Does anyone else think the maid is pointless now?

I see some of these same issues still happening in my game. The maid dumps my Sims' leftovers instead of putting them away. She even dumps it sometimes before everyone can get a serving, so annoying! Another annoying thing with the maids is every time I continue my game I am charged 40+ for nothing!
On a positive note, the maid is very helpful in a household of 4+ Sims to clean messes and mop etc. The sitting before putting leftovers away is a bug. My household Sims do that too with books also.