Sometimes when I go to a premade bar in Bridgeport, the mixologist is not on duty (s/he's watching the pianist, playing darts, getting a drink from the other mixologist, or the worst of them all, not doing anything). There is nothing I can do about it; I can't tell the mixologist to go back to work and I can't even have my Level 10 Mixology sim serve drinks in his/her place.

Is there a mod that lets you direct a mixologist to go back to work, or that prevents them from leaving the bar at all?

Thanks!

I don't actually know if this is a bug in the game or what - if there is no mod to fix it, perhaps a patch or setting I need to change?

The only thing I can think of to do in that situation is to use Register from NRAAS,click on the bar and remove that sim then add them again, or just do restSim (Name) to reset the NPC so the game will push them to work again.

NRAAS Register looks like it'll do the trick, thanks for the suggestion!