All about race. The employee is white, doing her job, and the folks tearing up the place were black. No mystery who wins that moment.
Blacks are permitted to destroy all they want and not answer for it. Whites on the other hand are all supremacists and are expected to wither and die.
Last time I was in a Waffle House was to meet my roommate from the university 21 years ago. His choice. He ended up dying some months later at the ripe age of 47 from heart issues. No mystery if he was eating in places like Waffle House. He was not over weight, but he did dine in fast food restaurants. I always blamed his dining choices on his premature death.