Have you ever been to a McDonald's after a night downtown? Or maybe Waffle House is more your thing? An All Star Special or a double cheeseburger at one in the morning always seems like a good idea. Domino's and Papa John's are walking distance from the bars as well, leaving Auburn students with multiple options to satisfy drunken munchies.
Each of these joints is constantly hopping every weekend in the wee hours of the morning with loud, intoxicated customers looking for the perfect midnight snack.
The strange things people do after the sun sets in these restaurants are stories the employees aren't likely to forget.
McDonald's employee Jailene Rodriguez said things get incredibly loud and crazy during weekend night shifts.
"Some (people) will fall asleep, some just go into the bathroom and pass out," Rodriguez said. "Sometimes they are covered in throw up."
Whenever this happens, Rodriguez usually lets her manager handle it. McDonald's gets so packed on the weekend nights it's hard to move around without touching another person.
Similarly, Papa John's and Domino's have an overflow of customers hankering for some pizza.
Mordecai Little, a former Papa John's employee now at Domino's, has seen his fair share of drunken antics working in both pizza joints.
"I used to work at Papa John's and on a game day this guy passed out in a booth," Little said. "We were trying everything to wake him up. We slammed trays down in front of him, one guy shook and slapped him and he still didn't wake up. Eventually he woke up and just stumbled his way out."
From people passing out in their own throw up to people defecating in trashcans, the stories are endless and usually ridiculous.
For Waffle House employee Jasmine Bell, it's always the same rowdy crowds with something new every night.
"I've come in one night and there was a pair of underwear on the floor," Bell said.
With situations like these along with multiple fist fight and verbal clashes, Bell has seen it all.
"You can get cussed out at any moment, or you can get somebody whose going to hit on you and flirt," Bell said.
Bell mentioned a case where an argument sparked between two young women who were at opposite sides of the restaurant.
"(One) girl was talking loud as mess, and the other girl at the other end of the bar told her to shut the heck up, but in a worse way than that," Bell said. "And they were just arguing across Waffle House."
A casual argument over chocolate chip waffles seems like a solid evening and an entertaining one for the employees.
Endless shenanigans in all these popular fast food joints every weekend leave each employee with a supply of stories they won't soon forget.
Now, why isn't Taco Bell on the list? The popular Mexican restaurant, famous for a Dorito-shelled taco and a Mountain Dew slushie, has decided to remain a mystery because when we tried to interview them, they said bluntly, "What happens at Taco Bell stays at Taco Bell."
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