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Barstool is down with the Georgia Waffle House strike and so am I

Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:46 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:46 pm
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Hell no, we won't go! Hell no, we won't go!

I'm generally not one to care about the affairs of other businesses and their employees, but if a group of striking Waffle House employees singing "We Ready" doesn't get you fired up to take on corporate, I don't know what will. I'm ready to join the picket line.

WaHo employees are on the front lines of the service industry. No other restaurant workers have to deal with even a fraction of what Waffle House employees see on a daily basis — I'd guess that's probably why 24/7 security is on their list of demands. These guys are out there giving their all to provide the best breakfast food and most authentic Southern experience possible and they're getting robbed of $3 every shift even if they don't want to use it? What a crock of shite. Put that money back in the pockets of those making the 3 a.m. drunk All-Star Special possible.

I sincerely hope these employees are successful in their efforts, because no group in the service industry deserves to be taken care of more than those scattering, smothering and covering those golden hash browns to perfection. We need to take care of those who take care of us.


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Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
6576 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:48 pm to
Waffle House is an American staple

Anthony Bourdain visits waffle house
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
8767 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:50 pm to
The corporate bootlickers of the OT aren't gonna like this one, baw.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12505 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:51 pm to
This will be an interesting one to watch play out. One of my buddies has been an exec for them for a long time. They run on super tight margins so this would get passed right back in price increases and from what he’s told me the regular audience is insanely price sensitive.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
5711 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:52 pm to
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they're getting robbed of $3 every shift even if they don't want to use it
Is the money taken automatically for food each shift?
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40536 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:53 pm to
I don’t even know how they stay in business. The only chain in the world where you can’t place an online order.
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 4:54 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:55 pm to
That's my understanding. On the one had it's a pretty good deal. On the other, even I would get tired of eating Waffle House food every day.
Posted by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32786 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:56 pm to
If you don’t stand with labor, you’re just a pathetic corporate cuck
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12505 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:58 pm to
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I don’t even know how they stay in business. The only chain in the world where you can’t place an online order.

Obsessive cost control. It’s in the companies dna. He’s told me some stories about looking at stores and how much they could spend for real estate and construction and it made me realize how neurotic they are. The reason every store is the same is because of the efficiency. I think they only have something like 3 floor plans and they’re only slightly different.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 4:59 pm to
I've never had a bad meal at WH. There are some high end restaurants I can't say that about.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119181 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:01 pm to
Do they still have 15 year Olds manning the griddle at 3am?
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150757 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:01 pm to
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to provide the best breakfast food and most authentic Southern experience possible

;rotflmao:
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
68275 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:01 pm to
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If you don’t stand with labor, you’re just a pathetic corporate cuck
Aye comrade.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24033 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:02 pm to
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I've never had a bad meal at WH. There are some high end restaurants I can't say that about.


I’ve always been amazed by this and the number of meals those cooks can get out in a pretty timely fashion, even when packed.
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
2022 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:03 pm to
sounds sarcastic to me
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12505 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:03 pm to
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I don’t even know how they stay in business. The only chain in the world where you can’t place an online order.

Incredible consistency. My buddy taught me how to make the hash browns and used to give me a case every year for my bday when we lived by him still. New Year’s Day was always fun because he would man the kitchen and make everyone breakfast while we cleaned up from the block party and nursed our hangovers.
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
12936 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:05 pm to
Unions are dumb but so is this $3 mandatory meal deduction policy. Why even do this?
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
24743 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:05 pm to
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If you don’t stand with labor, you’re just a pathetic corporate cuck


Can't argue in absolutes?
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 5:07 pm
Posted by Locoguan0
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2017
4292 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:07 pm to
I'll say the same thing I tell my students. If you do not create DEMAND for yourself, you just get lumped in with the rest of the SUPPLY of low skill labor. Doing physically difficult work does not make you indispensable.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
53807 posts
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:08 pm to
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The corporate bootlickers of the OT aren't gonna like this one, baw.


There is absolutely no place in between corporate bootlicker and raging communist, right?
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