Oooh that is an interesting thing to see to say the least xD. I didn’t check the animations online yet myself.
I was just wondering, since the inZOI team still works on trait improvement, how nice would it be if those eating habits/animations would be influenced by that? The “default” could be how you describe it. Fitting cutlery with animations and more “proper” sitting. But if that would be a childish or lazy Zoi, I would find this type of animation quite fitting. Not paying attention to the surroundings, poking in the food, as you so fittingly described it, or maybe even spill the food a little, leaving a messy table. Same of course for more tidy Zois, just the opposite. They could sit super prim and proper, no elbows on the table and generally have good manners. And traits that are “neutral”, let’s say something like “workaholic” they could have normal eating behavior.
That might take quite some time to implement, so in general, I agree that this would definitely need fine polish, so the eating behaviour looks less improper and more like someone, who would actually eat at a restaurant xD.
Good catch