Workers shouted “congratulations” when the one billionth waffle — apple crumb — was delivered to the lucky customer, reports WXIA-TV (warning: link has video that autoplays), along with balloons and a special plaque that will forever set her apart from the rest of us who’ve never ordered the one billionth anything.
“That’s a lot of waffles made,” the customer told WXIA-TV. And she’s right — it is a lot, even if Waffle House is selling 145 waffles per minute, as the company claims: after all, it’s taken 60 years for that billionth Waffle House waffle to arrive.
Along with her plaque and a story to tell at every social function for the rest of her life, she got a swag bag filled with Waffle House paraphernalia and, along with the rest of the restaurant, free breakfast.
“We have such a loyal, loyal following,” Darren Jarrett, Waffle House Senior Vice President of Operations for Atlanta told WXIA. “Our analysts have been watching this billion-waffle mark for a long time. They gave us the word yesterday that it was going to happen around 10 o’clock today.”
Who are these mysterious waffle-clock watchers? What does the waffle clock look like? How does it know when someone orders a waffle — is it listening? Can it hear our waffle whispers when we sleep? So many questions. So many waffles.
Waffle House sells its one billionth waffle in Atlanta [WXIA-TV]
by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist
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