I agree that they end up being repetitive and sometimes all of the options are negative. This isn't something that bothers me a lot but I agree that they could be revamped or added to. I'm sure I'd use an ignore option sometimes.
In a similar light, the volunteering tends to have results that are far more negative than positive. As was mentioned with the chance cards, it tends to punish "being good". It's not a major complaint but it does put me off of sending sims volunteering when they are likely to get "punished" for it. I guess I'd be for adding some more positive outcomes as possibilities.
I don't mind some negative stuff in the game at all, it's just that having mostly negative outcomes for volunteering doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I'm not complaining about having random events or more disasters; I'd also be ok with more random deaths. I am not saying everything needs to be sunshine all the time. In my game, it definitely isn't. I just think that punishing sims a lot for doing things like volunteering or going to the vet (extremely silly treats and the now fixed preventive shot are examples) doesn't make a lot of sense.
