The people down here get mad when you criticize any of their eating places, even Sam's Club...lol. And when I say people, I don't mean the employees, I mean the people.
I use to mess with Waffle House down here because I would see mostly Black people working in them. But after awhile, they began to turn me off as well. First it was the employees...then it was the people they'd attracted. I saw why all the people who came in, that looked like they had some class, would always carryout, if they came at all. Those employees are good at spotting out who ain't from here, even though it shouldn't make a difference at some point. That's why a lot of transplants don't go there anymore. These Waffle Houses usually keep attracting natives, or other Southerners.
I noticed alot of customer service reps down here like to play games on certain customers. And the people in the North like to nip games in the bud. I was the latter. That's why I stopped eating at Waffle House. I felt like I was gonna wound up making the news at some point.
PS. That sister wasn't lying about them spraying shyt in the air while you're still eating, however they usually do it when you're there alone, or when it's near closing. I remember this fat brother, who was a cook, working at a Waffle House in Jonesboro, started spraying the grill from far away, while I was seated at the bar eating my food. And the grill was right across from me! I just got up, and said in a loud voice, "These people done lost their mind". Then I took my food, and sat at a table far away in a corner. Negro didn't know I had my 9mm on me. Lucky I already carried for 10 years as a special officer for the Federal Government, where we learned not to be provoked while armed.