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Waffle house is an interesting company. Don't know how often waffle house will pop up on hacker news but here is a couple fun facts about them. + They have op
by omgitstom 12y ago
Waffle house is an interesting company.
Don't know how often waffle house will pop up on hacker news but here is a couple fun facts about them.
+ They have opening ceremonies for all restaurants where they put the key of the front door in wet cement (since they are open 24/7/365)
+ They hire a lot of illiterate people and people out of jail starting over from scratch, so they have an innovative way to communicate what people order to the cook. The waiter / waitress can 'write' or scribble whatever they need to do, but will set up plates to communicate the order to the cook with condiments [0]
[0] https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickgray/378694469/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickgray/378694469/
- toomuchtodo 12y agoThey also have two weeks paid vacation for staff. Whenever I road trip (ie all the time), I always eat at Waffle House. Out of hundreds of visits, I've never had a bad experience, and the food is always very good. My wife and I are doing Valentine's Day dinner there because they're so enshrined in our travel adventures.
- omgitstom 12y agoThat is funny, I did a valentine's dinner at waffle house when I was in college. We brought a little boom box for romantic music and those little disposable candles for mood lighting :P
- toomuchtodo 12y agoI had not thought to do that! Will pack the iPod and some candles!