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AP<\/a>: Walt Ehmer, CEO of Waffle House, dies at the age of 58<\/span><\/p>\n I don\u2019t know anything about this man, Walt Ehmer, but I can say that I am a fan of the company that he ran for the last 22 years, and for that reason alone he has my respects and condolences to hear about his passing.\u00a0 And like the title of this post says, he\u2019s a Walt that hasn\u2019t been hoovering up my money for the last decade, and has in fact, been saving me money conversely with Waffle House\u2019s reasonable prices for unhealthily satisfying garbage food, to which I give the man even more respect for bringing me pound-for-pound happiness that\u2019s hard to match.<\/span><\/p>\n It might seem like this is leaning towards being satirical in nature, but the passing of Waffle House\u2019s CEO really is sad news to hear, not just from the standpoint that all loss of life is usually sad, but because I really am a fan of Waffle House, the brand, the company and the product, so it is sad to hear that they lost their commander-in-chief, at such a relatively young age, at just 58 years.<\/span><\/p>\n For many years, Jen and I had a Christmas tradition of going to Waffle House on Christmas Day, because I didn\u2019t really want to go home, and we were as close to as family as we had for each other.\u00a0 I would get a grand slam and a waffle, and for several of those years, I didn\u2019t yet know that I had an intolerance to eggs, and would suffer the consequences of my breakfast choices later, chalking it up solely to being greasy Waffle House, but it never deterred me nor tarnished my opinions of the food in general, and I really enjoyed all those relaxing Christmas mornings of getting Waffle House with one of my closest friends among the other vagabonds who opted to have chill Christmases too.<\/span><\/p>\n Waffle House trips were always on the table after drunken Halloween parties, New Years parties or any other social event that ended in later hours where my friends and I would be buzzed, didn\u2019t want the night to end yet, and greasy hashbrowns and waffles sounded like an incredible idea.\u00a0 No matter how many other people shared the same sentiment and as crowded as they always were, we were never in a position where we had to get turned away or look for somewhere else to go, because we would always be seated, always be served, and no matter how inebriated I might\u2019ve been in any of those visits, I always treated the staff politely and with respect, because there\u2019s more merit to being a happy drunk than an asshole who starts fights.<\/span><\/p>\n Which brings us to the obvious cult classic of Waffle House, the knock-down, drag-em-out, World Star battle royales that have occurred at the restaurants since the inception of the company, and long under the guidance of Walt Ehmer as well.\u00a0 There\u2019s pretty much no such thing as a Waffle House fight that wasn\u2019t viral, wasn\u2019t entertaining in their own ironic way, and wasn\u2019t memorable in some way, shape or fashion.\u00a0 The fact that a Waffle House Fight™ occurred pretty much every single week somewhere in the vast network of 1,900+ stores across the east coast, and the company just keeps chugging along goes to show the gritty resilience of the brand and company, that I\u2019m not going to just credit Ehmer for, but he had to have known that they were going on, but frankly if he\u2019s as southern educated as a Georgia Tech Trustee chairman would be, knew that if it wasn\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it.<\/span><\/p>\n I digress, this isn\u2019t supposed to be waxing poetic about how great Waffle House is, but to pay my respects and bid happy trails to the guy that\u2019s been holding the ship steady for a company that has provided such greatness, so that effect, happy trails, Walt, and let\u2019s hope that whomever succeeds you is as successful at not rocking the boat and keeping things status quo as well as you 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