When did businesses start having employees welcome customers in?

[robby]

This reminds me of my experience in a Waffle House in Texarkana back in 1997:

When is the last time you ate at Waffle House?

This reminds me of my one experience in a Waffle House back in 1997. My wife and I drove cross-country from Houston back to our home to New England. (We were driving instead of flying because we bought a new vehicle from a family friend…which is another story I’ve mentioned here before.) Anyway, we stopped to eat in a Waffle House in Texarkana. As we entered, the hostess loudly greeted us with, “HI!!! HOW Y’ALL DOING?” As we then walked to our table, every single server in the restaurant would…