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To get annoyed when people on tv

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LittleMissDonkeyonADustyRoad · 05/01/2015 14:08

Don't wash their hands after going to the toilet

Don't wash their hands after touching raw chicken, especially when they just rub their hands on a towel Angry

When they don't close the door after going in and out the house

And many more Grin

Please tell me I'm not alone!

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Gawjushun · 09/01/2015 14:42

I've noticed another annoying one, especially on American shows. People just wander into each other's houses and immediately open the fridge helping themselves to a beer or bottle of water. Or there's a pot of coffee on and they just grab a mug and pour one. Rude! Even at my parent's house I would wait to be told to help myself.

Along the same lines, everyone always has those massive fridges absolutely stuffed with endless bottles of water and food, even if they always go out. They must end up throwing a lot of mouldy food out.

Rinoachicken · 09/01/2015 14:51

Everyone always seems to pay by cash in TV, never by card, but they never go to a cash point and they always have the right amount!

squoosh · 09/01/2015 14:53

It annoys me on the Big Bang Theory that they all have a small bottle of water each when having a meal. Why don't they buy a two litre bottle and pour it into glasses!

squoosh · 09/01/2015 14:54

And why when going to a restaurant with Penny does Leonard dress like my 74 year old Dad in his slacks and blazer?

DoJo · 09/01/2015 17:52

When someone is in a taxi and gets out before paying and then pays through the cab window - that doesn't happen, you pay before you get out.

Clearly they have been watching me - I pay through the window! Didn't realise I was the only one...Grin

I've noticed another annoying one, especially on American shows. People just wander into each other's houses and immediately open the fridge helping themselves to a beer or bottle of water. Or there's a pot of coffee on and they just grab a mug and pour one. Rude! Even at my parent's house I would wait to be told to help myself.

I do this too, although only with close friends, but definitely at my parents! Perhaps I am the anomalous character that they are basing all these fictional people on, except I know how to do CPR and if I've paid for a drink I am damn well drinking it!

squoosh · 09/01/2015 17:54

In London taxis you always get out and pay through the window. In Glasgow the doors are locked till you hand over the cash!

Perfectlypurple · 09/01/2015 19:31

I thought the doors were locked on taxis until you pay everywhere!

BringYourOwnSnowman · 09/01/2015 20:14

I always pay cabs through the window. Must remember that in Glasgow they lock the doors as that could really freak me out!!!

Contact less cards will make the paying thing a lot easier for tv - small amounts and no change and can be done with a cursory glance

IsChippyMintonExDirectory · 09/01/2015 20:39

I love watching cowboy builders but almost every episode is ruined because the exact same scenario happens every time as follows -

  • Melinda Messenger tells the Yorkshire Builder that he has about 12 nanoseconds to rebuild a house from the foundations up
  • half way through the build Yorkshire Builder finds a "problem that could jeopardise the build" - something like rot and he does lots of dramatic arm swaying and says things like "we're gonna have to take this whole side out Mel. There's no way we'll do this in time!!!".
  • Mel makes a concerned face and says "I promised this family that their house would be completed by Sunday and I'm not breaking my promise"
  • she finds local builders who donate workers time to help finish the build (translation: free publicity)
  • she then buggers off and looks at 3 piece suites, american fridge freezers and state of the art furniture. She says to the dealers "any chance we can have it for free?" and they look all humble and say "go on then" (more free publicity)
  • the house looks amazing and is miraculously completed on time.

No one ever says "well actually the family at staying at her mums in Wales and we can just ask them to stay a week longer if you need more time". And we know the furniture freebies are pre-agreed. It's just all so contrived and winds me up no end!

BiscuitsAreMyDownfall · 09/01/2015 21:43

Just thought of something else. On shows where people are trying to changing their living location such as escape to the country or wanted down under they have a budget but they always get shown a house way over the budget.

kickassangel · 09/01/2015 22:44

those house buying programs only ever show people 3 houses, and they NEVER have to take their kids with them. I've been know to drag DD through 20 houses when relocating just to get a good feel for the place, before doing 2nd viewings of about 5 or 6 with DH.

However, I did have a friend who applied for one of those 'we'll move you to another country in just one week' programs, and they really DID just show up at the front door, with camera pointed at him, and one week later they were in another country!

Roussette · 10/01/2015 10:19

Yes yes yes! Was watching escape to the Country or some such twaddle with the bloke (Phil?) and Kirsty yesterday (am ill in bed, that's my excuse) and these programs get right on my tits!

Someone please explain to me why you can't go and look for houses yourself? What is it that Phil and Kirsty are doing that is so special? All a prospective purchaser has to do is to look on Rightmove and go and see a house, yet it's built up into something special. And at the end it's sad faces when they can't find the couple a house or Phil secures a deal. Is there anything more brainless out there or am I missing the point?

Mrsjayy · 10/01/2015 10:29

A little over budget pisses me right off steph and steve have 200grand but heres this hpuse for a little over budget . Or escape to the country is steve and steph a mechanic and a hairdresser but have a budget of 400k no they dont behave yourself they just want on telly to look at barn conversions

BiscuitsAreMyDownfall · 10/01/2015 10:46

I was at the gym and caught a bit of Wanted Down Under on the subtitles. Bloke and Wife had a budget of £250-£300K (as it worked out into £s) so a house was shown that was £404K Hmm so they can expect to find an extra £100K over their highest budget.

Mrsjayy · 10/01/2015 10:49

Exactly so annoying it is like saying well this is what you could have

dustarr73 · 10/01/2015 11:27

Yes like Bullseye,this is what you could have wonGrin.They just love rubbing their faces in it.

YoullLikeItNotaLot · 10/01/2015 12:57

Phil & Kirstie are forever saying "your budget is £200k so you could buy this house for £150k and have £50k for renovations" - erm, HELLO NEGATIVE EQUITY!

Also Phil's unfunny double entendres - just stop.

And Phil's smug face when he gets £3.57 off the asking price. Fuck off.

Mrsjayy · 10/01/2015 13:01

Not a fan of phil then Grin kirstie is always telling then you can just knock down this wall or add a bit here

IsChippyMintonExDirectory · 10/01/2015 20:47

TBF you get some pretty deluded house hunters on that property programme. Jane and Tom are looking for a 4 bed detached house in Holland Park, with a spacious garden and space for entertaining
WTF is that btw, do they run an effing circus?! and a double driveway. They have a budget of £45k Hmm
I always wonder where the "over budget" money comes from. I've never had my mortgage company say "you can borrow £200k but if you see a house you just love we'll stick £50k in your account as well"

TheLastThneed · 10/01/2015 23:27

On Skyfall when Bond comes out of the vent on the Underground and nobody bats an eyelid.

In their defence, DS always finds it hilarious that people on the tube all move along with robotic expressions...

dustarr73 · 11/01/2015 16:04

When they bring back the same people for different characters.Im watching 2 and a half men.Your one is playing Herbs sister but then she comes back as Waldons wife.They must think we have an attention span of a gnat.

Roussette · 11/01/2015 17:04

Oh yes duStarr. It's like the soaps, which I rarely watch. One minute Cindy is on Eastenders, next minute she's someone's mother on Corrie. Do all the actors just move around the different soaps? Very confusing!

drudgewithagrudge · 11/01/2015 17:16

I get mad watching those history progs where three of them live like Tudors or Victorians, you know the woman with long red hair who is called Ruth and two guys with historic stubble.
Ruth spends her time making cheese or sewing medieval underwear in a cheery manner when in RL she would have had a dozen children a prolapsed womb and lice.

Trills · 11/01/2015 19:11

I like channel changing pppssshhhhh noise.

It's like when you take a sword out of its sheath and it goes tziiiiiiing so you know it's sharp.

thesparkthatbled · 11/01/2015 19:22

When they say 'ooh, let's have a party tomorrow!' And they manage to organise it in no time at all and no one is too busy to attend or anything.

Or when they are using a computer (like on CSI or similar) and they just bash away at the keyboard and never use the mouse.