At over 2000 locations in the United States, you can get waffles 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That's because a Waffle House never closes - not even under some of the most dangerous weather conditions the Earth can muster. In fact, after a hurricane, the number of operating Waffle Houses in the area can give first responders a rough idea of the magnitude of the disaster. This has been called the Waffle House Index. If the Waffle Houses are closed, you know it's bad. But today a different kind of disaster is befalling the entire world. Can the mighty Waffle House stay open?

@happyhappyjoyjoy2154

4 жыл бұрын

They close for cleaning ...

@happyhappyjoyjoy2154

4 жыл бұрын

I worked there and yes all doors have locks..and close the place down because they literally bring in a water hose...so yeah they close..nice try tho

@ReaperzFate

Жыл бұрын

NAH ITS FINE

Everybody gangsta til Waffle House closes

@aidanlutz8106

3 жыл бұрын

Waffle House: A seven nation army couldn’t close me down....

@TheUncivilizedNation

Жыл бұрын

Bro I think that means all of the Gangstas are already dead by then

@not_quiteknown

Жыл бұрын

If it closed The world will explode

@PaGDu333

Жыл бұрын

Good ending: It’s renovating

@TacticalFishermen

Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen one closed when I was in Florida before hurricane Ian

Two things can survive nuclear winters: 1. Cockroaches 2. Waffle House

@leahpawlowski3352

Жыл бұрын

you forgor twinks

@Kean01.

Жыл бұрын

Wrong 1.Waffle House 2.Cockroaches

@Homestuckfan413

Жыл бұрын

@@Kean01. and a Nokia!

@Kean01.

Жыл бұрын

@@Homestuckfan413 Fr i forgor that 💀

@vanduzer1969

Жыл бұрын

And the Twinkie

I’m not American and this is the first time I’ve heard of Waffle House. This explanation only tells me one thing, if I’m ever going to the US and got into some disaster I won’t be calling 911, I’ll run to this bunker with waffles instead.

@Frederic_S

4 жыл бұрын

Neth well spoken!

@NotALizardPerson81

4 жыл бұрын

It's the kind of place with greasy food and shirtless ruffians.

@nathanhardesty3742

4 жыл бұрын

You haven't had the true American experience until you've had Waffle House at 2am. If you ever visit, at least try to stop by!

@Gurmukkh

4 жыл бұрын

I feel same. Ditto.

@DoctorJammer

3 жыл бұрын

Why do people think that Waffle House which is primarily found in the South, somehow represents Amerifan culture. I have never even heard of it because I live in California.

I actually work at Waffle House so it’s very interesting watching this video. When the shutdown started that was the first time my store had been shut down EVER since it opened so I knew it was a big deal.

@baconboi4482

Жыл бұрын

Minor detail how it wasn’t a big deal, but the government made all believe it was

@idioticlight

Жыл бұрын

@@baconboi4482 the zombie apocalypse started that day. Youre infected, but your immunity saved. We are currently trying to use you to develop a cure while trying to get you out of your coma. This reply is the only communication attempt we can do at the moment. This video in your dream world is a trauma response. End communication.

@midorithefestivegardevoir6727

Жыл бұрын

@@idioticlight send dudes

As an American I don't understand all these foreigners saying Waffle House is awful.... Waffle House employees are their own class of Heroes and they aren't forced to go into work during a disaster they have a whole separate line of staff that are willing to be there for Americans in need during a disaster in case the usual ones choose not to go in.

@0nullnil

Жыл бұрын

If the company covering your basic needs is considered outstanding, then there's a problem...

It's weird seeing all the "augh, your employees" comments about Waffle House; I wanna explain some things. (Disclosure: I'm an American, not from a waffle house area but I've been to them before, and find the Waffle House Index interesting.) It's not covered in the video but in addition to the solidly-built buildings with their own generators, all the ingredients they use are basic, store well, and won't go bad immediately without refrigeration (eg canned mushrooms, not fresh; "pasteurized process cheese food," not cheese); all the dishes they make require minimal attention to cook (think scrambled eggs, not omelettes). It's not like this is a packed Perkins where you have half a dozen servers checking a dozen times to see if you're ready/if you need a drink refill, a handful of bussers, and a packed kitchen full of cooks fussing over a million varieties of pancakes/waffles/eggs/chicken strips/burgers/etc. They serve waffles. They serve hashbrowns. They serve scrambled or fried eggs. That's it. You can get your hashbrowns/eggs with or without cheese and mushrooms on top. *The whole restaurant can be run easily by two people and adequately with one.* These 1-2 employees who are still working each shift, they're probably from the "reserve cooks" team. They're safe in the cement bunker that is a waffle house; they aren't locals being held financially hostage when they'd rather evacuate their families. At the code yellow point and up until code red, Waffle House is mostly serving police, fire department, first responders, FEMA agents. FEMA developed the (unofficial) Waffle House Index because that's where they eat when they are responding to a disaster. (Fire and police both get steep discounts at waffle house, I believe, so I wouldn't say keeping it open is about profit either.) I'm not saying the US/capitalism doesn't have problems with how it treats workers; it absolutely does. But Waffle House isn't worse than anyplace else, and is arguably better than many. They know how to stay open *safely.* I worked at McDonalds in a blinding snowstorm, workers still had to drive in, we still had to run orders out to parked cars, I still had to reach out the window for the drive through orders though the cold was physically painful and I warmed my hands over the fryer between cars. My university town's walmart made employees sandbag during flooding and when the water came up anyway the city had to evacuate them from the store in the bucket of a bulldozer. Waffle House is better to their employees than that.

@lilsisasu

3 жыл бұрын

That’s really interesting.

The fact waffle houses are closing is probably the most scary shit I've seen in years.

@chongjunxiang3002

4 жыл бұрын

Either your town is destroyed or your town is economically dead.

@justinstandifer604

4 жыл бұрын

It’s happening everywhere. They even closed some in Tampa, FL & this is a big city. The ones that are still open either close at 3:00pm or 9:00pm.

@kill3rbamb146

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinstandifer604 back when it was bad the location I went to in Tulsa shut down, seeing it empty made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.

Just doing a quick fact check since I work at at Waffle House. Just because Waffle House looses power does not mean that it shits down. We use gas grills I have worked several shifts in a store with no power before, some of my Coworkers have worked in stores that have been robbed at gunpoint and didn’t close because of it. When hurricane Dorian hit my manager and an handfukknif upper management were sent to Texas I believe to work over there. They came back with stories of how they were the only place opened for miles they had packed stores with no power and had to boil water before cooking with it because the storm had affected the water quality. In times of emergency Waffle House sees itself as a public service.

@randomrealistictone2231

2 жыл бұрын

They should use Hydrogen batteries next time.

@sharkguest2233

Жыл бұрын

What happens inside when your sign is red?

@veryangryduckpl2122

Жыл бұрын

@@sharkguest2233 The entire US dies.

@Umariskool

Жыл бұрын

You spelled shut wrong…

@Plane_Person

Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes.. it shits down.

As a none American I thought Waffle House was just a myth

@acedaryl2

4 жыл бұрын

The Waffle House is very real and extremely tough. If the House is closed you should probably be leaving the area.

@johncuervo3019

4 жыл бұрын

It's trash for the ghetto

@DoctorJammer

3 жыл бұрын

I am American and I thought it was a myth too. I hate how America is characterized by Southern states when vast majority live on the coasts.

@BT293HG

2 жыл бұрын

If the House closes in a area, you better GTFO from that area

@Cam-uc4kc

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorJammer it's bc the south is where the interesting people are

now I want some hashbrowns and a waffle

@skpjoecoursegold366

4 жыл бұрын

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Guy one - ITS THE END OF THE WORLD ! ! ! ! Guy two - how do you know that ? Guy one - Waffle house is closed Guy two - Dear god

@texas_badger1984

Жыл бұрын

Dear god...

Best ad ever. Now I want a waffle from WH. But I think they won't be shipping to Argentina in the foreseeable future. :P

I want to see an end-of-the-world-catastrophe movie where a Waffle House falls into a ravine opening up in the ground if you zoom into the windows, the employees and customers are just going about a normal day.

@vanduzer1969

Жыл бұрын

Yed

I have worked for waffle house for 30 years, I have never seen or heard of them closing since 1955, they could not find the keys for the locks on the doors so they had to put new locks on the doors because of this virus and laid off a lot of people and closed the doors on most stores that i know of.... It truly must be bad this go round.

I feel bad for the employees who seem to not be worth much in the company's view.

@neo456

4 жыл бұрын

That's most employees in most companies, unfortunately.

@Mcwollybob

4 жыл бұрын

@@neo456 Trust me, I already know that.

@Zutril.0

3 жыл бұрын

I know I’m a cook at a Waffle House 😔

@lethauntic

3 жыл бұрын

You know nothing dude

@Artichoke0001

3 жыл бұрын

They might be more safe inside the Wafflehouse honestly lmao

This video gave me one of the greatest culture shock of my life. During the description of Waffle House corporate policy, I was outraged as a European, yet it was being described as something praise-worthy. I really wasn't as expert on American culture as I thought

@JaneDoe-dg1gv

4 жыл бұрын

Davide Renda America is the pinnacle of capitalism. That's all.

@Rettequetette

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for writing this. I thought I was the only one.

@Adam-di3mn

4 жыл бұрын

I'm American and its sickening that this type of thing happens here and no one bats a eye

@DoctorJammer

3 жыл бұрын

Majority of Americans live on the coast where waffle houses are rare. Most of us have never heard of them or are only peripherally aware of them. Stop conflating the South with "American culture".

@Web720

Жыл бұрын

Europeans thinking he's an "expert on American culture" 🤣🤣 Probably thinks federal government = the entirety of the US, when really, the US plays more into regionalism than most other countries. The US is divided by at a minimum, Nine different nations/cultures. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America The US is just as big as the entire continent as Europe and you guys really like it to think its just a normal sized country with just couple of culture just like other European countries.

Waffle house has saved my ass on so many occasions.

I love the point this makes. If nothing ameliorable is ever treated as an emergency, merely part of a plan, then EVERYTHING is business as usual! Fire service has always operated this way, of course.

Waffle house should run the government...

@Sgt-lott10

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@damnbruh6183

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@chag1pyk5

2 жыл бұрын

Hell, they'd get my vote. Cheesy eggs at the top of the ticket with raisin toast as the running mate. An unbeatable combo!

@Protont

Жыл бұрын

Honestly they would probably be better in every single way

We need the SCP Foundation to Classify Waffle House

@vanduzer1969

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@Brick_One_A_Lego_Story

Жыл бұрын

But then they might think it's too dangerous and close it. And no one knows what happens next

@DanganKai11037

Жыл бұрын

SCP-1670

you CANT out waffle the house, it's simply impossible

Very well produced and accurate video! Subbed.

Desaster: Happens Wafflehouse CEO: It‘s time to mobilize the troops. Wafflehouse Employee: Jarvis, activate barn door protocol.

in the next duodectillion years the entire world would be black holes and waffle house spaceships

Good to know since hurricane Ian is about to hit tampa. Glad waffle is 4min walk

@OtherMcNutt

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Tampa and Orlando are closing locations so you'd best evacuate

@Protont

Жыл бұрын

@@OtherMcNutt you know it’s bad when Waffle House closes

Missed opportunity to say “Unless it’s really affle”

5:40 nope, when waffle House opens that just means it's not terrible anymore. Too many people will take "it can't be that bad" literally

waffle house employees are scp operatives

If the waffle house is closed, it's too late, it has already begun and your only hope at survival is to pray to whatever god, demon or scientist you belive in

*man serving me bacon strips while the suns crashing on the spot*

I'm vehementemente opposed to Bell icon but just slightly considered it because it's maddening that this did not show up on my feed until now.

Ok.... I never heard of a waffle house as a European. What a weird, absurd concept. Lives of employees are risked no matter what to sell waffles for 24/7?! US is a absurd place

THE WAFFLE HOUSE HAS FOUND IT'S NEW HOST

The waffle house has found it's new host

@ofekpinco4911

Жыл бұрын

the waffle house has found it's new host

@randominternetpersonwastaken

Жыл бұрын

The Waffle House Has Found Its New Host

@dragongamer4610

Жыл бұрын

The Waffle house has found it's new host

@firecat7820

Жыл бұрын

the waffle house has found it's new host

@req15722

Жыл бұрын

The Waffle House has found it's new host.

The waffle house wont even close if for some reason a goddamn mass Keter-class SCP containment breach were to happen. It IS a SCP.

Thanks Conor

Bro who risking their life just to eat some bloody Waffle House 💀

@scalamasterelectros3204

Жыл бұрын

Bro insane and desperate people exist

I thought this video was much older than it was. I had seen it before but didn't realize on a second viewing that it was released after Covid until it was mentioned in the video... Time has no meaning anymore.

YALL PRAY FOR ME MY WAFFLE HOUSE NEXT TO ME CLOSED

@DanganKai11037

Жыл бұрын

No amount of luck or prayer can save you from whatever Keter-class SCP just breached containment

This IS some good stuff

I’d honestly love to see a feature length film about the corporate Waffle House team meeting up to during a gigantic storm and working together to keep their restaurants open. It’s super impressive, honestly.

Kim Jong Un: *You can't beat me* Americans: *I know, but he can* *W a f f l e H o u s e*

All I heard was that Waffle Houe is such a greedy corporation that they force employees to work through the absolute worst conditions in the pursuit of profit. If Waffle House has all this amazing infrastructure to stay open during disasters, why aren't they HELPING during the disaster? Give out free food, offer your building as a shelter, give out grants or other assistance to other struggling businesses... WTF

@JaneDoe-dg1gv

4 жыл бұрын

Lisa Stotts why would a corporation ever help? America is the pinnacle of capitalism, obviously. Help is the government's job and the government should tax companies accordingly.

The Waffle House has found its new Host

i'm pretty sure that a waffle house could be used for a nuclear shelter

5:20- Weeks, oh how ignorant scientists were when corona begun

If Waffle House is closed we're probably already dead

why is waffle house more organized than the government

“Hey can we go to Waffle House.” “No there closed.” “GO IN THE CAR” “Why?-“ “GO IN THE FRICKING CAR!” “Breaking news. Ohio is coming to destroy half of the earth. We are taking Waffle House in a space ship and the space ship will go to a new earth that we planned to make and we think the planet is ready. So ride to a space ship that is huge inside of it it is like the earth but without the sky.” “OH F-“ I like waffles btw so if I see a Waffle House I will go there of I could. me when I hear a storm is coming that could kill us all:eh Me when I hear Waffle House is closed:OH S-

Is the waffle house the scp foundation of fast food

That Is Good Business

There's also the Big Mac Index

Cracker Barrel is a close contender for crisis management during storms.

Honestly if waffle house closes, Start panicking.

if the waffle house is closed you best pray to whatever you believe in and go full black airforce 10 crocs sports mode energy mode

@Donpito764

Жыл бұрын

Delete this shit cuh no one’s laughing

@sillygoofygoober74

Жыл бұрын

no one needs to be laughing

@sillygoofygoober74

Жыл бұрын

i was just tryna make a joke

@gocasgeebok

Жыл бұрын

@@Donpito764 The Waffle House has found it’s new host

@gocasgeebok

Жыл бұрын

@@Donpito764 The Waffle House has found it’s new host

just imagine going to waffle house only to see it's closed at that point it's too late

“It’s more then just a promise it’s corporate policy”

We are DOOMED

Great video. Really entertaining.

Waffle House is an SCP

They opened a Waffle House in my town. It is full and it lives up to the mythology.

We dont have a waffle house in WA CA OR NV But its cray for sure Good stuff.

Nice! Must have landed a Sponsor with Rogers Family.

@TheGoodStuff

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! I wish, but I made this pro bono. They owe me.

@wheelmangames5366

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGoodStuff Big Time! This was a Wonderful Video! My daughter once left her Life Long Plush "Mr. Elephant" at the one near ATL. Worst weekend of my LIFE beside the point BUT.. on our way back we checked back and they still had him.

This type of thing isn't that unusual anymore, I know that most big retailers nowadays have a generator in every store, a big water tank with 7 days' water supplies in the receiving yard, secure areas for staff during strikes/rioting, trained fire fighters and first aiders on every shift (an OHSA requirement generally), emergency response teams, an app you can download from the play store so every staff member can have continuous updates and emergency plans and contact details, a private security force, gunshot kits and first aid boxes, spare clothing, emergency food supplies and cussions that can be used to make bedding if needed, company cellphones (one of which is a satalite phone) and a lot of other stuff, and this is just a retail normal store with 30 to 600 employees per branch and a thousand or so branches on two continents/9 countries. The 4 biggest competitor retail companies have exactly the same minimum standards, bomb threats to earthquakes to war to general strikes of public transport is not a reason to close, although snow would probably mean closing, if it ever happened, but thats not something which has happened near any store since the 1920s so it's unlikely.

It just seems so irresponsible to force your employees to drive to work in a hurricane just for a fuck stick to get their waffles.

This seems like satire but I can actually believe corporate really cares that little about their employees, and they get paid minimum wage! Why do people put up with this shit

The Waffle House reserve, like the army reserve but it’s Waffle House.

well are there resttrenus as nice as there homepage? Maybe they should improve a bit on that instead of keeping open doing a hurricane. :-)

The pancake town is about to ruin this world

Oh great Lawdy, not the waffle houses!

This inspiring as shit video, but doesn't address the issue that staff are still forced to work during unsafe conditions at extremely low wages (as low as $3.60 per hour, according to my search). Also, nice to know that Patrons can buy free advertisement.

0:01 That powerful storm system is spinning the wrong way around. Hello! In northern hemisphere the storms spin counter-clockwise.

The Waffle House has found it’s new host

I live near one of these should I be scared??

@vanduzer1969

Жыл бұрын

Not unless it closed

Not a word on the employees who are forced to keep working in these ridiculously dangerous circumstances? I'm sorry Matt, but you really dropped the ball here. This story isn't just about the resilience of a company, but also about a company wilfully risking the lives of its (expendable) employees because it has a ridiculous corporate strategy. If you tell the first part, you need to at least acknowledge the second.

@NotALizardPerson81

4 жыл бұрын

Would you rather the employees ride out hurricanes and tornadoes in their trailers?

@bambufan3636

4 жыл бұрын

@@NotALizardPerson81 Why aren't they allowed to follow the directions given by the government or law enforcement in that situation? Good luck finding an insurance company that will pay out if you get hurt or die when you disobey a direct evacuation order. In that case waffle house will dispose of you faster than a Tesl can reach orbit.

@Rettequetette

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but on this channel they have to talk about The Good Stuff, right? 😒

@bambufan3636

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rettequetette There's a lot of good in this world (and maybe even in others) but this pigheaded corporate policy is unfortunately not one of them.

Is this not an April fools joke

This is SCP 1870

@DanganKai11037

Жыл бұрын

You mean SCP-1670?

Half of the cooks and servers at my WH are hooked on Fentanyl and/or Meth .. and don’t show up for their shifts.. they wind up working the dependable workers till they quit from the stress and go somewhere else I’ve seen cooks promoted to “ Rock star “ status just as an incentive to keep them from quitting … they can’t do more than 3 orders at a time without jacking shit up… they keep half the store closed or do to go orders only because they can’t assemble a decent crew to cover 3 shifts

And now, the Waffle House has its new host

@deltaprime_

Жыл бұрын

The Waffle House has found its new host.

They are probably open again now. I really wanna go to Waffle House.

Waffle House has a new host

Very admirable business policy. Waffle House for President, anyone?

bet they have a nuclear bunker underneath all of them

Also we cook for drunk people, a little oh storm is nothing, try fitting 100 drunks in a 40 seat resturaunt talk about danger!

Waffle House does close for cleaning

Katrina and Joplin couldnt close waffle house. Government?

When waffle house closes you know shits about to go downhill.

Do not die waffle House your family and we love you stay with us

are you saying there are some Waffle Houses still open?

@Sgt-lott10

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

This is a masterpiece!

I like Waffles House

Im feeling conflicted over this - kinda inspiring, potentially noble if folks need a retreat in danger, but all under the umbrella of capitalism

@CM-db5cg

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, because capitalism is always universally bad. Smh.

none in Calif.

@NotALizardPerson81

4 жыл бұрын

More proof California drools and the South rules.

waffle house has found it's new host, or more exactly....leaving to the location it's new host is.

The amount of work for keeping a fucking Waffle House open is fucking stupid xD

Yesss employees being called into work in crisis conditions because corporate greed dictates these restaurants have to stay open 😤😤 You know once they open again, when mandatory lockdowns are lifted and waffle house is legally allowed to open their restaurants again, that things aren’t that bad. This is a pretty irresponsible video. Waffle houses opening again because they’re allowed to doesn’t mean there’s a drop in immediate threat to people’s lives, and equating how much a business is willing to put human lives at risk for profit as a litmus for how bad things are in the world is wild.

@Rettequetette

4 жыл бұрын

Kind of ironic that this channel is named "The Good Stuff" 🙄 I'm disappointed.

This makes me disgusted at waffle house. Value your workers. Let them go home.

@ross335

4 жыл бұрын

They're probably safer in the concrete building with a generator than the cheap plywood and tarpaper jokes they call houses in the U.S; working in a waffle house during a disaster might be the thing that saves their life.

@EcceJack

4 жыл бұрын

@@ross335 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 8 was mostly rather outraged at the treatment of their workers, and then I realised they may well be a lot safer at work than at home. 'Murica!!! :(

Is this actually real??

@theoneandonlycrabnebula3618

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it is.

@adkeysimarie6822

4 жыл бұрын

Yea the waffle house in my town isn't even closed for the pandemic

@rahmahmohamed1598

4 жыл бұрын

@@adkeysimarie6822 Wow that's shocking!!

@vanduzer1969

Жыл бұрын

Yes

This is thread readon why America was never invaded.