Things they don't do on telly or in films

[Dillygaf]

Appreciating that it is impossible to represent every nuance of everyday life on the screen, what annoying things don't happen on screen that do happen IRL?
For me, it's not adjusting car seats. How is a 5'4" person suddenly able to hop in a car that's just been driven by someone of 6' 2" without spending several minutes moving up/down/forwards/backwards. etc.
Also (mainly American) no-one says goodbye at the end of a phone call and most family meals are comprised of mashed potato - does anyone eat a roastie or a Dauphinoise?!

No one in a cookery programme is ever shown washing their hands after handling raw meat

In the (largely U.S) breakfast banquets there is orange juice decanted into a jug.
On a normal school day.
Also pancakes being made.
Then the kids strop off to catch the school bus without anyone having eaten anything.

The Americans (tv show) had this often, even though the parents were leading double lives as Soviet spies and you would have thought were quite busy.

Yes! The juice, the pancakea/waffles and the massive fruit bowl which surely will go off if noone eats it in time. And all laid out nicely too.

They never watch TV. Fair enough in films as it's usually more fast moving, different locations, etc., but very strange in soaps where so many of the scenes are in living rooms, kitchens, etc., there's never even a TV switched on in a corner of a pub! Nor do the characters ever mention TV programs, characters, not even the TV news!

So the serial killer can watch their every move. Proper annoying!

Everyone in America has a phone number starting with 555...

WHY?

Put the usb memory stick in upside down..

When DH first went to a pub and ordered his first drink he asked for “a pint of beer” and was astonished to be asked which one - on the telly they just asked for a pint and that was it!

I was just thinking the other day that they never clean on Gilmore Girls and also don't have a cleaner either. Lorelai does very little work too. They kind of skip the boring stuff in life and go straight to the romance and dramas, which is why it's enjoyable to watch, or course!

Also sleeping with many lights on in the room and propped up very high with pillows.

I used to work for a magazine and someone regularly wrote in to complain that 24 didn’t show every minute of the 24 hours, when of course this was the reason why!

No one ever says goodbye at the end of a phone call, and everyone eats tomatoey pasta with salad and garlic bread. Oh and nobody ever has to stop for a wee!

Oh eating. They do a stabby twisty thing with their fork and play with it often.

Everyone in America has a phone number starting with 555...

Because people were being bothered by prank calls and nosy people calling them when real numbers were used.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6070537

The recent series of The Diplomat had the Ambassador actually peeing on screen whilst talking to her husband who was also in the bathroom. Nice realistic touch I thought (in a series which probably has no foundation in realism at all. Enjoyed it though)

THIS! Or natural disaster films where people are trapped or when people have been kidnapped and there's no toilet but no one ever seems to shit or piss themselves. Also, do none of them have a menstrual cycle? I annoy everyone because if we're watching a film like that, set over days, I always announce I'd have needed a shit by now!

Ad throw down a fistful of notes. Did they know what it's cost without looking (they never look at the bill/get told the cost)? Or are they just leaving a giant tip?

Leave the house with all lights/Christmas lights/fire/candles etc on. Just throw on a jacket (also nobody ever dresses suitably for the weather) and off you pop.

If you remember Dallas, they always used to sit around a breakfast table groaning with food. Barely anyone ate and they certainly never finished anything before leaving the table!

@ClicketyClickPlusOne , whilst at a live show, a Scottish comedian/chef was creating a chicken dish on the stage. It seemed to me he wasn't going to wash his hands, I was thinking, wash your hands, but in fact had said that out loud and he heard. I genuinely wasn't heckling him.
He picked on me the rest of the show, had his other guests pick on me too.

They never lock cars.

I feel so sad about the huge fresh fruit salad which must have taken half an hour to make.

In one of the Taken films, Liam Neeson is hit multiple times with lumps of concrete/stone. Never flinches once and certainly doesn't have any broken bones to stop him fighting back.

Shopping lists, food shopping, rearranging the fridge to fit the big bottle of milk in, cooking, making packed lunches, unpacking the dishwasher. The food fairies usually just deal with these things (and then they barely eat anyway!).

They never seem to need the toilet
Their suitcases only ever weigh a couple of pounds max
If they have babies or small children they're always out of the way and silent
Dont do ironing
Never say goodbye after a phone call, just hang up
Never sweaty/ruined make up, even after running or in really hot climes
Women never seem to leak fluids after unprotected sex, they just get up and get dressed
Never seem to have slow WiFi

As you can tell, I get easily frustrated with the non reality of tv life!