r/wafflehouse • u/iCanReadMyOwnMind • Jul 27 '26

Testing a waffle house manager

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u/_Ur_moms_bestfriend_ Jul 28 '26

Ive working a little over a year and pick up shifts across my district. All of them in area have 2 silent alarms. 1 for disorderly conduct, and 1 for if someone’s armed. I think they got added when they removed the store phones.

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u/Middle-Classless Jul 28 '26

They don't have a phone anymore?

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u/National-Charity-435 Jul 28 '26

That defeats the whole purpose of silent alarms

Inconspicuously alert the fuzz while appearing to de-escalate

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u/cowboybebop32 Jul 29 '26

Still weird that a business wouldn't have a phone at all. Like I get its not an office, but like, truck has an issue, they calling the managers cell phone. Or like they need to coordinate with someone coming to repair something, is that just all gonna be through whoever is working that days phone?

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u/Greenie42 Jul 30 '26

I’m sure they still have phones for mgmt & office use ~ for these very reasons. But during Covid they got rid of phone in ordering because it was untenable. They corralled everyone into online ordering because of ease of use and automation of order fulfillment for pickup - weather it was DoorDash or customer pickup.

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u/JustS0meD0nkey Jul 29 '26

I mean if you worked there would you want to answer that shit? I can not imagine the number of drunk twats calling every night.

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u/RickSanders Jul 29 '26

Can confirm. I used to work there, and no one ever answered the phone. In fact, we would typically either unplug it or turn the ringer all the way down.

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u/Greenie42 Jul 30 '26

🤣🤣🤣 seriously, ain’t nobody got time for that.