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To get angry at tv characters pretending to drink from empty cups!

135 replies

HitsAndMrs · 15/12/2015 12:08

Soap characters especially. They drive me mad. I can see that coffee cup is empty so stop pretending to drink it.

Does anything wind you up like this?!

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reni2 · 15/12/2015 12:10

That and never closing a door after entering a room.

WorraLiberty · 15/12/2015 12:10

Haha! I thought it was just me who got wound up at that?! Xmas Grin

They just don't seem able to mimic the drinking properly.

reni2 · 15/12/2015 12:13

I actually put water into the little play cups if I have to do a pretend tea party Brew. I know I am special Blush.

charlie0123 · 15/12/2015 12:16

Suitcases with nothing in!

OddSocksHighHeels · 15/12/2015 12:18

I don't get why they don't just put something in the cups.

beeny · 15/12/2015 12:18

I thought i was the only one who got annoyed by this !

msrisotto · 15/12/2015 12:18

Hanging up the phone without saying goodbye.

reni2 · 15/12/2015 12:20

I am trying to drink convincingly from an empty cup just now. It doesn't work, it just doesn't move the right muscles inside the mouth.

OnlyLovers · 15/12/2015 12:20

YANBU. 'drinking' from empty cups is my biggest tiny telly bugbear. Grin

And you'd think it'd be quite easy to remedy. Or are there paralysing health and safety or union rules around making actors drink actual fluids?

Dogsmom · 15/12/2015 12:21

Dancing at a party especially in someones house, the music is always really quiet so you can hear what's being said and they always look so self conscious.

Dogsmom · 15/12/2015 12:22

Also when they're eating what is meant to be a hot meal but clearly cold, they put it on their fork and wave it around while they say their lines and you can tell they're desperately trying to avoid eating it.

HitsAndMrs · 15/12/2015 12:26

Haha yes dogsmum, I love watching them squirm Grin

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Imfinehowareyou · 15/12/2015 12:27

I don't know where I heard this and it might not be true (helpful I know!) but apparently when there is dancing in a scene there is no actual music playing. The music is added in after the scene is recorded which might explain the awkward moves.

OddSocksHighHeels · 15/12/2015 12:28

I've heard that too imfine I would definitely be doing awkward dancing if there was no music!

TheJiminyConjecture · 15/12/2015 12:29

Why do they never pay for their meal?

WorraLiberty · 15/12/2015 12:29

Grrrr yes at hanging up the phone without saying goodbye!

Hardly ever watching TV (ironic considering they're on it).

Just once I want Sharon to say, "Shut the fuck up Phil, I'm trying to watch Eastenders" Grin

Or if they want to see a news bulletin, they switch the TV on and it's always the first item on.

GoApeShit · 15/12/2015 12:30

Let's not forget the fake babies that are just so obviously plastic.

OddSocksHighHeels · 15/12/2015 12:31

That and the newborns the size of 6 month olds.

WorraLiberty · 15/12/2015 12:32

"We need to talk"

"Dinner at the pub"?

"Yes, ok then I'll see you tonight"

WHAT FUCKING TIME TONIGHT??? Xmas Angry

Eigg · 15/12/2015 12:32

Particularly in Americans films families are always walking into houses leaving the front door open behind them.

TheSeptemberIssue · 15/12/2015 12:35

The non liquid in the cup is my all time MOST ANNOYING thing ever. It so so so so friggin obvious. THE worst ever example is Notting Hill when they're about to interview Julia Roberts. I almost can't watch it.

Just once, I'd like someone to take an actual sip of actual liquid and actually SWALLOW it.

pinkpopcorn · 15/12/2015 12:36

I hate the empty mug thing, also hate that they never shut curtains!

squishee · 15/12/2015 12:38

Yep!

and:

People never lock their doors - friends and neighbours just wander in and out of each others' houses as they please.

When packing their bags on the spur of the moment, to move somewhere else for good, all they need is one measly suitcase for all of their belongings.

And no-one ever goes to the loo.

Hanging up the phone without saying goodbye. Yep.
A workmate of mine seems to think it's OK to do that in real life Hmm

Candycoco · 15/12/2015 12:41

And if they're ever in a nightclub, it's broad daylight! No club I've ever been in is that light

ShotgunNotDoingThePans · 15/12/2015 12:41

American again: staggering into the kitchen with those paper sacks they use there, laden with 'food' - empty packages more like, otherwise the bloody bag would break!
Yes the phone thing - not only the lack of detail, the rudeness of the conversation being over so you just put the phone down without saying good bye or exchanging any niceties. Happens in neutral or friendly conversations just as much as rows.

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