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?!

Pets! They're either given loads of airtime for the sake of the storyline/character, or they don't exist.

You never see Sooty just casually clawing the sofa in the background before he heads out for a feed next door.

It’s make-believe.
That’s why.

Also, never ending outfits. Sometimes they wear the same coat to stay relatable.

Really stands out in shows that are striving to be gritty, where are the bobbled jumpers?

No one ever chokes, gets the hiccups, or a sneezing fit.

no normal bodily functions at all.

The never finish a meal, take one bite of toast and then leave…

Only time I've ever seen adjusting a car seat even mentioned was when it was a plot element - first episode of the Dr Blake Mysteries, short murderer stole tall person's car, and when it was found the tall cop could barely get into it.

This is my single biggest pet peeve! Just put some cold water in there, it would make all the difference.

Most fight scenes are ludicrous - if you've just been punched full in the face you are probably not going to leap back up again immediately.

Also the shoes on furniture thing. I find it most annoying in Friends - Monica Geller is supposed to be an obsessive cleaner, like hell would she let her friends put their shoes on the furniture!

Even worse they get out of bed without going to have a wee!

Or they get out of bed with immaculate hair.

Me too

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Brookside used to show people watching 'Magic Rabbits', a kids tv show only available to residents of Brookside Close. I think they had their own soap opera as well.

@Chemenger, heh heh. In the books, I thought Jackson had the Chinese takeaway below on constant alert plus was known for nicking anyone's food stored in office Fridge!

Ooh @suburburban my ex MIL used to do that - despite having massive bedroom to herself and a dressing table! Even worse she did all her 'toilette' downstairs at the Dining Table including hair; curlers (I never saw her wash her hair?), hairspray etc. every day! Lovely way to start the day; breakfast accompanied by the smell of Impulse, hairspray and Cigarettes! Amazing how she didn't set herself ablaze considering how she always smoked whist using copious amounts of hairspray!

Sorry if this has already been answered (haven't RTFT) as 555 isn't a real code in America, theres some kind of agreement to use the 555 code in American films and TV, to avoid accidently using an actual real number.
Thats why all US fictional ph numbers start with 555

For me it's the ridiculous houses and flats. Especially in places like London or New York. People who work in a coffee shop somehow being able to afford a flat by themselves in central London!
Some guy in New York with a normal job having a massive loft apartment.
My DH used to live in central London and he had a bedsit which only had a single bed in and you could literally cook in the mini kitchen from the bed because it was that small.. and the bathroom was down the hall and shared... the rent was 3 times our mortgage for a 4 bed house in the town we now live in.
Yet people in these films and tv shows have these massive apartments to themselves etc
Grinds my gears lol..
And in the thrillers the family homes are ridiculous. Everyone has a modern massive interior designed property

Top of the lake?

You have a magic car!
But generally, and certainly before the advent of these magic cars, it is amazing how they do it!

Oh, that is soooo annoying! They leave half the bloddy mix in the pan/bowl. Some poor sod on work experience will have to scrape it out and wash up

I need to warch that just for the satisfaction of seeing it.
If I had to jump (generous description given my general creakiness!) Into our car in an emergency after my DH had been in it, the emergency would be done and dusted, and discussed at dinner before the car seat was adjusted!

They don't invite family to weddings unless they live in the same street. But they do invite all their neighbours including the one who shot them / had an affair with their partner / they can't stand normally.

Wear glasses. Well some people do but no where near the 50% of the adult population.

It used to bother me in Harry Potter films that he was the only one who needed glasses. Can't magic cure eye conditions?

In every zombie / apocalypse film / TV gardens stay beautifully manicured, cars stay clean and tidy, body hair is removed, hair doesn't grow / remains blow dried and eyebrows are shaped.

In American teen shows and movies they always seem to conveniently have two tickets for something, usually so one character can ask another out on a date. It's usually to a concert or game happening that week, but the character makes no mention of the fact until then. Do they just go round randomly buying extra tickets for things?

If you see a doctor and have been diagnosed with a horrendous illness you'll be cured even if it needs an incredibly risky experimental surgery. If you go in with something minor like tonsillitis, or even as a relative of someone who needs treatment, you're doomed. If you're not a regular and have lines at a social event with someone on the medical staff you (and probably your entire family) are doomed.

Love Brassic, bloody love it but who the feck looks after Tyler over night when Erin is out doing crimes in the night? And who picks him up from school and who looks after him when she hangs out at all hours with the others?
It’s a huge annoyance and I genuinely worry about that boy… and yes I know it’s not real but why haven’t they considered this????

Yes they always do it in 'Central Perk' aswell. Big clumpy trainers all over the coffee table 🤨