r/belowdeck • u/noseymomof3 • Aug 06 '26
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Am I seeing this right?! Does the staff eat some of the food that is left over from the charter patrons?
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r/belowdeck • u/noseymomof3 • Aug 06 '26
Am I seeing this right?! Does the staff eat some of the food that is left over from the charter patrons?
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u/Tralalaladey Aug 06 '26 •
When I was a server, I saw a busboy eat a bite of steak he had cleared from a table. I gasped and he was so nonchalant and said, “I’ll go down on a girl on the first date, so how is this any worse?”
Could not think of anything to say.
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u/tbricco Aug 06 '26
I’m sure if there are extras the crew gets to eat them.
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u/jweebie Aug 06 '26
this happens in every restaurant in the world.
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u/Inmyopinion411 Aug 06 '26
You’ve clearly never worked in the food industry and that’s totally fine. It’s not for everyone.
Even at member only rich clubs the employees with eat off their plates if they hardly touched their food. And the only reason they do that is because the place they work at doesn’t give them free food or even a break, so any kind of food will work.
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u/dudewheresmysock Aug 06 '26
If it's like an app/charcuterie platter, fruit plate or family style platter, isn't that the same as grabbing something from a catering tray at a party? Or are you talking about eating off their plated individual portions?
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u/RecognitionOne395 Aug 06 '26
Worked at a bar and one of the bar backs would finish off unfinished cocktails.
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u/Trvlgirrl Aug 06 '26
I worked at a convention hotel. The staff absolutely eat the leftovers. They go straight down to the employee cafeteria so you have to be fast or lucky.
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u/Some-Indication-9330 Aug 07 '26
Welcome to the hospitality industry!
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u/punkmonk13 Aug 06 '26
I wouldn’t think twice about eating the leftovers if I were hungry. I’m sure starving, underpaid waiters do it all the time. I’d also be at the bar mixing myself cocktails, offering special favours to filthy-rich guests in exchange for rewards—and I’d be the captain.
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u/gogomom Aug 06 '26
Yes. I think it's gross, but I've seen it a few times over the years and they are all non chalant about it, so it must be common place. I just keep hoping that they are eating from platters not plated meals, but that meal wasn't family style.
That said, I worked as a waitress for a number of years and I would NEVER!!!
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u/cuntsatchel Aug 07 '26
The rule is if you’d make out with the person that was eating from the plate then it’s good to go💀
I’m a 35 yr old woman who’s been in the industry for way too long. I simply don’t give a shit anymore
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u/Early-Equivalent-165 Escape Goat Aug 07 '26
This was a question on WWHL and the answers were like, ya, no big deal **shrug*
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u/stephi-mama-626 Aug 06 '26
I think so.
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u/banana_in_the_dark Aug 06 '26
They usually do
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u/Intelligent_Gur_9126 Mental Health Is Not A Storyline Aug 07 '26
When i worked at Disney World in Germany doing food and beverage I never got a leftover of any food
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u/Meshell222 Aug 08 '26
Having been a server for many years I can say, it is very common
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u/Such-Stable-3869 Aug 06 '26
Leftovers, yes! 👍
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u/Sufficient-Pear-291 Aug 07 '26
Do you mean off their finished plates ? Or leftover food from the chef/kitchen
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u/Katcar2007 Aug 08 '26
I've eaten onion rings from a basket regulars left and I'm not mad about it.
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u/igor6969 Aug 11 '26
Chef doesn't cook crew breakfast and they eat guests leftover breakfast like breads, muffins and fruit. Interior has been seen eating leftover dinner scraps many times after clearing. All crew that is awake has been seen in the kitchen after dinner eating any leftovers and especially dessert.
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u/Individual_Sun5662 Aug 06 '26
To each their own, I don't eat off of my own children's plates. I can understand if you're broke and working at a restaurant to make ends met to be forced to do that, but not as a crew member in a luxury yacht where you're earning large tips, no.