Posted on 11/04/2019 2:05:07 PM PST by Textide
Since she graduated from Harvard last year, Yehong Zhu has worked for Amazon.com and Twitter in Seattle, San Francisco and London. Shes living in Lisbon now, gathering ideas for her own startup.
In 2014, however, the jet-setting Ms. Zhu was just another teenager from Newnan, Ga. looking for a summer job. And the only place willing to hire her was Waffle House. Chick Fil-A was too competitive, she says.
On her first day, smiling nervously behind a bright-yellow name tag, Ms. Zhu had no idea that her new manager, a woman named Diana, was about to become a lasting leadership role model. I was very impressed with her, she says. She was the first to arrive and one of the last to leave and seemed to have a handle on everything. She thrived under pressure, and pressure at Waffle House is constant.
In case youre not familiar, Waffle House is a closely held suburban Atlanta-based chain of 24-hour budget diners in 25 states that invariably reek of bacon. The company does not advertise, rarely changes its menu and refused to take credit cards until 2006.
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I was gonna say: Did they REALLY attach the word “reek” to BACON??
I said the same thing when I ran a Denny’s: “if I can run one of these...”
Best grits I ever had was at the Waffle House just west of Dayton Ohio.
That’s Dennys
As a Daytonian, a specific location would be helpful to give ‘em a try.
They have a lot of fights that go viral. But Popeye’s is giving them a run at viral videos. A lot of agitated people want their chicken sandwiches
I just made a Chaffle last night ... tasted like an Omelet so obviously I didn’t use enough cheese
Doesn’t matter I LOVE EGGS
Never had a bad meal at a Waffle House.
They’re open 365 days a year, btw. I’ve eaten there once or twice on Christmas day.
Also stop there every time we go north to (or return south from) New England or just the Delaware Park Racetrack & Casino in Wilmington...
Good food... Good service...
No thanks Ill make nice eggs and pancakes at home in peaceful kitchen less the Waffle Homies gangish like ambience giving me indigestion.
I prefer making my eggs and bacon at home too but I travel a lot so need options other than my kitchen.
In the Northeast, we don’t have Waffle Houses but that doesn’t mean I go to IHOP (horrible place). There are tons of great diners in the area, especially around NYC. In fact, if anybody is passing through the Southern Connecticut area, check out the Blue Colony Diner in Newtown, which is right off Exit 10 on I-84.
I might try that this weekend. From Annapolis, the closest WH locations as the crow flies are near Frederick or Richmond. Hadn’t considered the traffic angle. Thanks!
Growing up, it was one of the few places that teens could go late at night and smoke. It was a sort of refuge from suburbia for my group, believe it or not. The beauty of Lib’s patty melts and learning the vernacular of WH were plusses. I enjoy the atmosphere, though smoke-free now, during my Southern road trips to see family.
There are some who would say that “eggs are eggs.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4eeeCnSkmc
I might differ, though.
There’s a Waffle House in Dumfries, VA. I-95 right off exit 152B, Rt. 234. It’s about 2.5 miles north of the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico. I know it well.
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Never had a bad meal in a Waffle House. I have several friends whose experiences apparently vary from mine, to the extent of using “Awful Waffle” as their nickname for the chain.
I read about the founder a few years ago, probably when he passed away. He said it was important to him that his employees, who were kind of low on the pecking order of life, be treated fairly/respectfully. Their lives outside of work could be very hard or chaotic, and he couldn’t change all that, but he could at least make sure that when they showed up for work, they could expect to be treated fairly.
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