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Customer Turns Into Chef After Finding Waffle House Cook Asleep

SOUTH CAROLINA (CBS) - Imagine hitting up your favorite restaurant for a late night snack, only to discover there's no one around to cook your food.

That would leave you with two choices: turn around and go home or do what Alex Bowen did.

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Bowen says he found the cook fast asleep when he walked into a South Carolina waffle house.

So he jumped behind the counter and whipped up a meal.

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Bowen snapped some selfies as he made himself what he calls a "Double Texas Bacon Cheesesteak Melt with extra pickles."

And in case you were wondering, Bowen said he was a "bit drunk" but he later returned and paid for his meal, and even snapped another selfie with the cook.

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