A former Austin, Texas Waffle House employee, who became a viral online sensation after coolly deflecting a chair that was chucked at her during a melee, told Fox News Tuesday that her superiors rewarded her by writing her up for property damage, and she has since been blacklisted by the restaurant chain.
“Waffle House” was trending on Twitter last week after a video of a female employee catching and slapping down a chair during a brawl at one of the chain’s restaurants in Austin, Texas surfaced online.
Halie Booth, dubbed the “Waffle House Wendy” for her quick reflexes and impressive deflection, spoke out in an interview on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Tuesday, offering her side of what went on that night and how she was treated by the chain in the months following the incident.
TWITTER ERUPTS OVER VIRAL VIDEO OF WAFFLE HOUSE EMPLOYEE DEFLECTING A THRWN CHAIR: ‘A NEW SUPERHERO’
Waffle House Employee Halie Booth catches the chair hurled at her.
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In a video posted online, Booth said that the brawl began when a large group walked in and sat in a section of the restaurant that was closed off. After being told that the section was closed off, the customers continued to sit there and started demanding service, she explained.
As the only cook on site that night, Booth was struggling to keep up with the influx of orders coming in, she told Carlson. The group, she said, appeared to be “extremely drunk” and rowdy.
“All I know is they were extremely drunk, or at least intoxicated, and it was a slow night,” she recalled. “I was the only cook. And there was about 30-40 people in there that I had to cook for by myself. It was moving slow. Drunk and impatience creates a volatile situation.”
A Waffle House in the area of Conway, South Carolina. A Waffle House employee at the location fended off two armed attackers with a pistol, police said.
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Booth said the girls started “hollering” and demanded employees take their…