[OPEN] Sims put objects in Box/Chest instead of container (fridge, bookshelf)

@NZsimm3r I ended up removing the chests from the lots.  I got tired of my Sims passing up the bookcase to go put the books in the chest.  I started ending up with a bookcase with no books and having to search two chests for books.  I will test with food if I decide to add the chests back to the game.

@canelacaliente @Kathykins @NZsimm3r  You can place the chests (all of them) up on the top floor of the building under the roof. You still have access to the storage but the sims won't put random items in them because they aren't accessible to them. 

It's not a solution to the issue by any means, but it does allow you to still use the chests in the meantime without worrying about missing books or food.

This has never happened to me before I installed DU and started to use the ICYA chests. I haven't had any problems with any other chests as far as I can remember.

I had a sim who was in a homework club with some classmates, I had previously put read books in the activities along with do homework and socialize but had to take it out because that was all they would do and they would leave books laying all around. Anyway, my sim has a chest which is next to a dresser that has a bookend on it. When I had her clean up all the books after her friends left, she put every single one into the chest. The bookend is definitely accessible.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? Deutsch
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.63.134.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? all EP besides eco ls, all GP a bunch of SP
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? play the game
What happens when the bug occurs? Sim puts pook not back in the book pile after reading but the DIY-trunk from university.
What do you expect to see? i expect the sim to put the book back in the pile (or on the floor or a table if sim is lazy, but not in the storage trunk
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. the last patch, you know what you did there, break a lot of things as usual

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Sim puts pook not back in the book pile after reading but the DIY-trunk from university.
i expect the sim to put the book back in the pile (or on the floor or a table if sim is lazy, but not in the storage trunk

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Microsoft XBOX One
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
What is your current game version number? Gp05 1 assets live gp05.155
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansions except eco living. All game packs except spa & dining out. Stuff packs for tiny living, toddler stuff, vintage glamour, & spooky stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have icya chest. Leave food servings (not spoiled) and plates on tables & counters. When maid comes she will put it in the chest not the fridge. Also puts books in chest instead of bookshelf. Noticed in appartment after June update. Smaller location has fridge and chest fairly close to each other. I haven't played in other lots yet to confirm if it happens outside appartment.
What happens when the bug occurs? Food is in cabinet and can be dragged out into fridge. Dishes are not visible in chest but sim will pull them out when cleaning up other dishes.
What do you expect to see? I expected the maid to put food in fridge and to clean up dishes.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? On console - never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes
Please describe the patch or change you made. Happens after June 2020 updates

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I've had the same problem and upon looking into it, it's because for some idiotic reason it's designed that way. If you look at the tuning for a book, storage boxes are a valid inventory type, right alongside the bookshelf and a sim's inventory (and a few sales spots). And the worst part is, as far as I can tell, to change it, you'd have to go into EACH and every book type; there isn't one object called book. And you can't do it on the storage boxes end; they don't say what goes in them, the objects say where they can be put. So I doubt this will ever be fixed; simple fix but it would take forever to do it.

This still happens with every chest I've tried but also with the Eco sticker boxes. Also tried placing bookshelves next to boxes, but they still prefer the box. I like to use the boxes as decoration, but it's too much of a hazzle with this bug.

Just want to add that this also makes the books disappear from the bookshelf index, so there's no way to make sims read the books unless you know where they've ended up.