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As the oldest of five children, and our Dad missing from the home scene at the time, I watched my younger siblings while Mom pulled a double shift at the Waffle House many a night in the late 60's and early 70's. When I could in the summer time, I'd ride my bike to see my Mom working and asked if I could have something to eat. I'd get the Deluxe Hamburger Plate. It was always my favorite. I fondly remember Mom teasing me about the bill, "Well, here's your ticket. That will be 'so and so' dollars and cents." After seeing me looking sad, she'd smile and reach into her apron pockets and pull out her hard earned tip money and pay for my meal. That's been years ago and Mom is in her 70's, unable to walk and bed-bound. Yet, she still has the charm, fortitude, and where-with-all to still smile and encourage all her children who depended so much on her in those days. Yet, in those childhood years of ours, we were oblivious to her sacrifices as a Waffle House waitress. Now that I'm older I appreciate more and more just what Mom did for us and how a waitress job at a Waffle House was a blessing to a needy single Mom with five children at home to support. As a professional now, I can eat at any restaurant I desire. But many times it is my first choice to sit at a Waffle House stool or both and order a special of "nostalgic comfort." The waitresses and cooks seem to get younger looking every year, but no doubt reflect the youthfulness and dreams of my Mother years ago. I often wonder if the Waffle House waitress serving me today is facing the same challenges as my Mother did way back in her days at the Waffle House. No doubt, many of them do. So, if not for them, for my Mom, I always leave a nice tip and a word of encouragement. I never berate them or scold them for forgetting to refill my coffee, or such. Who knows, they may have just broken up with their spouse, and were left as the only wage earner in a home with several children, and now must try to make it alone--alone, if not for the Waffle House. Mom and Dad are back together now and for me the Waffle House is more of a place of convenience now and not necessity. But I will always be grateful for what the WF has meant to my Mom and our family. So, "Thank you!" Waffle House for many years of not only "Good Food Fast" but a quality job opportunity for so many quality Moms. Congratulations and God bless you on a job (and T-Bones) well done! :-)
By Greatful Son & Customer

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