Man found living atop Georgia Waffle House
Some people eat at the Waffle House so much it feels like home.
Friendly waitresses only add to the charm.
The first Waffle House is now a museum in Avondale Estates.
But there’s no denying the popular roadside eateries are also weirdo magnets.
Something wacky can happen at any minute. Kid Rock may be throwing punches, or cooking up grub while meeting and greeting local fans. Or maybe a famed tiny outlaw is doing his “Little Houdini” impersonation and slipping away from a hungry deputy.
In Augusta Tuesday, an air conditioner repairman found a man living atop a Gordon Highway location in what was described as a temporary shelter, according to Augusta’s ABC station.
Waffle House managers aren’t allowed to talk about the incident, and firefighters called to the scene to pluck him off the roof didn’t identify the man or know how long he was up there.
The rooftop denizen was taken to a local hospital for dehydration. It’s a good thing too, it’s going to be hotter than a Texas Melt today.
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78 comments Add your comment
Brenda
May 11th, 2011
2:39 pm
@Don, and I bet your church isn’t a megachurch is it?
bailer
May 11th, 2011
2:44 pm
@eddie long—- you of all people would know about the stick.
mike
May 11th, 2011
2:51 pm
Let’s give him Brenda’s address. She won’t mind taking the ole chap in. Right Brenda?
El Gato Malo
May 11th, 2011
2:53 pm
Eddie Long isn’t gay, but his bofriends are!
Sharissa
May 11th, 2011
2:54 pm
Brenda, there is no reason why you should lay the insensitive comments at the door of the church. There is no indication that these people are professed followers of Christ. Why must you jump to such a conclusion? Come with me to Alabama next weekend to try to help my suffering hometown. Or go with me downtown to minister to the poor people who live around Boulevard. Or go with me on prison ministry. Let your actions match your fingerpointing.
The Ghost of Lester Maddox
May 11th, 2011
2:56 pm
Any truth to the rumor that he was actually better dressed and groomed than the patrons inside at the time?
Oh, and there was less dirt under his fingernails than the nails of the cook.
Ha!
Sharissa
May 11th, 2011
2:57 pm
And yes, mine is a megachurch, which is full every Sunday in two chapels at each 9:30 and 11:30 service, and out in the community the rest of the week ministering to the poor, the abused, the homeless, the orphans, and the prostitutes. We are full of the love of Christ and take his command to feed his sheep quite literally. You can’t tar us all with the same brush.
Eddie Long
May 11th, 2011
2:59 pm
Hey Bad Cat, do i sense a little Homo Phobia, my Boy Friends can take care of that for you. Why don’t you stop by the Church, we can meet and have some Sweet Tea…
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shaggy
May 11th, 2011
3:03 pm
That is quality housing on that part of Gordon Road. Augusta has The National, Fort Gordon, and that is about it.