Seating Hack?

[croiduire]

Isn't there a hack that requires the restaurant host/ess to seat the patron in the f'ing restaurant (i.e. in pragmatic game terms, within say, x squares of the restaurant stove or podium) instead of by choice/default as far away from the kitchen as simishly possible? This bug/annoyance has been driving me crazy ever since there have been restaurants. I want a playable lot that includes a bar and a restaurant. Separate. Distinct. Is that so much to ask?

[sloppyhousewife]

I don't know if there's a hack for it, but have you tried putting [decorative crap] on the bar counters? Afaik, the restaurant host/ess won't consider them as a valid dining space if there's something on them.

[Inge]

Talking of waitresses, I want a hack that stops them making beds and cleaning toilets between customers.  I have a cleaner for that!

[croiduire]

I don't know if there's a hack for it, but have you tried putting [decorative crap] on the bar counters? Afaik, the restaurant host/ess won't consider them as a valid dining space if there's something on them.

But that means the bartender can't put a drink on them either, does it not? 

[sloppyhousewife]

I don't know if there's a hack for it, but have you tried putting [decorative crap] on the bar counters? Afaik, the restaurant host/ess won't consider them as a valid dining space if there's something on them.

But that means the bartender can't put a drink on them either, does it not? 

Maybe - I don't pay much attention to my bars, so I can't say for sure; the barkeepers can still put the drinks on the bar itself. That was just a suggestion to keep the host/ess from seating guests at the bar counter, which would at least be a start if you can't find a hack that does exactly what you want .

[dizzy]

Talking of waitresses, I want a hack that stops them making beds and cleaning toilets between customers.  I have a cleaner for that!

I have hack that stops maids from making beds. Maybe you could adapt it for that purpose, as well.

[Inge]

Where do you put your stuff these days, Dizzy?

[dizzy]

Everything goes into the dump with BV (which will probably be named something different for the next EP).

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9535.0.html

[Inge]

Hmm maybe not all that simple as I don't know how to test what job a sim has.  At least maids are always a particular NPC type.