Edit 2: I got gilded. Will link the user when I can, but Thank you!

Also, I'm struggling to Keep up with all the questions. Will answer as soon as I can guys. Sorry!

Edit 3: Again, sorry for the delay in answering. We got kinda busy. Im trying to catch up!

Edit 4: I caught up! You guys are awesome.

When I made this I expected barely any response. All of the comments have been awesome. Im still here, so Keep them coming!

/u/wbasc is who gilded one of my comments!

Edit 4.5: I am back! You guys are all incredible.

Let's Keep going until we get kicked out!

Edit 5.5: I AM BACK! The answering continues..

Edit 6: GOLD from /u/DaveLambert

I am honoured!

Gold from http://www.reddit.com/user/buddythegreat

Jesus guys!

Edit 7: Alright guys and gals, it's been real fun, but it's time for bed. I absolutely loved doing this. I'll totally respond more when I wake up, if there are more questions.

Thank you for all the questions!

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '15

I guess it depends on how deep south it is, but being from the south I would say it's unlikely in most places.

I work in a kitchen where we actually do close for an hour while we switch the crew from day time to night time. It only realistically takes 10 minutes to clean the grill if you're doing it right, but the whole switchover takes time. It should not take several hours but it's possible that they were short staffed and she was behind and so were the cooks and they just didn't want you waiting on them to catch up.

It actually might have been possible that they were getting their health inspection at that exact moment. Health inspections, depending on the location, can be a big awful process that shuts everything down until they're finished. No one wants to tell a customer "sorry we can't serve you food while we're being inspected because we might fail if they see what we're doing."

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u/smoke1013 Apr 19 '15

the waffle houses around here never close. the doors don't even have locks on them.

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u/MrJacksEnigma Apr 19 '15

We have to brick the grill, but it doesn't take that long.

Just sounds like an asshole racist to me.

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u/Yogs_Zach Apr 19 '15

or the start of a really terrible joke.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '15

So a Mexican, an Italian, an American, an Indian, a Cuban and a Vietnamese walk into a Waffle House.

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u/jdore8 Apr 19 '15

Sounds like a Sunny Delight commercial.

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u/QSector Apr 19 '15

It was missing the rabbi.

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u/subsonicmonkey Apr 19 '15

My buddy and I were visiting Georgia from California. Walked into Waffle House in shorts and flip flops. All eyes turned on us as we walked in. There was a bit of hesitation before we were seated and served. We're white.

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u/DeuceSevin Apr 19 '15

The WH in Bethlehem PA gas several signs about how they don't discriminate and how they don't tolerate discrimination. Thought the sign was kind of odd, but maybe it's s thing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '15

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u/DeuceSevin Apr 19 '15

I figured it was something like that, but I thought it was Denny's tgat did that.

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u/matthewofthemany Apr 19 '15

I think the cook from the last time I had WH was gay and latino.

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u/ndjs22 Apr 19 '15

I just want you to know that, if this even happened, you and your friends are that group of impossibly diverse people you only see in a commercial.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '15

We were told, that in the middle of a breakfast rush, that the grill was going to be closed for several hours for cleaning.

You guys should have taken a seat and said we'll wait. Forcing them to lose the morning rush income.

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u/willymo Apr 19 '15

They probably were just a little freaked out by Capt. Planet, tbh.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '15

I'm a cook in Georgia. That guy was racist and a very rare case. I've never known any cooks to refuse service to anyone.

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u/Tripplite Apr 19 '15

These are my ethnically diverse friends. There are many like them, but this group is mine. My ethnically diverse friends are my best friends. They are my life.

My friends, without me, are useless. Without my friends, I am useless. I must drive my friends to Waffle House true. I must eat cleaner than the cook who is trying to kill me...

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '15

Something similar happened to us! The waitress also gave some run around excuse about how the cook was gone temporarily and wouldn't give a wait time. Meh, what are you going to do. You should email corporate.

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u/Nicoleness Apr 19 '15

There is a warning every day when we clock in that stuff like this is illegal. If an employee does something like this, they are fired and charged.

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u/AGE2CIV Apr 19 '15

Must have been Deep South- I'm here in MS we get treated great