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?!

On cookery shows, they don’t scrape the bowl properly. So wasteful!

switch on the lights. especially in recent crime dramas.
they all seem to live in fucking caves!
no houseplant would survive for long.

That's amazing. I hope they really lean into it and say 'Have you tried Voggling it?'

I saw a behind the scenes of Friday Night Dinner where the actors explained how they had to take absolutelyvminute bites of food in order to not explode after many takes.

They pretend to eat a teeny tiny salad with bread rolls for dinner.

They drive straight while steering the wheel side to side 😅

The school bully's are always the type that would be a target for bully's themselves

It's the wearing of bras in bed that gets commented on here. Also not finishing drinks

Nobody ever has to plug in the charger for their laptop or phone.

And we don't hear anything from them for years: they never write, never phone, never email. And then one day somebody opens their front door and they're standing there on the doorstep with their holdall saying "surprise".

crime dramas.
detectives getting clues from missing glasses in the cupboard or missing knives from the knive block.
our set has not been complete since one went out with the compost for a while

In EastEnders periodically one will notice that a house has been completely redecorated. And yet you never see them discussing what colour scheme to use, you never see them searching for a painter and decorator, you never see the painter and decorator in the house - even though he must be there for at least two weeks, and you never hear where they got the money from even though these people charge thousands, and the person employing them is on minimum wage because there either work on a market stall or else are on the dole.

Someone decides to sing a song and a full orchestral backing is miraculously provided.
No one just takes a letter or form from another actor, it’s always snatched from them rather rudely.
offered a cup of tea or coffee from a pot, a minuscule amount is poured into the bottom.
No one ever brushes a floor properly.

Whenever someone moves away they make no effort at all to ever visit their family, and don't even show up for bigger events like weddings or funerals even if they've only moved a couple of hours away.

Oops 🤭 🙏

That used to upset me as a child as I would get to clean the bowl. Delia always left loads in the bowl but mum always scraped it clean.

Their suitcases only ever weigh a couple of pounds max

One Netflix series I watched there was a suitcase which was supposed to be full of gold bullion. If it really had been full of gold bullion nobody would have been able to lift it, but none had any trouble moving it including female characters.

All cars are clean and shiny.

The laptops or phones never seem to have passwords it fingerprints or stay unlocked so someone can snoop

They never have proper hangovers. Quick coffee and a shower and they're back to normal. Mine get worse as the day progresses.

In Corrie putting on make up at the dinner table, who does that?

I was in a stage play once, in which a suitcase featured, and on the closing night the props guy put a breeze block in it.😂

Yes a real bugbear

No screaming or running about, just colouring in the corner

I do because my back hurts too much when I stand up and I have a good table top magnifying mirror so it's easier to sit at the big table. 🙈

I do mine in my bedroom at the dressing table

Sorry about your back

I always assumed that “The Royle Family" was the antidote to this.

This thread is making me laugh loudly. A lot 😁

I've not watched soaps for ages now, so may have changed, but why isn't everyone sitting around endlessly on their phones???

And they never attend the funerals or weddings of their nearest and dearest either, in fact they are never even mentioned of ever again once that black cab turns the corner,