Video shows Waffle House employees using cooking equipment to fix hair

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FORREST CITY, Ark. -- Video posted online shows two Waffle House employees doing their hair in the kitchen of an Arkansas restaurant.

"She dipped her hair down in the pot, and when it came back up she was drying it off with one of the towels," Antonio Robinson told WREG. "I see people do that in their houses and things like that but for a restaurant, I don't know."

The incident happened on Friday. One of the customers also found hair in their food, Robinson said.

"(The customer) was just coughing. Cough. Cough. Making noises like that," Robinson said. "He went to pulling out strings of hair out his mouth."

A manager at the restaurant told WREG the employees were fired after company officials watched the video.

"I was embarrassed," the manager said. "But it's all taken care of now. That's all I can say."

A Waffle House spokesperson emailed a statement to WREG:


The restaurant passed a health department inspection on Tuesday. Investigators noted floors needed to be cleaned under the kitchen cooking equipment.