Sims eat outside instead of inside

I’ve seen this happen occasionally even with off-lot benches, but usually only if I don’t initially have a table in the build. Still, Sims would walk past a couch or chair, go out the door and down the block, and sit at a bench there to eat. I could queue get leftovers, sit here, but then they’d go all the way down the block, sit on the bench, stand up again and come all the way back, and only then sit and eat. Which wasted an awful lot of time so I usually just gave up and let them eat at whatever neighborhood bench they’d chosen. I don’t have Seasons though so never had to worry about weather, just wasted time if the Sim was hungry or late to work.