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?!

Plan ahead. Like for birthday parties. Oh noo, they just decide to mention it the night before and then everyone turns up in elaborately themed fancy dress costumes.

CurlewKate · Today 11:14

Peeing.

They have on Outnumbered!

Get a coughing fit when their drink goes down the wrong way. Get a sneezing jag, or even sneeze or fart or need the loo desperately.

Neither do I & I'm not on the tele

To be fair my car has set ups linked to the driver/keys and when i get into the car it adjusts the seat and mirrors to my settings - only thing i need to check is the inside mirror

Sorry can I add another one that really bugs me

Why when disaster strikes do they not take anything that could help them survive? They literally run out the door without anything, walk away from a crashed car, plane, boat and take nothing useful.

Oh and don't get me started that they then always take their coat/jacket off!

As a prepper that was so good to get out. Thank you

Going to the toilet unless it's part of the plot

Showing the part where the woman got up early and went back to sleep in order to wake up with fresh makeup on

Mention how people are managing their periods in disaster situations or living in the woods etc. Obviously it would be a weird plot point but I always wonder!

Ripped characters spending hours working out and counting their macros

They never seem to have to look for a parking space - just seem to be able to pull up right outside their destination 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've just finished the last episode of the excellent Slow Horses. Where no one sleeps, stops to get a coffee or goes to the loo. They must be knackered but they don't look too bad on it.

Get out of bed after a night of passion with their underwear still on.

Tables heaving with food, e.g a US show during thanksgiving with foods all cooked with different timings. The food must be ice cold by the time they eat. It always just sits on a table all together getting colder.

They never follow people.if there’s an argument and the other person walks off they just say -don’t go or come back or something like that and stand looking forlornly at the person walking away!!!

How when people go through montages of downing booze but the minute something happens they instantly sober up. The only programme I’ve ever seen this happen where they carried on being drunk in an emergency was a detective show with Elizabeth moss where she was in New Zealand but the name escapes me.

Ha, this is so funny,and so true 😄

They never seem to take their shoes off. They come home and go and sit on the sofa with their shoes on or they go and lie down on the bed with their shoes on. I find the shoes on the sofa or bed really grim and cringe every time I see it.

Yes to the silent, compliant children. They sit in their buggy or at the cafe making no sound while the parent has a long involved conversation. They never say “go now” or need a wee or have a strop.

Babies are gestated and born as part of the plot and then don’t appear to affect their parents’ lives in any way. Everyone has multiple childcare options on tap.

And the curtains thing.

Real phone numbers in the US don't start with 555. It's so they won't be reciting anyone's real phone number.

The lights are always on when they get home.
Noone washes up.
Immaculate hair and makeup after and during any catastrophe!

Oh yes Shetland one of the main characters Tosh has a child and we've not seen them this series.

Immaculate hair and makeup after and during any catastrophe!

There is usually one artfully placed smudge of soot on a cheekbone following an explosion/landslide/invasion. Never anything unflattering.

They never act out breastfeeding. It really annoys me but they only ever show bottle feeding, in spite of breastfeeding being a total natural and normal way to feed a baby. The only time I saw breastfeeding depicted was with that horrible Little Britain with ‘bitty’ which was awful and so mocking.

This crops up in action / fantasy films and series a lot where you just don’t see people get fatigued after a long journey, or sleep, or eat, or basic ablutions and then go on to save the world, and they still have perfect clothing and makeup not a hair out of place. Or waking up in the morning and looking perfectly done hair curled.

Everyone in Eastenders and Corrie seems to live and work in the same street, yet no one pops home to grab a sandwich at lunchtime- they always go to the pub or caff for a meal and drink (which is barely touched).

No one seems to have any formal childcare but the children are rarely present. There must be a handy cupboard to stuff them into!

Children are adopted at birth, the adoptive parents die suddenly and the child is offered back to the biological mother who signed away her rights years ago. Twice this has happened on Eastenders.

I agree not much peeing but at the same time careful what you wish for. Have been watching Love/Hate recently - old series but excellent. I don't think an episode goes by without someone pissing, both male and female.

I remember someone asking Keifer Sutherland in an interview about 24 how come his character never went to the toilet or ate or drank anything and he said something like "ah that is what the commercial breaks are for". He even had a sex scene at one point where they were kissing on the bed before the adverts and lying in post coital bliss straight after - talk about a quickie!

The West Wing is particularly bad for this nobody ever touches food, they just leave it in the table and walk away. We always comment on it.

In the books they do get hungry and eat. Just Jaffa Cakes and whisky in the case of Jackson Lamb.