"cheymat;14530607" wrote:
That is really strange, though I would have let him eat the ice cream. I think most maids eat because it is 'lunch time'. If you have ever noticed that when your sims go to work, their hunger bar will go up (if you work in a rabbit hole). That signifies that they have 'eaten lunch'. I think that is why the maids eat out of the family's refrigerator, so I just let them.
The game is supposed to take care of Service Sim's basic needs without them having to animate their eating (using the bathroom, doing fun and social activities, etc.). I'm not an unreasonable boss, but sorry when a maid does something like stopping and eating in the middle of their shift, they are goofing off.
But I usually let them as well. Even if they haven't lifted a finger to clean the house since they arrived, when they leave and charge their daily rate a lot of basic things in the house just instantly clean themselves so it's always an improvement (from what I see) compared to when they walked in. The beds may not get made and the laundry doesn't get done that way, pretty sure the leaves don't get raked though I think already raked piles will get cleaned up as will dead plants. I've never had dishes left undone or seen bathrooms stay dirty unless there is a plumbing malfunction or I've left internal doors locked after they finish their shift.