Eighty-six ticks.
As a rash of ridiculous menu hacks exposes fast-food chains to serious indigestion, at least one Waffle House location is refusing to let entitled customers hash out the restaurant’s tradition.
“Order off the menu. We’re not doing anything you’ve seen on Tik Tok,” reads a posted warning — captured on video from Tik Tok user @officialgodbodycash — above the cash register at what appears to be a Southern All-Day Breakfast slider in Atlanta.
“TikTok has taken over everything except Waffle House,” the user joked.
A messy sign that alerts guests to the latter’s new – unofficial – policy can be seen on popular posts on the social network, such as the user @shantellxoxo with a side of pickles. The gargantuan concoction, which was posted with the hashtag #pregnancydesire, racked up more than 5.7 million views in just six days.
Commenters chimed in in the comments to support Waffle House.
“Sick of TikTok specials,” one user wrote.
“Thank God, people always want to change the menu when I’m breastfeeding,” said another.
Not everyone felt the same way.
“So the Internet is giving them more business and they don’t want it?” asked one user.
La Tic Toc’s custom menu items have become a kitchen nightmare for fast food workers as they waste time and resources trying to recreate viral items.
Some of the same chains, however, have occasionally tried to approach the viral food craze — even Starbucks added the pink drink, a strawberry-acai libation with a hint of caffeine and coconut milk, as an official menu after it exploded in 2017 with its popularity on social media.
And recently, fast-casual chain Chipotle, particularly prone to menu hacking, allowed customers to use a Tiki Tok “hack” that turns a standard steak quesadilla into a Philly cheesesteak thanks to a highly customizable menu for online ordering.
Waffle House, on the other hand, recently went viral after an ex-employee took a self-defense action and picked up a chair thrown by a customer during a fight. The employee said she was blacklisted from the company due to the alleged incident in 2021.
Waffle House did not immediately return a request for comment.
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