My sims are cleaning way beyond the area they should be cleaning. I have a residential with small business in Hedford-on-Bagley, whenever my sim will clean up plates that customers use, my sim will leave the home lot and travel all over the world collecting dirty dishes in parks etc (outside homelot but no loading screen needed). This takes up so much time just for plates to be cleaned up.
I encountered an almost similar issue with my sim leaving in a rental space. Whenever cleaning up dishes, my sim will leave her apartment and clean up for all the common areas. This one is not as bothersome as the one above.