@niiicole1 Yeah I've been seeing this in my game for ages! It's really annoying if my Sim is out collecting crystals, fossils, wild plant harvestables, etc., and then some random townie wants to chat and off my Sim goes to chat with them. So to get around my Sim running halfway across the neighborhood to chat with the other Sim/random townie, I first cancel the action and then immediately give her a new action to do, even if it's only to make her take a few steps from her current spot (like a "go here" command). Or I'll click on something else and direct her to interact with that instead (especially if that is the next thing I wanted her to do anyway, like maybe go to the next collectible). If I only cancel the random conversation then she'll keep running but if I give her a new command right away she'll ignore and avoid the random conversation completely. Does this work for you as well?
