Waffle house Complaint - Dirty cook at waffle house

Posted by C2O on 2009-08-03:

It's a Awffle House! Hit the wall and see how many roaches jump out. The cooks hands have to be cleaner than the establishment.

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-08-03:

Consider this: You could see what was going on in Waffle House. Can you image what may go on in restaurants where you do not see the kitchen or the cook? Some would probably make Waffle House look like an operating suite.

Posted by Soaring Consumer on 2009-08-03:

You may want to file a complaint with the health department.

Posted by MRM on 2009-08-03:

That should have been a work policy, not smoking while on the job.

Posted by bcd on 2009-08-03:

Smoking is a nasty habit. Good review.

Posted by old fart on 2009-08-03:

I would kill for a cigarette...

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-08-03:

Just curious, bcd, are you an ex-smoker?

Posted by superbowl on 2009-08-03:

Old Fart, any more cigarette's and they may kill you instead.

Posted by Eloise on 2009-08-03:

I'm not a former smoker (I've never even tried one), and I'm completely in agreement with BCD. It's messy, it's expensive, and oh yeah it can kill you! I hate to think of any M3C member sick or dying from it.

Posted by DigitalCommando on 2009-08-03:

I think smokers fall into 2 basic categories. 1.) The comfortable smoker: they know all of the bad stuff about it and have accepted that they can't beat the habit and will go to their grave with a cigarette in hand and have no problem with that. When confronted with it, they quietly extend the minds middle finger and just laugh it off. I don't mind these smokers. Then there is the nazi smoker. These people have little comfort within themselves and pounce on every opportunity to defend the indefensible going so far as claiming a 'right' to smoke even though it is not even mentioned in the constitution/bill of rights or any state law as a right. These nicotine-crazed pitbulls have two self-inflicted problems.

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-08-03:

I remember back in the '50's and '60's most people smoked wherever they wanted. Most people thought nothing of it. The only place smoking was banned was in an elevator and on a plane during takeoff/landing.

Today the worst complainers are the ex-smokers.

I, myself, am an ex-smoker. It doesn't bother me to be around it nor do I desire to have cigarette. I also do not preach to or condemn those who do enjoy it.

Things have sure changed.

Posted by DigitalCommando on 2009-08-03:

Chuck, back then nobody was concerned because they didn't know the full effect of asbestos, malathion, ddt, radiation, flouride and yes, cigarettes to name a few. Today we have educated people who are aware of what they eat, drink and breath. Are you saying it was better back then just because people were ignorant to the evils?

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-08-03:

DC, no, not at all. Just a comment about how things have changed.

Posted by DigitalCommando on 2009-08-03:

We've come a long way baby!

Posted by Stew on 2009-08-03:

What grinds my gears are the laws that ban smoking, which is legal, in privately owned establishments. A dude who owns a bar, restaurant or bowling alley should be the only person to determine the smoking policy for the business he/she owns. The nanny state stepping in on this one is just not right.

Although, I got to be honest I do like it when there is no smoking in a restaurant but that should have and would have came about by consumer pressure. We didn't need a law. That was just the lazy way out.

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-08-03:

I agree 100%, Crabman. The only mandated requirement might be the prominent posting of a notice that this privately owned establishment permits smoking.

Posted by Eloise on 2009-08-03:

North Carolina just banned smoking in restaurants. I'm allergic to the smoke, so now I can go out to eat more often.

Posted by DigitalCommando on 2009-08-03:

And maybe the bar, restaurant or bowling alley should be allowed to only allow white people in, keep out the handicapped so they done't have to spend thousands to accomodate them and maybe they can even require a minimum fico score to keep out the poor non-spenders too. Laws are in place due to the fact that if owners were responsible for some choices, the wrong ones will be made. Laws level out the playing field and allow everybody to compete equally, that's why they are there.

Posted by superbowl on 2009-08-03:

Eloise, California has had a smoking ban on bars and restaurants for years. You're right it is nice to be able to go anyplace you want without worring if it will be full of 2nd hand smoke or not. I don't like leaving someplace with your clothes smelling like an ash tray.

DC, excellent points.

Posted by Skye on 2009-08-03:

You were smart to leave. Who knows what special surprise might of ended up in your food.

I have never been to a Waffle House. We have one in town, and everytime I drive by it, the smell that comes from that place makes me want to vomit.

Posted by Stew on 2009-08-03:

This is what I never got. If people didn't like leaving the someplace smelling like an ash tray then why would they choose to enter in the first place? Nobody forced them to patronize a smoking establishment. It was indeed a freewill choice. I guess taking responsibility for one's own choices isn't too chic anymore.

Where does it stop? Should all establishments have extra large booths and bar stools to accommodate obese people. Should all restaurants be forced to offer up kosher and vegan options in order to level out the playing field? I'm allergic to shell fish should all restaurants be forbidden from serving shell fish.

When lazy people turn to the government to solve all their discomforts it won't be long till their biggest discomfort will be that same government.

Posted by tnchuck100 on 2009-08-03:

Crabman, unfortunately that is EXACTLY the way it is headed. In another 50 - 75 years the conditions defined in the record "In the year 2525" will come to pass. I will not be here to suffer these consequences.

Posted by Skye on 2009-08-03:

Crabman,

You slay me :)

Posted by superbowl on 2009-08-03:

Seem to remember a whiney rant from someone about having to follow a smoker out the gate after work. All that whining because he felt the rules were not being followed. Like he found out sometimes it's not a choice to be around smoke or not. Yes, I prefer not to but that's not always an option.

Laws and rules are in place to try and level out the playing field as he found out.

Posted by Stew on 2009-08-03:

Now superbowl I was complaining about employees not following the employer's smoking policy that was agreed to by the employee's union. There is a huge difference between policies made by the owner and those forced upon the owner by the government via statute. Apples and oranges my friend.

Posted by Eloise on 2009-08-03:

I was still living in CA when they made the ban, I loved it. VA has this ban too.

Posted by Ponie on 2009-08-03:

Glad it was '2 AM in the morning' and not 2 AM in the afternoon.

Posted by Ponie on 2009-08-03:

OF. add to that a convert to the Catholic religion. :)

Posted by Face to Face on 2009-08-03:

This is what I would expect in BF South Carolina...

Posted by Eloise on 2009-08-03:

Ponie, too funny!

Posted by Eloise on 2009-08-03:

My family is Catholic and someone told my son that Catholics aren't Christians. I was rolling on the floor, but my son was confused.

Posted by bcd on 2009-08-03:

I approve of the smoking bans because I don't like my right to breathe clean air to be infringed upon by somebody who doesn't care about their own health so they certainly don't care about the health of others.

Posted by Eloise on 2009-08-03:

I'm right up there with you BCD. I'm allergic to cigarette smoke, and can't be around it. Period! If I can't go into a store or restaurant because people are smoking in front that's wrong.

Posted by Stew on 2009-08-03:

A man spends his hard earn money to buy land, build a structure, buy inventory, develop a business plan and put his livelihood on the line to start a business. What gives anybody the right to dictate to that man that he can't allow the legal activity of smoking to occur on his property. What next? You don't care for the smell of fish so you're gonna pass a law to prevent him from serving fish? This is not about your right to breathe fresh air it's about the rights of the owners to enjoy as they see fit the property in which they own. Laws that infringe on private property ownership rights erode the concept of individuals owning property. The more the state can dictate silly mandates to the use of private property the more that private ownership evolves into public ownership of everything where one pays for the right to be the caretaker. I believe the public ownership of all property is called communism. Well perhaps some of you are still holding onto to the notion of communism but not this NIC. Ya know what NEXT we're gonna let the government own the automakers, be investors in private banks and own the health care system?

Posted by BokiBean on 2009-08-03:

"Laws that infringe on private property ownership rights erode the concept of individuals owning property."

Beautifully put, Crabby!

Posted by bcd on 2009-08-03:

The business owner should not have the right to dictate what happens on his property when it infringes on the health of others. That's why murder is not legal on private or public property.

Fortunately the majority rules.

Posted by knowitall2 on 2009-08-03:

Crab, I hear the music playing in the background! I hate smoking, but I do appreciate the rights of property owners. Unfortunately, there are laws to abide by even when owning a home. I do believe they have been in place for years. People never knew about second hand smoke in years past. Now they do. It greatly affect the employees of these establishments--who may not be able to find a job elsewhere at this time. Let's give them some thought too.

Posted by Stew on 2009-08-03:

bcd, You do realize that murder is illegal in every state and that smoking is legal in every state? Should the state be able to tell people that their privately own houses must be non smoking ya know just in case a non-smoker might drop by for a visit. Because we can't infringe on the visitor's health who make the freewill choice to visit said private property. That would be wrong.

Majority rules? Huh, so I guess if the majority wanted to institute a law that mandated every single property owner MUST allow smoking on their property you'd be okay with being forced to allow smoking in your home because fortunately the majority rules?

The most despicable of tyrannical laws are always disguised as being for the public good or the public security. If freedom is anything it is the freedom of self determination for ourselves and our property. When you chip away at others freedoms you're chipping away at your own as well.

Ya know I do not care for cigarette smoke. Before the Oklahoma smoking ban I chose not to patronize establishments that chose to allow their places to be an ash tray. I took that responsibility for myself. I sure the hell don't need the government to take that away from me. That's just me though a freedom loving believer in the dreams of our founding fathers and the philosophies of the age on enlightenment. A relic if you will.

Posted by TheNewSheriff on 2009-08-04:

Can I get a "Right On!" for my man Crabby?

Posted by BokiBean on 2009-08-04:

Right on with the right on. I'd vote for him...course he knows that.

Posted by bcd on 2009-08-04:

Let’s not confuse public and private property rights. What people do on their private property is their business. When they open their property to the public they are expected to observe reasonable rules of health and safety. Our elected legislators agree with this and that's why local municipalities have the right to create ordinances and health codes. If not for the health codes many restaurants would have dirty bathrooms with no soap and hot water for the food handlers and customers, dirty kitchens, slime growing in ice machines, and customers blowing foul tobacco smoke on other customers. So, smokers quit crying about your rights and take your nasty habit outside. Enough said.

Posted by jktshff1 on 2009-08-04:

Crabby, I with you. bcd, I open a business to the public, at that point, it becomes the public's right to shop or not to shop. The smoking laws regarding private businesses are a useless waste of time and money. JUST DON'T GO THERE!!! How hard is that to understand?
Next, they are going to proclaim that a business have a deaf translator (I am deaf)on hand, someone that can speak all languages, it goes on and on.
Businesses are allowed in my and most other states to put a no guns sign up. Guess what??? I DON"T GO TO THOSE PLACES! Some of them were businesses I'd been dealing with for years. Some of them took them down, some didn't.
But it's the private business owner that get's to make that decision. Not the gubment.
People better wake up, the gubment controlling every facet of you life is not that far away.

Posted by Ponie on 2009-08-04:

'... the gubment controlling every facet of you life is not that far away.'

I disagree, jktshff1. It's here right NOW.

Posted by Stew on 2009-08-04:

"Let’s not confuse public and private property rights."

Let's not confuse public and private property. Just because I make my private property available to the public that SHOULD NOT make it public property. The very key stone of liberty is INDIVIDUAL rights over the rights of the GROUP. When the rights of the group outweigh the rights of the individual then there is no liberty only well meaning governments which as Ponie and Jkt pointed out trying to control every facet of our lives.

Posted by Greenchic on 2009-08-05:

i do love thier pattymelts with hashbrowns....i try not to look while they make my food. If i want to be picky, i cook my own food at home

Posted by BokiBean on 2009-08-05:

hahaha@"i try not to look"