What do you think of the Reputation System?

So, I just tried the other side of the coin - gave a sim an atrocious rep - says supposed to be hard to get friends and romantic partners but that was not my experience. He rudely introduced himself to a female sim and hit her with a few mischief and mean interactions but was then able to do romantic interactions with no rejection at all - she calls him all the time now wanting to date! He was also very mean to his own teenage son that showed up at the bar and the teen barely reacted. They are still all zombies - totally unaware!

My actor Sim had to research anger emotion and use mean interactions for his gig the next day. I had heard that could take reputation down. I decided to practice on Vlad because he's an evil sim and they already had a small red bar. It wasn't as easy as I thought. Vlad actually enjoyed the mean interactions, even the insults. My sims reputation wasn't affected until he used the 'insult other sim' interaction with Vlad. He put down an apartment neighbor that hated him, Siya.

When he did that the task was checked off but I got a notice that his reputation had dropped to neutral. The next day while completing his gig, a text message came in from Vlad. It read, "I agree, Siya is not so great, she is not cool". Really Vlad?

It's not purely the reputation, but I really, really wish that the 5-star Celebrity/Pristine Reputation Fame Perk for free services/drinks/dining did NOT have the thing where Sims celebrate your arrival to the Venue.

Because each Sim wants to do the "Celebrate Celebrity" action, where they pop off a confetti tube or throw confetti around, and it literally locks your Sim in place, because they're doing the action TO your Sim, rather than just celebrating on their own.
And they love to do this one at a time, so if you arrive at a Venue and there are like 5 Sims standing around the loading zone, then you're gonna be hard-pressed to get anything done until they're all done showering you with adoration.

I love the free meals, but I HATE the way their celebrating locks you into their interaction.
Though Pristine Rep on its own can be annoying in its own right, as "React Positively to Sim's Presence" action can be annoying as well.
But at least other Sims doing that doesn't delay your character from doing their own thing.

So far, I've been working to keep my Sims' reputation just as it is. He's got a Pristine Reputation and I'd like to keep it that way. No bad boy act for me. LOL He's the singer Sim I created for Sims3 that I brought forward. He had enough trouble just keeping a romantic relationship intact in Sims3. I'd much rather see him fare better this go-around.