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.
Chapter 1: What is the Waffle House Index?
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.
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Chapter 2: How does Waffle House respond to natural disasters?
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.
But during a natural disaster in particular, you should just stand back and watch them go because they have actual plans that the company has developed to figure out how to stay open to serve the community. Right.
Chapter 3: Why is Waffle House known for staying open?
Yeah, for sure. We're going to talk about a few of them here and there. One of them is they have a limited menu, and it's not like, oh, what do we have on hand? It's like, all right, we're going to – I don't know what they call it on the inside, but let's just say we're going to plan B or something, and that means we're switching to the official limited menu.
When there are food shortages, when the power's out and stuff like that, most, I don't think all of them do at this point, but most of them, and I'm sure they want to have them all on backup generators, that's been a thing for a while. So if the power's out, you can still probably go to a Waffle House and not only get power, but get a hot meal.
Yeah. Whether you're like somebody whose house just got ravaged or a first responder helping people whose house just got ravaged. Yeah.
Or just hungry.
It's a really important thing that you just totally overlook. Like if your kitchen is gone and all of the other restaurants in town are shut down, having a Waffle House open is a really, really big deal. And they have like actual what are called Waffle House jump teams there. That can show up. Parachuters. They parachute in. Yeah, they do parachute in.
Okay.
Better than Plan B. But they parachute in, like you said, and they will open a Waffle House faster than you can say Waffle House.
Yeah, that's right.
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Chapter 4: What personal experiences do Josh and Chuck have with Waffle House?
Chapter 5: Where does Waffle House fit into emergency planning?
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.
But during a natural disaster in particular, you should just stand back and watch them go because they have actual plans that the company has developed to figure out how to stay open to serve the community. Right.
Yeah, for sure. We're going to talk about a few of them here and there. One of them is they have a limited menu, and it's not like, oh, what do we have on hand? It's like, all right, we're going to – I don't know what they call it on the inside, but let's just say we're going to plan B or something, and that means we're switching to the official limited menu.
When there are food shortages, when the power's out and stuff like that, most, I don't think all of them do at this point, but most of them, and I'm sure they want to have them all on backup generators, that's been a thing for a while. So if the power's out, you can still probably go to a Waffle House and not only get power, but get a hot meal.
Yeah. Whether you're like somebody whose house just got ravaged or a first responder helping people whose house just got ravaged. Yeah.
Or just hungry.
It's a really important thing that you just totally overlook. Like if your kitchen is gone and all of the other restaurants in town are shut down, having a Waffle House open is a really, really big deal. And they have like actual what are called Waffle House jump teams there. That can show up. Parachuters. They parachute in. Yeah, they do parachute in.
Okay.
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