Are your Sims celebrities by any chance? I found that maids wouldn't do any cleaning because they were always enthralled by my family of celebrities. The maid would squeal, take pictures, and ask for autographs instead of cleaning.
I hope this isn't too off topic for this discussion, but I've actually encountered this issue more with the babysitters than the maids. It was the usual jump on the trampoline, slide on the slip n slide, etc. while baby was miserably sitting there in the crib, trapped. But when the parents got home, they did the exact same thing as your maids did to the 5 star celebrities. (The starstruck squealing, taking pictures, begging for the autograph).
Butlers on the other hand are
very professional. I have
never ever had a butler get starstruck when serving for any of my celebrities. They just treated my 5 star celebrities like normal everyday people, and did everything I told them too, tended to the children and left the people alone. They were a great help with my daycare too.
