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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:58 AM

Star Member onehandle (35,364 posts)

Waffle House CEO (Romney Supporter) accused of sexual improprieties

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- A former personal assistant of Waffle House's CEO accused him of forcing her to "perform sexual services," among other degrading acts, during her nine years of working for him, according to an Atlanta police report.

Police blacked out the woman's name in the report, but gave a graphic account of her accusation, based on an interview that she gave Atlanta police on September 28. CNN obtained a copy of the police report Friday, as news of the allegations against Joseph Rogers Jr. spread around the media.

Efforts Friday by CNN to reach Rogers, whose father co-founded the Georgia-based 24-hour-diner chain were not successful. Similarly, CNN was unable to reach the man believed to be his lawyer.

Atlanta police did not elaborate on to what extent they've been able to verify the woman's claims, with Sgt. Gregory Lyon saying, "I can tell you that this is an open and ongoing investigation."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/justice/georgia-waffle-house-allegation/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo

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Reply Waffle House CEO (Romney Supporter) accused of sexual improprieties (Original post)
 onehandle Nov 2012 OP
LineReply I do believe in innocence until guilt is proven but........
 Swede Atlanta Nov 2012 #1
LineLineReply I agree that it's symptomatic of repression and unhealthy attitudes toward sex.
 yardwork Nov 2012 #3
LineLineReply The Waffle guy could easily buy the best sex anywhere in the world why would he want her?
 xtraxritical Nov 2012 #19
LineLineLineReply It wasn't about sex. It was about enslavement. nt
 valerief Nov 2012 #20
LineLineLineLineReply Yep...
 awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #26
LineLineLineNew Reply I'm glad I live a sheltered life, and am a Democrat!
 xtraxritical Nov 2012 #34
LineReply People being people. Petraeus anyone? Far, far worse.
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #2
LineLineReply Sorry, but sexual assault and sexual harassment are not "people being people."
 yardwork Nov 2012 #4
LineLineLineReply Agree
 Frances Nov 2012 #5
LineLineLineReply This message was self-deleted by its author
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #6
LineLineLineLineReply Did you read the first sentence of the article in the OP?
 yardwork Nov 2012 #7
LineLineLineLineLineReply This message was self-deleted by its author
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #9
LineLineLineLineLineLineReply You responded to the OP.
 yardwork Nov 2012 #10
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineReply I initially backed off my original assertion. But, due to your obsessiveness...
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #14
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineReply .....
 yardwork Nov 2012 #15
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineReply Keep it coming.
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #16
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineReply Hey, you are the one who claimed...
 awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #27
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineReply Bullshit!
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #29
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply "People being people. Petraus anyone? Far, far worse"...
 awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #30
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Yes, dear, and I later clarified that. Those posts are now deleted.
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #32
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply You deleted some posts...
 awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #33
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Yeah, yeah. Obsess much?
 Buzz Clik Nov 2012 #38
LineReply Strictly from a culinary standard,
 HockeyMom Nov 2012 #8
LineLineReply I stopped at a Waffle House
 femrap Nov 2012 #11
LineLineReply I'd put waffle house several notches further down on the scale
 Major Nikon Nov 2012 #17
LineLineReply I agree...
 adieu Nov 2012 #25
LineLineNew Reply We love Waffle House in Tampa.
 ihaveaquestion Nov 2012 #39
LineReply Bill Hicks at the Waffle House
 ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #12
LineReply nasty food - I always called it the "Awful House"
 UpInArms Nov 2012 #13
LineLineReply We called it the Awful Waffle
 ThoughtCriminal Nov 2012 #18
LineLineLineReply Ditto to the Awful...
 SoapBox Nov 2012 #24
LineReply I know his wife.
 DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #21
LineLineReply Disgusting food
 SweepPicker Nov 2012 #22
LineLineLineReply Thankfully, I have never experienced WH cuisine.
 DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #23
LineLineLineNew Reply My stomach doesn't have time!
 Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #35
LineLineNew Reply " She told me she stayed with him because of the 'perks' "
 aletier_v Nov 2012 #31
LineReply Now, THAT'S what I call a sticky situation. n/t
 Ian David Nov 2012 #28
LineLineNew Reply Ewww. Good place to de-sole your shoes. nt
 Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #36
LineNew Reply with the waffles???
 BadGimp Nov 2012 #37

Response to onehandle (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:01 AM

Star Member Swede Atlanta (2,243 posts)

1. I do believe in innocence until guilt is proven but........

These republics run around claiming the moral high ground, to be "God's" chosen party, etc. and then you find out that so many of them, nearly always old white men, are sexual predators. They can't keep their willies in their pants. It is symptomatic of people who outwardly claim sex is bad except to pro-create but then engage in this kind of behavior.

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Response to Swede Atlanta (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:17 AM

Star Member yardwork (37,074 posts)

3. I agree that it's symptomatic of repression and unhealthy attitudes toward sex.

Anybody who talks a lot about "family values" etc. is revealing that they have a preoccupation with sex, probably brought on by unhealthy upbringing. They're brainwashed into thinking that sex is dirty and bad.

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Response to Swede Atlanta (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:55 PM

Star Member xtraxritical (2,919 posts)

19. The Waffle guy could easily buy the best sex anywhere in the world why would he want her?

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:25 PM

Star Member valerief (35,667 posts)

20. It wasn't about sex. It was about enslavement. nt

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:07 PM

Star Member awoke_in_2003 (18,457 posts)

26. Yep...

rape is always about power.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:30 PM

Star Member xtraxritical (2,919 posts)

34. I'm glad I live a sheltered life, and am a Democrat!

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:13 AM

Buzz Clik (28,598 posts)

2. People being people. Petraeus anyone? Far, far worse.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:18 AM

Star Member yardwork (37,074 posts)

4. Sorry, but sexual assault and sexual harassment are not "people being people."

This IS far worse than a consensual affair.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:30 AM

Frances (7,804 posts)

5. Agree

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:33 AM

Star Member yardwork (37,074 posts)

7. Did you read the first sentence of the article in the OP?

A former personal assistant of Waffle House's CEO accused him of forcing her to "perform sexual services," among other degrading acts, during her nine years of working for him, according to an Atlanta police report.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:45 AM

Star Member yardwork (37,074 posts)

10. You responded to the OP.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:17 AM

Buzz Clik (28,598 posts)

14. I initially backed off my original assertion. But, due to your obsessiveness...

Last edited Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:19 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I deleted those replies.

If you want to make a religion out of stalking me, go for it.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:51 AM

Star Member yardwork (37,074 posts)

15. .....

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:03 PM

Buzz Clik (28,598 posts)

16. Keep it coming.

Your OCD is getting the best of you.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:10 PM

Star Member awoke_in_2003 (18,457 posts)

27. Hey, you are the one who claimed...

a consensual affair was worse than rape- yes, this is rape. When you make people give you sexual pleasure against their will, it is rape. Calling is sexual assault or harassment is just putting lipstick on a pig.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:26 PM

Buzz Clik (28,598 posts)

29. Bullshit!

I never made that claim. That's to our obsessive pal, I deleted the post where I clarified.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:08 PM

Star Member awoke_in_2003 (18,457 posts)

30. "People being people. Petraus anyone? Far, far worse"...

Those are your words, not yardwork's,

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:15 PM

Buzz Clik (28,598 posts)

32. Yes, dear, and I later clarified that. Those posts are now deleted.

What f***ing part of "I clarified my position" do you not understand?

Are your pretending that you have some ability to read my mind? Well, if that's your thought, you are incorrect.

I CLARIFIED MY POSITION, AND THE MY FIRST POST NO LONGER APPLIES.

Try to pound that notion into your skull.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:24 PM

Star Member awoke_in_2003 (18,457 posts)

33. You deleted some posts...

yet let the original stand? And no, you did not clarify, you just said you backed off the original post. Now, try to go piss up a rope.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:47 PM

Buzz Clik (28,598 posts)

38. Yeah, yeah. Obsess much?

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:40 AM

HockeyMom (10,697 posts)

8. Strictly from a culinary standard,

they are on par with Papa John's and Chik-Fil-A. Interesting, isn't it?

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:02 AM

femrap (13,418 posts)

11. I stopped at a Waffle House

 

once. I left wondering how the hell do they stay in business? It was the worst food and service....and dirty. The customers gave me the evil eye. I got the worst vibe from the place. I ate a few bites and got back on the highway.

I fantasized that the only reason this 'restaurant' remained open was that it was somehow involved in drug and/or human trafficking. Now that I see what the CEO was up to, that damned well may be true.

Every time I see a Waffle House, I tell whom ever is in the car....there's a part of the drug cartel!

I only visit Perkins Pancake House now.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:09 PM

Star Member Major Nikon (9,617 posts)

17. I'd put waffle house several notches further down on the scale

Of the three you mentioned, I can think of only one I'd consider a ptomaine refuge.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:27 PM

adieu (472 posts)

25. I agree...

I went to a Waffle House once in Richmond VA when I was staying at a hotel kind of far away from where I had to be (for the cheap hotel prices). The Waffle House was the "hotel restaurant" so I went there for breakfast. Gawd awful food and the clientele was about as red-necked as you can be. And because it was VA, there was smoking sections, so that didn't help my enjoyment of the breakfast (had eggs over easy, bacon and hash browns). I didn't know it's possible to make a business case out of greasy-spoon hash houses. Who knew?

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:35 AM

ihaveaquestion (1,566 posts)

39. We love Waffle House in Tampa.

We've been to every Waffle House between Tampa and Orlando and there is only one we won't go back to. The rest have good food (and surprisingly fresh salads), nice staff and "colorful" clientele (especially after 10pm). Maybe the quality is a regional thing?

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:07 AM

ThoughtCriminal (9,791 posts)

12. Bill Hicks at the Waffle House

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:16 AM

Star Member UpInArms (42,639 posts)

13. nasty food - I always called it the "Awful House"

Am glad this woman finally got the courage to come forward

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:19 PM

ThoughtCriminal (9,791 posts)

18. We called it the Awful Waffle

Last edited Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:21 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

At one local Waffle House, the light in the "W" went out. Stayed that way for months.

Some people loved them, but honestly, the only time I would eat there was if the only other alternative was a place called "Eats" and it was closed for health violations.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 02:23 PM

SoapBox (5,795 posts)

24. Ditto to the Awful...

I found out why eventually.

Grew up in the West and then got to see this side show a couple times...once after drinking (then it was funny) and once sober (NOT funny)...that was enough.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:40 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

21. I know his wife.

We used to fly to Trade Shows in the Waffle House jet.

She told me she stayed with him because of the 'perks'.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:48 PM

Star Member SweepPicker (172 posts)

22. Disgusting food

My stomach is in knots even thinking about eating that garbage.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:51 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

23. Thankfully, I have never experienced WH cuisine.

The food and wine on the plane was great, though.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:35 PM

Star Member Eleanors38 (3,420 posts)

35. My stomach doesn't have time!

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:13 PM

aletier_v (1,773 posts)

31. " She told me she stayed with him because of the 'perks' "

half-price meals?

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:20 PM

Star Member Ian David (68,414 posts)

28. Now, THAT'S what I call a sticky situation. n/t

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:37 PM

Star Member Eleanors38 (3,420 posts)

36. Ewww. Good place to de-sole your shoes. nt

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 05:46 PM

Star Member BadGimp (1,925 posts)

37. with the waffles???

omg no!!

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