Regional House of Pancakes
From Diablo Cody comes the best idea ever:
“I just had the best idea ever: ‘Regional House of Pancakes.’ Locally grown produce, throwin’ down daily with IHOP.”
This would certainly be popular with the anti-globalization buy local types, who feel too guilty about underpaid children in China slaving over hot waffle irons to eat at the International House of Pancakes.
Build-a-wall-along-the-border xenophobes would also appreciate these homegrown flapjacks that are just like their mom (their American mom, not some foreigner’s mom) used to make. Lord knows there’s enough of those wackjobs hiding in the cracks to sustain a successful enterprise.
Money would all but rain out of the sky and the Regional House of Pancakes would go international, becoming the The International Regional House of Pancakes. Each franchise would only use local ingredients and workers, thus appeasing the diversity-fearing xenophobes in whatever country the franchise serves. Fortune 500 status would be forthcoming.
The question is whether success is worth catering to the basest, most racist, ignorant and hateful elements in our society. Some would say no. Others, like Diablo, say yes.
3 years ago