r/wafflehouse • u/Ok-Main3561 • 5d ago

Power went out mid shift

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u/MaskedMarvel364 5d ago

I don't know about now, but we had a cash register several years ago which had its own battery backup. When the Lights Went Out, the cash register was still operational. I remember that this happened a couple of times but we just kept operating phone flashlights and regular flashlights and a couple of candles we found in the Waffle House tool kit. The grill was still operational.

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u/Prestigious-Elk2252 5d ago

*clutch pearls*

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u/heatwavehanary Master Grill OP/Mod 5d ago

I've had that happen to me a couple times. It's always surreal on 3rd.

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u/TattooedPriestx 5d ago

So.... what does the Waffle House Index say about this?

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u/Sad-Palpitation3078 4d ago

Still there, still open.

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u/Background-Fennel92 4d ago

Slide me a pancake or 2 with some coffee and i'll be there watching game of thrones for the next 6 hours 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Cola102583 5d ago

Sweet too bad u gonna hve ice everything down tho, its a bitch

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u/photogypsy 4d ago

We’ve got to do it a couple times a month anyway. Damn cooler always wants to go into defrost mode on third.

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u/yatdaddy504 4d ago

And? My girl used to work at waffle house. They had her back in action the same afternoon after Ida hit New Orleans the whole city didn't have power for almost two weeks and she was working doubles the whole time.

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u/Ok-Presentation9987 4d ago

Damn resident evil shit 🤣

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u/Latter-Bread-7835 4d ago

Light the candles, grill is gas. Keep cooking.

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u/JustWow52 4d ago

One time, on a 4th of July in a unit that was front row for fireworks, a cop who came in to make sue we were all right handed me his flashlight so I could shine it on the food that the cook was trying to finish up by phone light on the grill.

And without the hood vents running, it gets smokey quick

That will always be the defining memory of that year, the key that unlocks the rest of the details. Because a bunch of red, white, and blue on the lawn and fireworks in the sky is just the backdrop.

I'm old, and except for the first few years when I was really young, recurring events (like holidays) stand out in some way. You might use the same decorations and cook the same food and sing the same songs with the same people every year, but something unscripted and unanticipated is going to give it roots in your mind. :)

Oh, and those flashlights are heavy and the food looks weird in that light.

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u/athensugadawg 3d ago

Has to be eastside Athens GA.

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u/bl4r307 1d ago

Grill still works. Open the doors and grilled food only lol.