Hi i have OFB and base game however for a while i haven't actually used the business items in the game....i recently bought a community lot and i just realized the following problems

1. i can hire employees BUT when i call them in for work (no matter how many times) they don't come to work
2. when trying to sell an item to a customer (e.g. basic sell, hard sell, dazzle) the option does not show
3. may be unrelated to OFB but i can no longer influence someone to do something regardless if its a business, residential or community lot.

can someone please hellp!!!!!!

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