• Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
    1·
    10 months ago

    The Waffle Hose Index for the uninitiated [Link] was a moderatly usefull (and humerous) idea thought up by the US Federal Emergency Managment Aganecy (FEMA) to determine the accessability of the area after a disaster.

    It takes time to get to an area, even longer if the roads are damaged, so one of the first things to do is to try and call someone local. Waffle House happens to be open 24-7, and has an unusually comprehensive emergency preparedness policy. In a lot of cases they can run for days on a limited menu without power and running water. The only reasons they would not pick up the phone is that telecommunications were down (which FEMA would want to know anyway), that the staff cant get to the resturant (which is also usefull to know) or that the resturant is gone and Amaerica is down one of its finest off-hours eating establishments.

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        2·
        10 months ago

        They’re open pretty much all the time and don’t close at night, so naturally drunks and other rowdy folk congregate there. Prime time for fights to break out over silly minor things, which often turn physical. There’s a reason most restaurants shut their dining rooms down by midnight.

        • Camelbeard@lemmy.world
          0·
          10 months ago

          Do they also have like kebab/swarma places that are open 24/7? Where I live drunk people always seem to want to eat something like that.

          Can’t imagine getting drunk and thinks let’s get a waffle.

          • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyzEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Oh they do all breakfast foods. Get bacon and eggs or some other fried something if you want.

            Also, I’m the kinda person that gets drunk and eats waffles

          • grandkaiser@lemmy.world
            2·
            10 months ago

            You don’t go to waffle House for waffles. The bloodhound gang didn’t sing about waffles.

            “Want you smothered, want you covered like waffle House hash browns”

            Dunno about you but I’ve never not crashed hash browns while hammered

          • klemptor@startrek.website
            1·
            10 months ago

            In New Jersey we have 24/7 diners. You can get breakfast or a burger, or whatever you want basically. Don’t knock a 2 AM drunken pancake until you’ve tried it!