Things that happen in films that don't happen in real life

[LilyAnn13]

1. Sliding down a wall when in emotional distress
2. Swiping everything off the desk when angry
3. Starting to talk about your day when entering the house, before you've even checked if anyone is home e.g "Hi I'm home. You'll never guess what happened to me in the office today...."

Feel free to add.

Not from a film but it used to annoy the living daylights out of me that the table in Central Perk was ALWAYS free in Friends. It was the best table, most comfy seats, the only one you could get more than two people around, yet it was always empty. Fancy that.

I do this. I hold it in my mouth while I get myself (and sometimes DC) in the car, get the car out of the garage and shut the garage door, then munch. I feel daft but it's daft or hungry!

Talking/arguing about something in one place, then travelling an unspecified and unseen amount of time together without saying a word about it, then picking the conversation up where you left it as you walk through the door.

Bump into a good looking young person causing you to drop whatever you are carrying, they help you pick it all up, start chatting and you go for coffee. Start of big romance.
IRL it would be a grumpy old sod who bumps into you, and yells abuse about you not looking where you are going and leaving you to pick up all your stuff by yourself.

Oh and this one's probably just me but bumping into someone on your way to work/school/another commitment and having time to chat...I'd slow down to say 'not now gotta dash' then powerwalk off (or just avoid them altogether... 😂)

@Lifelover16 so true!! Although I actually met someone once who got married to a woman he met when he dropped his wallet and she picked it up and handed it to him. I was telling my friend about it and remembered the more common scenario that had recently happened to me where a guy dropped his railcard, I handed it to him, he muttered something and ran off.

Mom's cooked "oatmeal", pancakes with syrup, waffles, eggs, bacon, fresh vegetable smoothies and coffee but everyone is in a rush and just gulps a mouthful of orange juice.
No-one gets gyppy tummy or constipated.
I don't know if anyone remembers Nanny 911. It would go "Hunter works in a bar and Shelley stays home to look after their six kids". Home is a large mansion on a huge plot of land.
I could never understand how they did it. 🤔

To me, it's always the lone woman who walks into a deserted or derelict building, usually at night!
I can't think of any circumstance where a woman would do this.

You actually didn't include that in your list.......

Breakfast being a full on, covering the table hotel style spread.

for the male in the scene to grab a slice of toast or a bagel and waltz out, leaving the female standing there with enough food for about 15 people.

yy to waters breaking as the first sign of labour. Yes it does happen, but if you’re to believe movies it happens every. single. time. No one gets a few twinges and starts timing contractions.

and guns. I was pondering the other day about the amount of us procedural/forensic/pathologist dramas. I don’t think we could do a similar version in the uk as we don’t have the gunshot deaths. I’m 4 episodes in to one and I think cause of death has been a gun in every episode.

Also just sitting into your car and reversing off the driveway without looking. No traffic/pedestrians/children on scooters but the second they are on the road they are stuck in traffic, drumming their finger off the steering wheel!

Shower facing the wall

The police knocking on someone's door, and - every time -someone opens the door !

And it's always opened instantly. They never have to wait for the person inside to walk from the kitchen or down the stairs or whatever. They're always standing there right behind the door waiting to open it.

Teachers never doing plenaries and just shouting the homework as the kids all charge for the door after the bell has gone.

That's always bugged me. (And it happened in films and tv shows long before the internet and homework apps existed.) We would never have got away with that when I was at school. If you even started putting your books away, you'd be told to stop it and pay attention. 'The bell is a signal to me that I should think about ending the lesson, not for you to start packing up' was what one teacher used to say.

There's a fast but perfectly safe slide beneath the hole everyone just fell into, resulting in a hard landing but everyone is ok.

Everyone makes their escape through the bathroom window

Yes the breakfast food scenario that folks have said I used to think what a waste that the kids didn’t eat any while rushing to school etc,

Brushing teeth, spitting toothpaste out and not rinsing with water

All large buildings have a ductwork system a human can navigate through.

Arriving home at night and walking through several rooms before switching a light on.

That’s how you’re supposed to do it.

From the nhs website:

Don't rinse with water straight after toothbrushing
After brushing, spit out any excess toothpaste.
Don't rinse your mouth immediately after brushing, as it'll wash away the concentrated fluoride in the remaining toothpaste.
Rinsing dilutes it and reduces its preventative effects.

Parking spaces! There are always parking spaces everywhere.

Another thing watching films in USA where kids ride bikes don’t lock them up and mysteriously they don’t get stolen

People meeting partners or love interests in the most random places e.g. food shopping, in a park, getting chatting and being asked out. This rarely happens in real life. You have to dress up, go to a bar or gig and even then it may not happen.

In our local park, you could get stabbed if you chatted up a random stranger.

The characters have really ordinary jobs live in a mansion and are forever going to the mall or baseball games, no expense spared.

That's my superpower

Dentist told me this