Like WTF!? "Starving? You can't afford 'good' food working here, but you can afford the food you're already making!"
Also, I worked in a lot of kitchens before and never once paid for a meal. "Damn son, didn't mean to put cheese on that! Guess I'll have to make another one."
Never pay a company for your food if you're the one making it.
When I did, I made sure to rip lots of farts from the greasy food I just ate so they'd back off ;)
o7 for your brave actions in front of the enemy though
I didn't mean that literally, I meant when there's always a manager that has you in view and sometimes even a franchise owner who's at home watching you through the camera.