The 24/7 short order restaurant Waffle House is known for staying open during natural disasters, so much so that federal agencies gauge where to start helping in areas where they’re closed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hey, and welcome to The Short Step. I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and Jerry's here, too, sitting in for Dave, and we're just cooking it up here at Stuff You Should Know.
That's right. We've talked about Waffle House here and there quite a bit over the years, and I was going to do a full Waffle House episode. That was in the pipeline. Maybe still, but maybe not after this.
I feel like we've taken a pretty good chunk out of what would have been a Waffle House episode. Agreed. Because we're talking about the Waffle House Index. And yes, there's plenty of interesting stuff about the Waffle House.
But I would argue that the Waffle House Index is possibly the most interesting thing about the chain of what everyone in the South or Southeast knows is 24-7 restaurants that are legendary for staying open against all odds. Right.
That's right. And a lot of restaurants and chains may claim to be open 365 days a year. And they, you know, a lot of them are in general. But the Waffle House in particular prides itself and has taken great, great, great efforts to really stay open.
Like it's got to be a and as you'll see with the Waffle House index, if a Waffle House is closed, that is that is very bad news for the area that that place is in because they stay open at all costs.
Yeah. And they don't just stay open at all costs because they couldn't care less about their staff. And they're just greedy and want to make money. This is actually like by design. There's a corporate... Mandate? Ideology? Mandate works, sure. That Waffle House should serve as essentially a community center during disasters. And during normal times, they're just Waffle Houses.
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