Sims won't use nearest furniture while eating/reading

This one is painful. Get leftovers from the fridge. Walk past the kitchen seating and dining room seating to sit on the bed next to household member reading on their tablet. This is silly.

It annoys me so much... They always want to go to the bathroom that's miles away in the business instead of using the bathroom that's three steps away.

I wonder if this is the same or different than what I'm experiencing. 

Sims made food in the kitchen, walked through the dining room with 4 empty seats (and a table), past the living room with a couch and up the stairs to sit on the bed. Albeit, it's a great bed and the dining room chairs are only decent on comfort, but still. If they are prioritizing the most comfortable seat, then this design should be re-written to find a close seat at a table or counter. 

I wouldn't want them to COMPLETELY remove this.  Maybe a compromise where the distance from the sim is part of the selection criteria.  Like most comfortable within xxx spaces of sim, increasing the distance a couple times until it reaches whole lot in case there's nothing near (same room, then 20 squares, then 40 squares, then whole lot?).  If distance is too difficult maybe current room plus adjacent rooms?  It would also make sense that the more comfortable a chair is the more likely the sim would be to travel to it, so there could be some variety added depending on difference in comfort level and distance.  Likes could impact it too (a RED chair?  I'll never sit in a RED chair!!).  Not sure what best option is, but it definitely needs to be smarter with how the sims make some selections.

Well, I do tire of Sims walking past a dining table to eat in other rooms.