# Eating **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** interaction\ **Created:** [January 20, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367 "2026-01-20T03:50:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trainguygaming1045](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/trainguygaming1045/32/67_2.png) [@trainguygaming1045](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/trainguygaming1045)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/1 "2026-01-20T03:50:42Z")
> - **Game Version** : 20260114.9803W > > - **Platform** : (Steam windows) > > - **Mods** : (Choose one: never used / removed / active) > 📍If you have used mods before, please list them: Realistic Aging, Increased Skill XP > > - **Hardware Specifications & Operating System** (OS version, CPU, GPU, RAM, storage
): NVIDIA GeForce 4070 Super, Ryzen 7 7700, 16gb ram > > - **Steps to Reproduce: Let your zoi finish eating** - **Please provide the entire save file(s) from the date when the issue occurred.** 📍 Instruction: [How to Send User Files to The inZOI Team (Updated)](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/how-to-send-user-files-to-the-inzoi-team-updated/57) [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bb05Xtlrd8wgOk4Nox3XvtChT3GhN5LB/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bb05Xtlrd8wgOk4Nox3XvtChT3GhN5LB/view?usp=sharing) - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VKdzVnt5zc265Y35M8vPiFexZwrTKLYd/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VKdzVnt5zc265Y35M8vPiFexZwrTKLYd/view?usp=drive_link) - **Details:** 📍 Please share the date, error message, or screenshots/videos for issue verification. At my business fitness center, I noticed when my zoi is finished eating they don’t automatically throw away/cleanup, you have to manually direct them to throw away/cleanup. ---
**Author:** ![HeinziDerHeld](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/heinziderheld/32/4787_2.png) [@HeinziDerHeld](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/HeinziDerHeld)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/2 "2026-01-20T05:05:44Z")
I noticed that too. It doesn’t happen with every Zoi as far as I saw though. In my current household, one female Zoi is the business owner + works and another male Zoi is employee. She (the owner) currently doesn’t throw her dishes away but the male one does sometimes đŸ€” But I remember, back when the business update launched, Zois automatically threw empty dishes away. Seems to have changed with a patch. Probably v0.5.3 or .4? ---
**Author:** ![trainguygaming1045](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/trainguygaming1045/32/67_2.png) [@trainguygaming1045](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/trainguygaming1045)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/3 "2026-01-20T05:14:34Z")
“Probably v0.5.3 or .4?” I wasn’t paying attention, so I couldn’t tell you. Lol ---
**Author:** ![zoiAddic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/zoiaddic/32/69_2.png) [@zoiAddic](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/zoiAddic)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/4 "2026-01-20T08:45:55Z")
did you give your employees the “throw away” task? They will eventually clean up after the customers ---
**Author:** ![trainguygaming1045](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/trainguygaming1045/32/67_2.png) [@trainguygaming1045](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/trainguygaming1045)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/5 "2026-01-20T10:06:53Z")
No I’m a 1 star business and only have one employee
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**Author:** ![trainguygaming1045](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/trainguygaming1045/32/67_2.png) [@trainguygaming1045](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/trainguygaming1045)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/6 "2026-01-20T10:07:57Z")
Devs, don’t fix this, I actually like the way it is now (nice having the employee do it. ---
**Author:** ![Starwing](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/starwing/32/7591_2.png) [@Starwing](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Starwing)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/7 "2026-01-20T11:38:42Z")
> [@trainguygaming1045](#): > > Devs, don’t fix this, I actually like the way it is now (nice having the employee do it. I think it is probably intended behaviour because you either need to pay attention to making your zoi clean up, or to add the task for an employee. Zois at home still clean up properly, so thankfully it’s not a bug, and just adds another thing for us to watch for while tending our businesses. 😎 ---
**Author:** ![EllaEstella](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/ellaestella/32/6025_2.png) [@EllaEstella](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/EllaEstella)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/8 "2026-01-20T13:59:26Z")
@trainguygaming1045 is it only your Zoi not cleaning up or all the customer Zois as well? I have the same issue in my internet café shop but here it is mainly my Zoi who would never clean his dishes up. The customers are actually bringing their plates to the bin quite frequently if not interrupted by some other action. So I only have to clean after them from time to time but my own Zoi would never clean up after eating. Also even though there is a sink and dishwasher on the property my Zoi (and also the customer Zois) are unable to wash the dishes, you can only order them to throw the plate into the bin. It seems that there is something missing in the game which would allow the Zois to recognize the dishwasher or sink as an option to wash the dishes on a business property as it is still working fine on every home lot. I reported this issue yesterday in more detail here: [Zoi is not using dishwasher or sink on his business property](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9363) ---
**Author:** ![zoiAddic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/zoiaddic/32/69_2.png) [@zoiAddic](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/zoiAddic)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/9 "2026-01-20T14:44:46Z")
my zoi’s and their employees use the sink to wash dishes in my business. They either throw it away or wash it. I notice when things go bad (spoiled foods), they wash those dishes/cups up but throw away everything else. As for my own zoi, she hates housework and is not neat so she doesn’t always clean up after herself (which I like) and she gets those black hearts whenever she is cleaning up ---
**Author:** ![Starwing](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/starwing/32/7591_2.png) [@Starwing](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Starwing)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/10 "2026-01-20T15:50:23Z")
> [@EllaEstella](#): > > I have the same issue in my internet cafĂ© shop but here it is mainly my Zoi who would never clean his dishes up. The customers are actually bringing their plates to the bin quite frequently if not interrupted by some other action. Actually, that’s the same for me. One time, a customer left a plate of cookies, but my zoi needed something to eat so it worked out alright. 😂 But if she eats lunch, she’ll leave her bowl out unless I make her clean it up. ---
**Author:** ![trainguygaming1045](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/trainguygaming1045/32/67_2.png) [@trainguygaming1045](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/trainguygaming1045)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/11 "2026-01-20T21:14:06Z")
@Starwing That is why I decided I want the feature to stay and asked it not to be touched ie fixed. ---
**Author:** ![shannon.m.e.miller](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/shannon.m.e.miller/32/70_2.png) [@shannon.m.e.miller](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/shannon.m.e.miller)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9367/12 "2026-06-25T17:28:40Z")
My zois are throwing away group meals again, after having stopped doing that