“He always praises people for their hard work,” roommate and long-time friend Eric Cransaw told The Dailyer. “Whether it’s great food at a restaurant or exceptional bagging at grocery store he makes sure he throws in a thank you.”

Warren, however, due to a throat infection was unable to verbally thank a local food vendor for his weekly corn dog in downtown Lincoln on Saturday. The actions he took alternatively have given the vendor, Mitchell Parone, a rough time sleeping over the last few weeks.

“He came up to the stand like he usually does with this weird smile he always has on his face,” Parone said of the the encounter. “Then he got his corndog like he usually does and just started eating it.”

Parone said the strange thing was, even though there were customers in line behind Warren, the man ate his wrapped dog right there in front of the food stand.

Multiple witnesses said that, while maintaining his wide smile and eye contact with the vendor, Warren worked his way from the tip all the way down to the base, and then proceeded to pull all 7 inches out a start eating it.

“He didn’t break eye contact with me from the first bite to the last,” Parone recalled. “It was like watching the damn Joker.”

“Since I couldn’t talk, I just wanted to show him how much I savored the flavor,” Warren said two days after the incident. “I guess some people just can’t handle a little appreciation.”