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Every so often my money dissapears completely and i have a zero balance, which scares the hell out of me, but if I leave the lot and come back it reappears so I dont worry too much about it now.
However yesterday, it backfired on me badly. I didnt notice my balance was zero and the maid turned up. The first i knew about was when I got a rude message about not being paid, and now I have NO maid
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I think when the maids get stiffed they only go 'on strike' for something like 7 sim days don't they? That'd be a bigger problem in some houses, like busy skill lots, than others, but if my math is correct this is how it should work out
15 RL mins = 1 sim hour so
6 RL hours = 1 sim day
42 RL hours = 1 sim week
so those who keep their lots open for 12 hours a day or so would do without a maid for 3-4 RL days. That's a significant pain in the butt even for stores and such, but at least there's hope of getting the maid back eventually......just keep the lot open as many hours as you can so the time will keep ticking on the 7 sim days. I'm not sure if it would help if another roomie tried to hire the maid, but I'm thinking not if the owner is still charged no matter who hires her. {frown]
ETA to add a reiteration of Milton's statement....venting about it here is great to see if it's happening to others, but those affected by it need to post on the Wiki bug boards about it too. Others of us could also, but if we're not affected by the bug it won't have the same impact as those who are affected by it taking a few minutes to write up a bug report would.
