I'm not surprised - I have a file where I stuck the elixir consignment store in a town other than Moonlight Falls, and nearly every time my sim wants to take a nap in the rocking chair (much more time-efficient than sleeping at the fire station, just saying), she has to engage one of two sims who have been hanging out there in brief conversation just so she can snag the chair. Both of the sims in question are elderly ladies, probably sisters (I don't remember their names and it's not a town I use often). The other regulars there don't seem to be quite as interested in it, not yet anyway.