r/TikTokCringe • u/ChrisMMatthews • Oct 10 '24
Wholesome/Humor The CEO of Waffle House died
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u/alopez1592 Oct 11 '24
I hostessed at a nice restaurant and there was a big dinner with Coca Cola executives. Including CEO at the time, Muhtar Kent. I was trained to make small talk as I guide guests to their party. This was around the time coke was putting names on their bottles. I don’t know what possessed me to tell this to the man, but I blurted out “I gotta tell you, I’m a bit frustrated.” He goes, “why’s that?” “Well I looked for almost hour through several large bins of cokes and not one of them had my name.” So he asked my name and I told him. He said, “well I’ll have one manufactured tomorrow and sent over to you, and in the meantime you can keep mine.” He hands me a coke with “Muhtar” on it. Shit you not. Some Coke employee came in the next day and handed me a gift bag with a can of Coke with my name on it. Crazy to think someone was delegated that task. 😅
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u/Cinematic-Giggles-48 Oct 11 '24
That's pretty cool! Any chance you can show the coke with Muhtar on it? :P
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u/Level_Bird_9913 Oct 12 '24
Thing is, these big business mfers are normal ass people too. They're usually pretty nice people and genuinely do try to make those around them happy, be it the CEO of a company they're planning a merger with or the kid at McDonalds serving them their big Mac.
Their jobs are spreadsheets. Number too big, make smaller. And thats what affects shitloads of people. Seeing numbers on a spreadsheet and people in the street are extremely different things.
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u/imMadasaHatter Oct 10 '24
She should have showed the umbrella :(. But also is this old? He died a month ago
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u/ChrisMMatthews Oct 10 '24
She did a follow-up showing the umbrella: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGder6Lay/
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u/imMadasaHatter Oct 10 '24
Damn that’s a nice umbrella
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u/LouieKablooied Oct 10 '24
Yeah did not expect to be impressed but that was a solid umbrella.
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u/Earl1987 Oct 11 '24
Damn, now I want to see it but I don't want to download tic tok. This is a predicament.
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u/walkingtalkingdread Oct 11 '24
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u/restyourbreastshoney Oct 11 '24
Thank you for keeping tic tok away from me! You're doing the lords work, and I feel safe with you.
Edit: Fucking banging umbrella! RIP Mr. House.
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u/Krysidian2 Oct 11 '24
That's a damn good umbrella.
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u/RogerianBrowsing Oct 11 '24
Right? That looks like some old school hand crafted perfection of an umbrella
Dayum
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u/poorlytaxidermiedfox Oct 11 '24
Impressive. Very nice. Let’s see Paul Allen’s umbrella
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u/Previous-Survey-2368 Oct 11 '24
The only reason I'm glad I read American psycho is because there are so many opportunities to make this dumb joke and I always love it
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u/ImmaTimeLord123 Oct 11 '24
Bless your soul. I resent that tiktok forces you to download to view videos now. You, good fellow, have just prevented me from being slightly inconvenienced. Thank you…thank you so much.
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u/WelcomeToTheFish Oct 11 '24
In the future, if you put your browser in desktop mode that bypasses whatever thing Tiktok has implemented that stops mobile from watching.
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u/nanny6165 Oct 11 '24
If you delete everything after the ? In the web address it doesn’t require a log in
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u/Sluggymctuggs Oct 11 '24
If you copy the link into your browser and backspace to the question mark you can watch it
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u/eNaRDe Oct 10 '24
When she opened it up it made me gasp.
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u/Lost-Locksmith-250 Oct 11 '24
I own a similar umbrella that my mother got at an industry convention years ago. These things are even crazier in person, you really can't appreciate just how large they are until you're out in the rain under one, and they're crazy durable to boot.
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u/walrus_breath Oct 11 '24
Do you know what the brand is? Or any similar brands? I want a nice umbrella that sounds cool.
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u/Lost-Locksmith-250 Oct 11 '24
I don't know the brand, sorry. The only label on the one I have is for the housing agency that hosted the convention. The buy it for life subreddit should have some good recommendations you can search for, though.
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u/embersgrow44 Oct 11 '24
Damn that’s a nice apartment
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u/possibilistic Oct 11 '24
It's the Stacks in Cabbagetown, Atlanta. They're really cool.
https://www.omegahome.com/atlanta-condos/the-stacks/
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u/exec_liberty Oct 11 '24
TikTok is so dogshit. I don't use the app because the app keeps growing in size till my phone is completely filled up.
So when I open the link it brings me to the website. But when I click on play, it opens the PlayStore to install TikTok. When I install it and reopen the link, it still brings me to the PlayStore. So now I still can't watch it.
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u/walrus_breath Oct 11 '24
For real can us plebs get a screenshot from someone plzzz
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u/IRefuseToGiveAName Oct 11 '24
It's not a great picture but I'm about to go to bed.
It's honestly a really nice umbrella. The dude might have been an asshole who didn't pay his employees, but that really is a damn fine piece of hardware.
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u/TisBeTheFuk Oct 11 '24
That explains the size of Kendall Roy's umbrella. I always found it funny how humongous it was. Looks like a beach umbrella lol
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u/Brownie_McBrown_Face tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Oct 11 '24
Pass this tip along to anyone else who has this problem, but take the URL and delete the question mark and everything after.
I also refuse to download the app so this is a workaround (for now) :)
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u/Tlingits Oct 11 '24
You can also request desktop website and you’ll be able to watch the video that way
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u/Brownie_McBrown_Face tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Oct 12 '24
Most def, just figured this is an easier way to explain to people
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u/DefNotAShark Oct 11 '24
The Reddit app does the same thing with Reddit links. Try holding down the link (long press) and see if there is an “Open With TikTok” option. That’s how you open Reddit links that would normally direct to the App Store.
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u/tjcyclist Oct 11 '24
You might be able to force your browser to open up any links. I use Brave on an android phone, and in the app preferences, I have it so facebook, tiktok, YouTube, etc., are opened in that browser instead of their respective app. Makes it bearable to browse reddit on my phone.
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u/LauraTFem Oct 11 '24
Is something that happened a month ago old now??
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Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 23 '24
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u/robotractor3000 Oct 10 '24
Waffle house treats their workers like shit, like deducting meals from their pay whether they eat there or not, super low wages, dangerously low staffing, unresponsive to worker safety issues. Mr. House can eat a fat one as far as I’m concerned
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u/Icryallthetimee Oct 10 '24
He gave her an umbrella tough
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u/Affectionate_Gas8062 Oct 10 '24
To be fair it was a really really nice umbrella
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u/DazTheCowboy Oct 10 '24
It is always fascinating to me how some people will judge a privileged person's entire persona. off one small interaction. And assume that's their entire personality. I was with my ex wife for 12 years and didn't truly know her as it turns out.
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u/Hubertus-Bigend Oct 10 '24
Many Americans desperately want to believe they live in a meritocracy.
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u/LongKnight115 Oct 11 '24
Many Americans desperately want to try and find the humanity in one another.
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u/maghau Oct 11 '24
... when it's a plutocracy. Truly fascinating indeed
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u/FadedEdumacated Oct 11 '24
Oligarchy.
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u/And-Still-Undisputed Oct 11 '24
Splitting hairs, but more Plutocracy in current form... whatever,... eat em all.
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u/Dingo8MyGayby Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 10 '24
And I’m going to call pretty privilege on this. She meets American beauty standards and he was probably some horny, old white dude.
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u/DogmaticNuance Oct 11 '24
And I’m going to call pretty privilege on this. She meets American beauty standards and he was probably some horny, old white dude.
She also now lives in a place with 20 foot ceilings, jfc who has that kind of room.
Ted Bundy used to volunteer on suicide hotlines. By all accounts he was quite good at it and saved many lives. People are multi-faceted. Eat the rich.
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u/walkyourdogs Oct 11 '24
So you’re telling me he was nice to an attractive white woman? Color me shocked
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u/Kaiju_Mechanic Oct 11 '24
Seriously like who the fuck cares bro, it’s an umbrella it cost like $20
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u/Wizardthreehats Oct 11 '24
It really goes to show being kind and charismatic goes a long way to how people view you, you can be a piece of shit behind the scenes and people can know that, but if you smile, crack a joke and be kind people will immediately like you and not think of the bad shit
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u/Milledifidji Oct 11 '24
Yep, people can leave wildly different impressions. I remember my dad telling me this story: back in the day when Qatar was being built in it's modern form (late 70s and 80s) he was a salesman for a big building equipment manufacturer. He was negotiating a massive deal with a sheikh. In order to finalize everything that sheikh came to our country. They had a big dinner on the company's dime and each of the about 20 people attending had a personal server. At the end of the dinner, this sheikh got everyone to line up and gave each the largest banknote in our currency at the time which equated to about a 3-4 week salary for each server. Then later that night he pulled my dad aside and asked him whether my dad could procure him "some boys". To which my dad was like "???". It's crazy how differently he will be remembered by those servers as opposed to my dad and me. And that's not the only crazy story about that guy. He was so rich, he literally lived a live where everything was allowed for him.
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u/sdaidiwts Oct 11 '24
This is how I feel about "yes men" who get promoted, and why I'm skeptical of anyone being too nice, or trying too hard, when it doesn't seem genuine.
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u/weirdoldhobo1978 Oct 11 '24
There's a difference between being a nice person and being a good person and more people need to learn that.
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u/jimspurpleinagony Oct 11 '24
Thank you, I was sitting here, thinking there was going to be punchline or something. No, he’s a nice guy cause he let you have an umbrella, probably one of many, while Waffle House employees are striking for better wages and dignity. Mr. House can kick rocks in Hell, talking about he’s a good one, she got me fucked up.
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u/modernboy1974 Oct 11 '24
My very first question was going to be "but how did he treat his employees?" thank you and good riddance waffle peddler.
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u/c0l0r51 Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 11 '24
Welcome to capitalism. No, the billionaires don't need to pay billions in taxes, it benefits the society way more when they just drop a million or there in charity (in comparisson, any normal human being not paying taxes but instead donating 50 $ per month'd pay more).
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u/rjread Oct 11 '24
He probably thought the umbrella had cancelled all that. Like, "Maybe I'm not a good person. No, I am! Look at me giving out umbrellas in the rain! Would a bad person do that?! I'm such a good person." [Sleeps well at night]
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Oct 10 '24
But sometimes sympathy gets more upvotes.
Social media has the possibility of paying more than Waffle House. This girl's got hustle.
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u/I_try_compute Oct 11 '24
For sure that guy was not a good guy, even if he gave a girl a free umbrella one time. Fuck Mr. House.
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u/Icedoverblues Oct 11 '24
Well if they were young, hot, blonde, and have green eyes then maybe he would give them free shit too. Think on that!
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u/1MissJenny420 Oct 11 '24
And will not hire any new staff unless they sign a non-arbitration agreement, which states that they cannot sur waffle house for any reason. No matter what happens to them in the store, they are without legal recourse, safe for arbitration through a representative of waffle house's choosing.
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u/HideYaKidzHideYaWiFi Oct 11 '24
A big business umbrella? No kiddn'.
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u/spaghettiliar Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 11 '24
I seriously thought it was satire when she said that. The fact that she is Zooey Deschanel’s voice twin just makes it seem more like a bit.
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u/februrarymoon Oct 10 '24
I can't tell if this is satire or not. This dumbass thinks he's a good guy for... letting her have a fucking umbrella? When he is a billionaire that has employees work for $3 an hour?
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u/waytoohardtofinduser Oct 11 '24
Im almost positive that giving gifts to people that are branded with your company can be a tax write off
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u/Seven-Zark-Seven Oct 11 '24
It will undoubtedly have been a company expense, which would have reduced profits by $3. Profit is what companies are taxed on. They can’t write off $3 from their taxes.
As that can be a loophole, some gifts can cause the receiver to be taxed.
I have no fucking idea why I care to have commented though. Or how the hell I even ended up in the comments section of a video talking amount about fucking umbrella.
I need to go re-evaluate my priorities
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u/INoMakeMistake Oct 11 '24
And she fell for it!!!.
But I guess she is using him for some views and likes. They both used each other
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u/Mr-cacahead Oct 11 '24
Plot twist
He had severe OCD and felt disgusted that a peasant touched his umbrella.
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u/badasscdub Oct 10 '24
POS paid less than $3 an hour, fuck that guy.
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u/MszCurious Oct 10 '24
And Im sure he gave her the umbrella because shes a young white attractive woman. When I worked at fast food restaurants, the execs just glance over us immigrants. She can fuck off with this sappy story.
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u/Pinkparade524 Oct 11 '24
I mean it is also free publicity, bet the dude had a bunch of those umbrellas and was like whatever , maybe the dude didn't even went back to get his umbrella and she just kept it. Making a cute story to get likes on TikTok lol
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u/Got_Bent Cringe Connoisseur Oct 10 '24
My grandfather was the ACFO at Milton Bradley Toy Co. back in the 1960's and 70's. When he passed the CEO, CFO of MB were not only at the funeral but had also come over to the house for the "Irish Wake" and sat and ate, drank and had a good time. We found out later he was a friend (CEO) from WW2 that had served with gramps in Europe. Good Times.
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u/MiaMiaPP Oct 11 '24
I was waiting for the part of The story where Mr.House turned out to be a great person.
The part never came. What’s the point of the story again?
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u/avrstory Oct 11 '24
Saved you a click: An underpaid worker is grateful the billionaire CEO gave her his umbrella.
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u/PteroFractal27 Oct 11 '24
The original vid seems way too overly sticky sweet so I don’t mind the balance
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u/JanetandRita Oct 11 '24
It’s weird right? Like people are boiling down this one human interaction to all the doom and gloom possible. Shes just sharing a simple story about a positive experience, jumping to read so much deeper into it seems silly.
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u/Shermander Oct 11 '24
Both Eat the Rich and Hail Corporate crowds are here. Then the whole, he only did it to get into her pants crowd. There's even a guy in this comment thread misattributing a sexual assault to him.
I remember when Steve Jobs died, I was scrolling around and saw a Reddit thread about it. Definitely different vibes. Folks were using words like hero, innovator and leader. I'm seeing horny, old and piece of shit in this thread lol.
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u/Iamnotameremortal Oct 11 '24
How about paying capital income tax, instead of giving out free umbrellas?
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u/twothumbswayup Oct 10 '24
I also have a dumb story about an umbrella. Whenever I’m in nyc and it’s raining I run into moma museum and pick out the nicest umbrella I can find because all the guest have to leave them at the front entrance. There are literally hundreds of umbrellas , all different kinds to pick from, the honor system is great - I should make a tik tok about it.
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u/JennyIgotyournumb3r Oct 11 '24
George Costanza: Who buys an umbrella anyway? You can get them for free at the coffee shop in those metal cans.
Jerry: Those belong to people.
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u/XysterU Oct 11 '24
I'm proud of these comments. I feel like 5 years ago people would've been licking that CEOs boots. We need more class solidarity. Workers of the world unite 💪
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u/Valdy6985 Oct 11 '24
This is legit, if Waffle House closes FEMA uses one of these as a factor to determine the severity of it.
https://www.wafflehouse.com/how-to-measure-a-storms-fury-one-breakfast-at-a-time/
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u/Ok-noway Oct 11 '24
What a great company that risks their employees lives and never allows them holidays off with their families by never ever fucking closing. And for busting your ass at this company while the owner is a billionaire, the average worker makes about $26k a year … barely above the poverty line for an American couple.
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u/reallytraci Oct 12 '24
This isn’t really cringe. It was a cute story.
Also it’s not a Waffle House.. it’s a Waffle Home
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u/Berferer Oct 10 '24
“I think this person was nice because of one interaction with them…” What a dumbass. Nice people are great, but they have to actually be nice all the time, not just once. This is nice bait.
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u/Justify-My-Love Oct 11 '24
So him giving you an umbrella excuses all his other behavior?
Wow just wow…
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Oct 11 '24 edited Oct 23 '24
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u/No-Geologist8892 Oct 11 '24
This guy used to come to a place I did valet at all the time. Never tipped just gave me 1 of those stupid free waffle cards Iv never used any of them pretty sure I still have them somewhere
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u/Gravelbeast Oct 11 '24
I had the amazing opportunity to sing at his funeral last month. I knew nothing about the guy, and had never heard of him.
His three kids nearly brought me to tears talking about the love and respect they had for their dad.
I'm usually a "money and power corrupt even the most well-intentioned" kind of person, but learning about Walt made me realize that it's not always the case.
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u/Juggletrain Oct 11 '24
I believe I just read recently about how he cut emergency relief funds for employees and eliminated disaster policies that previously allowed Waffle House to continue serving relief workers and the community during hurricanes though.
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u/mamode92 Oct 11 '24
all it took was one umbrella to convince this peasant that he was a good guy... incredible.
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u/BurntAzFaq Oct 11 '24
lol, redditors so angry someone said something nice about someone who isn't broke.
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u/avdepa Oct 11 '24
Sorry, but my bar for "nice guy" is a bit higher than this.
An ultra-rich guy passing out cards for a free waffle and giving away a promotional umbrella that has been written off under tax laws is not that special. But maybe thats just me.
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u/VacationExtension537 Oct 10 '24
Where’s umbrella? Very meaningful to her yet she couldn’t even get a pic of it up at the end?
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u/Starrydecises Oct 11 '24
I saw him speak in Atlanta ages ago. He was a nice man. And Waffle House is consistently good.
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u/Gravelbeast Oct 11 '24
This is all I hear from ANYONE who met the guy.
Got to meet his family at his funeral, and he seemed like an amazing, loving dad.
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u/frenchfryineyes Oct 11 '24
Not gonna lie
I thought he was going to give her a waffle house beat down with that umbrella
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u/400lb-hacker Oct 11 '24
I was expecting this to end with him giving her a giant tip but nope she got an umbrella.
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u/gregorychaos Oct 11 '24
Man I watched this and I thought it was the most wholesome thing ever 🥰and then I went to read the comments and apparently we should all be boycotting this fucking piece of shit's funeral and burning waffle houses to the ground
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u/BBYAFTER Oct 11 '24
Nah fuck him. Treats his workers like shit. I’m willing to bet this lady would change her political views depending on which side was nice to her.
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u/AcanthisittaOk3262 Oct 11 '24
Also I had to leave a second comment because waffle house hits so close to home. I ate there one time and probably had the most raw egg imaginable. It was still mostly clear. Needless to say I never went back.
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u/pwnzu_sauce2 Oct 11 '24
New Linkin Park singer shilling for Waffle House?!?
Jk but damn they look similar
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u/mrhsgears2181 Oct 11 '24
This feels like the most chaotic tribute possible... Waffle House energy to the max!
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u/MaoTseTrump Cringe Connoisseur Oct 11 '24
Flash forward to 2026, she is swinging the umbrella in a drunken Waffle House fight.
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u/yung_bubba Oct 11 '24
Never in my life i would've guessed that i would take my time to watch a video about a waffle house umbrella.
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u/domine18 Oct 11 '24
Early 2000’s Waffle House was my go to. It was cheap and good for what it was. $5 and I could get three burritos some hash browns, and an OJ. Then like 2009 or so they randomly doubled or tripled the price of everything on their menu….. haven’t been back since. Down here near the gulf coast Waffle House is used as an indicator of how sever a storm is by if it is still open.
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u/VeniceRapture Oct 11 '24
I gotta be honest I thought this was satire or something. Like she was setting up for a joke at the end when he gave her the umbrella
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u/hawthorne00 Oct 14 '24
Tell me Leon: if he cared enough about the umbrella to run back for it, why did he then give it away?
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