Traveling cancels all other actions

So I've been playing for probably around 3 or 4 years and took a huge break over the last school year, so I'm not sure if this is just me not remembering correctly or an actual issue but:

Whenever I have household sims at school or work, but still have a sim or two left behind at home, I cannot travel without it canceling all of the sims at school or work and bringing them home.

Example: My current sim just graduated University and she lives with a roommate. The roommate was at work, and my sim had her graduation ceremony, so I brought her to the grad ceremony and as soon as I loaded, I got the notification that the roommate "Returned home from work" after only being gone for an hour.

Is this a me issue or ???