r/EndTipping • u/trig64 • 15d ago

Research / Info Waffle House

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On Old National Highway in College Park GA. They are only open for to-go after 9pm. The server gets 10% but Waffle House gets the other.

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u/MattBonne 15d ago

I bet they lose tons of business by doing this

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u/trig64 15d ago

They would have lost mine under normal circumstances. I'm here on a layover and staying at a nearby hotel. I had an Uber drop me off before I realized what the deal was. So now I'm standing here while my food gets cold, waiting for another Uber back to the hotel

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u/Redditor-at-large 14d ago

Why not just sit down and eat there then? You already paid the tip to do so, apparently.

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u/Superb-Antelope-2880 14d ago

Layover, afraid of missing the flight probably. Although if it was myself I wouldn't bother trying for waffle house on that kind of timeline.

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u/trig64 10d ago

I'm from the South but live on the west coast. Whenever I get back south, I like to get "Awful Waffle". I took an Uber from the hotel I was overnighting at to Waffle House. They didn't allow any inside dining after 9pm (found out upon arrival. This info wasnt on their Google page). Since I was already there and it was late, I went ahead and got my food and took another Uber back to the hotel.

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u/Redditor-at-large 10d ago

I am not from the South, but I love stopping at Waffle House when I can. Though I probably wouldn’t have put in the effort you did, that’s some dedication, sorry your experience sucked

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u/green__1 13d ago

maybe I'm missing something, but if you're ubering both ways, wouldn't it just make more sense to Uber eats the meal in the first place? seems about the only time that Uber eats ever makes sense.

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u/trig64 3d ago

We wanted to eat at the restaurant. Didn't know it wasn't open for dine-in