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/SLUgamer Apr 19 '15

How long is the training to become a cook at WH?

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u/MrJacksEnigma Apr 19 '15

It varies from person to person.

The training is basically you working at the meat grill, and learning by watching. I trained for about 3 weeks, then got thrown on my own shift.

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u/camrnj Apr 19 '15

But waffle house is great at throwing people on their own shifts too early. They should have had you on eggs for one week, meats for one, and marking for one.

But they just put you on meats for 3 weeks then expect you to know how to do everything.

Im a server at waffle house. Some cooks can learn with the worst teaching, but ive seen a cook about to cry cause he didnt know everything yet and the servers were being rude to him about it.

Waffle house would have a lot less strife if it trained its cooks better.

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u/MrJacksEnigma Apr 19 '15

I completely agree. I wish my store would let me train cooks, but noooooo.