It's the opposite of restaurants, usually they don't let their staff eat leftovers.

I see both sides because you don't want staff intentionally making "mistakes" just to get some food but I worked for almost a decade in restaurants and only McDonald's didnt let you eat the food.

This must be a high end/low end thing. When I worked at a family diner, it was a free for all on the buffet leftovers which could not be recycled for the following day.

Restaurant staff usually eats before service, no? At least where I'm from.

Instead: a discount for what you unloaded from the frozen truck last week... and just cooked

From what I've seen, it's totally ordinary for "sandwich artists" to prepare lunch for themselves from the ingredients on display.

depends on how close to the bus/dish position you are. i used to eat leftover tiramisu from the bus tub all the time when i washed dishes at an italian restaurant.

...not that i would do that today, but i was poor, and it was good :)

If anything, the rodent staff will.

Crows will also help themselves.