> We rely on the restaurant not serving bad food because of regulation.

I don't think you can rely on that being the only reason a restaurant doesn't serve bad food. I think it's better if they are motivated to serve good food rather than being afraid of being punished for serving bad food.

> So to be clear, we rely on other people and other people doing things for us all the time, so the discussion is not about relying on other people, but in this case what are work conditions which are acceptable.

I am not clear whether this negates your previous two sentences or not. I agree with this statement in isolation though!