So I did also try an old save from January at your suggestion, let the lot get filthy over the weekend, and when the maid came on Monday he cleaned all of the inside stuff downstairs first, then went outside and got stuck at the grill opening-cleaning-closing-repeat for at least 1 1/2 sim hours, until I gave up and fired him.
I’m beginning to wonder if it’s the maid that’s glitchy. Now on a lot where I’ve removed the grill to avoid that stuck loop, he comes snd goes snd ignores dirty dishes sitting plainly on tables and counters. Strange.
Bug affects NPCs which happen to have the Neat trait. NPCs without this trait only clean grills if dirty.
I have had the same maid for months, and I checked, he does not have the neat trait and only started doing it within the last two weeks or so.
Went on vacation to Granite Falls tonight and rented the big lodge. He showed up as my maid there too and did the same thing for hours. I had just arrived. There was nothing to clean. When I finally got tired of him banging the grill lid open and shut I dismissed him and he charged me $160!
I have been playing a lot over the past year and definitely this is new (for me anyway).
I have exact same problem as described with base game on pc.
Well, I am glad at least to see that I’m not completely alone on noticing this!
So... I checked this maid’s traits and indeed he did have the neat trait which now removed thru CAS seems to have fixed the problem for at least the two households I have observed so far. I don’t know if my maid had a previous twin, but I would swear he previously did not have the neat trait. Anyway, I’m suggesting that anyone else who is experiencing this issue double-check your maid’s traits and remove “neat” if it’s there.
This will go on for hours until I dismiss the maid. The grill wasn't dirty and wasn't used. Happens every visit.
I've had the same exact issue. I have not looked into the maid's traits yet but I took away the grill so the maid would clean the rest of the house.
100% fixed my issue, My Butler had the Neat trait and removing this trait fixed the issue. Butler is no longer obsessed with cleaning grills Now I have to see if they will do laundry.
