Ideas
New save, started this week. About 9 Sim days have passed since I started playing the game.
When I read a village board near my Sims' house at 2 Olde Mill Lane, the board falsely states two unnamed random Sims are Agnes and Agatha (they do not seem to have names and do not label the position as Garden Shop Owner) , random Sim Jermaine Woodson is the Creature Keeper, random Sim Lakeisha Shepard is the Grocery Deliverer, random Sim Joelle Dubose is the Grocery Deliverer, then accurately states Lavina Chopra is the Mayor of Finchwick and Sara Scott is the Pub Owner.
Immediately after reading this board I travelled to the pub and was able to find Sara Scott labelled as the Pub Owner, Kim Goldbloom as the Grocery Shop Owner, Agnes and Agatha Crumplebottom are both labelled the Garden Shop Owner, Lavina Chopra as the Mayor of Finchwick, and when I read the village board at the pub, it accurately states that Agatha and Agnes Crumplebottom are Garden Shop Owners (text shows correctly), Michael Bell is the Creature Keeper, Rahul Chopra is the Grocery Deliverer, Kim Goldbloom is the Grocery Shop Owner, Lavina Chopra is the Mayor of Finchwick, and Sara Scott is the pub owner.
I had never seen the two unnamed Sims, Jermaine Woodson, Lakeisha Shepard, or Joelle Dubose at the pub, or in my game, and could not find them in my relationship panel. I went to manage households and found Jermaine Woodson wearing the Creature Keeper clothing and currently not in world, Joelle Dubose is also currently not in world and wearing a grocery apron. These appear to be game-generated random townies.
I deleted all the game-generated townies I could find after my post. It looks like they spawned new ones. I am talking to a Creature Keeper, dressed appropriately, named Traci Blankenship and looking at the three errands offered by the Creature Keeper and two of the errands are offered by Michael Bell, and show his portrait, and one of the errands is offered by Traci Blankenship with her portrait. I was able to accept the errands with Michael Bell's name and portrait while talking to Traci Blankenship.