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Waffle House Co-Founder has died at 97
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:21 am
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:21 am
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A true American hero. Thank you for bringing us that wonderful food. Ron Swanson would love this place.
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The elder Rogers founded Waffle House in 1955 with neighbor Forkner while working for the Toddle House chain. The pair had met when Rogers bought a house from Forkner, who was in the real estate business.
They decided Avondale Estates needed a 24-hour restaurant. It launched on Labor Day 1955.
By 1961, the duo had four Waffle House locations, and Rogers joined the growing business full-time.
Along the way, Rogers maintained a reputation as a champion of customer service. Forkner, who is now 99 years old, was the businessman, Rogers the man behind the counter or strolling between tables chatting with customers.
“We’re not in the restaurant business,” Rogers said all the time. “We’re in the people business.”
A true American hero. Thank you for bringing us that wonderful food. Ron Swanson would love this place.
This post was edited on 3/7/17 at 2:26 am
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Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:23 am to GetCocky11
Pour some syrup out...
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:25 am to GetCocky11
Here's to a man responsible for helping to cap off some of my longest nights.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:25 am to GetCocky11
6 feet under, smothered and covered.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:37 am to GetCocky11
Scattered
Smothered
Covered
RIP good man.
Smothered
Covered
RIP good man.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:37 am to GetCocky11
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This post was edited on 4/22/17 at 12:34 am
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:41 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 3/7/17 at 2:57 am to GetCocky11
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The customers were his people.
So were the employees.
"Most of our waitresses have hard lives," he said in a 2004 interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "A lot of them have a bunch of kids at home, and maybe their husbands don't have good jobs. We can't solve all their problems, but we can listen to them."
Posted on 3/7/17 at 3:13 am to GetCocky11
1955 was also the year that any Waffle House had a clean coffee cup.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 5:53 am to GetCocky11
Should be a national holiday from here forth
Posted on 3/7/17 at 5:55 am to GetCocky11
Goodnight sweet prince.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 6:00 am to GetCocky11
Well I'll be, RIP Mr. Joe.
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