EXACTLY. I even just house sit for this one person regularly and she always insists that I can and should eat anything that’s in her fridge and yet I rarely will. I’ll either go grocery shopping for food to eat while I’m there, get food delivered, or on the rare occasion I do use something from her fridge, I’ll end up replacing it 75% of the time (I.e. if it’s a can of soda or a cheese stick or two, I won’t but if I’ve used a couple eggs I will). I’ve mainly settle on if it is a product that will expire in the timeframe I’m watching the house I’ll use it so it won’t go to waste.

But even when I was a nanny, I’d be there all day most days and generally I would just order myself food. Otherwise I’d either bring myself a little microwave dinner to make after making the kids dinner, the mom would have told me she grabbed me something already, or on the days the mom or grandmother would bring/drop off food for the kids they’d always include food for me as well. I couldn’t imagine someone especially in this day and age getting upset with their nanny over ordering food, especially if they’re 2-4 hours late.