Staff fast food restaurant sleeps, customer makes own meal

west columbia - When the hungry American Alex Bowen (36) stepped into the fast food restaurant Waffle House, he had hoped for a nice quick meal. The staff was, however, without trace, so he decided to grill a citizen himself.

'It was around three o'clock at night and I had some drinks,' says Bowen, who made a series of selfies during his adventure to ABC News.

The man from the state of South Carolina initially waited ten minutes, went outside to see if he saw staff, but concluded that he was really alone. 'Then I decided to make a Texas cheesesteak melt with bacon. '