Unrealistic things people do in TV dramas that you don't really see in life.

[Lockdowner35]

I will start

When two people are having a conversation , sometimes there is someone always listening in on the conversation from round to corner , never happens in real life.

Parents or siblings not attending weddings or funerals but all the people they work with/live on the street are there.I was watching lily hammer yesterday and the woman was ice skating and broke her leg , she gets to the hospital , seen by a doctor and then says she’s forgot to collect her son from school so asks the con man who brought her to hospital who she’s known about a week to collect her son!I fall , I’m heading off to hospital ,first thing I’d think is - the kids will need minding! How does she get home from hospital?who knows???why doesn’t she ring the school or a friend?that would make sense!!!! The teacher doesn’t question who the stranger is and let’s the child off with him! She’d be in the shit in real life!

Wake up and have passionate sex with kissing without having a wee first.

Wearing bras in bed after having sex

When the underdog is having difficulty convincing his (out of his league, usually) female friend that he is the right guy for her, his more popular friend will tell him "Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen" or "Be a bastard to her, then she'll come running" or something of that ilk. And there'll be a cursory "really?" but he goes ahead and does it EVERY SINGLE TIME and persist long after it so obviously isn't working. Have people in films never seem films? Don't they know this is terrible advice and never works?

When somebody enters a house and they feel something is off, or when in a house they heard noise in the middle of the night but they do not turn the lights on to go investigate! They go about wandering around the house in darkness when they feel there is somebody in there or a potential danger. Who does that??

@TeenyTinyDustinHoffman and i raise you the nerdy teen girl who only has to take off her glasses to become hot.

Didn't see ANY of them put the Xmas decorations up or down

Big elaborate, cooked breakfasts eaten as a family sit down meal on a weekday. Has any family ever done this is real life?

This is why The Sopranos was such a good show. They did real things and talked about mundane nonsense at times and it made it so real.

When they have to heave the house in a hurry and they just grab a bag and go.
I would need to grab a lot of stuff and maybe even change clothes depending on the time I'm caught out!

Waters breaking before any noticeable contractions does happen in real life. What gets me though is that waters breaking on tv is one quick 2-second whoosh. Not the 12 hour sog fest that I've generally found to be the reality.

It happened to me and it went on for ages. Far more liquid than you'd have imagined.

No one has to look fr work or accommodation.Astranger can arrive in a street and straight away has somewhere to live and a job, does not matter if they have work experience for that job or not.And said place of work is always within walking distance of their accommodation.
Give birth with their leggings on.
Carry on living in close proximity to their ex.Then carrying on as if nothing has happened.
Murder another resident in the street or relative, then get out of jail on a technicality and straight away return to the same place and get welcomed with open arms.
Get pregnant the first time you have sex with a random partner.
Have a large cupboard in which to put all the babies and children until needed for a story.In the meantime carry on as normal e.g.go to the pub every night, back to work, sit in a cafe all day, have an affair etc.
Back to the pub to down your favourite tipple the same day you come out of hospital after having kidney or liver transplant.
Spend your entire lunch break in the pub then go back to work sewing machines or fix cars after downing copious amounts of alcohol.
Work as a car mechanic all day and still manage to have spotlessly clean overalls
Be a vicar or even an archdeacon and spend all day socialising with your friends, either in your own house or the pub still wearing your clerical collar and shirt.

Wearing bras in bed after having sex

And during.

Wake up apparently with full makeup on.

Moving country with no thought of what visa you might need.

Burglars who do cartwheels to avoid ultraviolet rays setting off the alarm.

Hackers who can get into anything, time taken depending only on plot.

Sitting round the table so the camera can see them rather than the person they're with.

Go to the library.

My pet hate is when someone comes home goes in the kitchen and puts the kettle on, without checking it's got enough water in. Who does that in real life?

Waiting in the waiting room in a big group while a baby is being born.

American mom making pancakes and cereal and bacon and juice, all laid out on the table nice and ready before the kids go to school.

Meeting in a bar then having sex almost instantly in the bathroom or at home. No chat or drinks or awkward moments. Just rightio, let's have passionate, up against the wall sex.

Corporate women in movies always seem to keep their high heels on when at home. Never sling them off and reach for their Uggs.

Spending theirives in the pub. They go straight after work, even if they have kids. For a start, where do they get the money to constantly drink? Do none of them drive anywhere? Where are these childcare settings that keep children until whatever time their parents stumble in to get them?
Infact you hardly see their kids at anytime. Where the fuck do they put them? Usually their pregnancies cause a big scandal, or are a big part of the storyline and then the baby arrives and it's never mentioned or seen again.

Everyone seems to be able to find a job right on their doorstep. No one commutes.

@ProseccoForever

My pet hate is when someone comes home goes in the kitchen and puts the kettle on, without checking it's got enough water in. Who does that in real life?

My mum. Her kettle is always full 🤣 no idea why.

1. After women have given birth there’s no sign of the bump, completely back to their normal shape

1. Chasing someone whose flown out abroad. They never have problems getting a flight

1. Never needing wee/toilet. Especially in serious situations where they have for example been held hostage or been on the run for hours

1. Arranging to meet but not saying what time or where

1. When there’s a car coming toward them they just stand there frozen without trying to move away

1. How quickly the ambulance comes

1. When the person decides to declare their love they find out before they’re about to that the love interest has got engaged

1. When they’re trying to tell someone something important and they can’t get a word in as that person won’t stop talking or busy. Like just tell them already!

1. Always going to buy coffee or tea at the local cafe when they live down the road and can make their own at home

10. Always going to the laundrette to wash their clothes. Surely most people have their own washing machine.

11. Spontaneous trips abroad or road trips without any organisation or arranging things with work.

12. People being free all the time to meet. Especially when they have young kids.

13. Going out to eat at restaurants often.

14. Never putting petrol in their car

15. Not wearing the same clothes. New outfit every time

16. Kissing at the back of cinema or library. Do people really do that?

17. Midnight feasts

18. When they close the door as they are having a private conversation. And the people outside the door can’t hear and are trying to eaves drop. If I stood outside my room door I’d be able to hear every word. It’s not like I’m upstairs or something.

19. Never taking left over food as Takeaway

20. Proposing in a restaurant. Does this actually happen. I’d be so embarrassed

21. Standing in the rain. No one seems to carry an umbrella around

Phoning an ambulance:
"Ambulance to the square now"
Righto, they actually ask you a whole load of questions before they dispatch one.

@LittleMissBrainy

Yes the horse thing really annoys me too! Whenever there is a horse there will be background whinneying sounds. I also find it very funny watching the cuts between professional stunt riders cantering or galloping about, to then the actor or actress who can barely stay upright in trot.

@TheFlis12345

They arrange to meet ‘ in the caff at lunch’ or ‘in the pub tonight’ but never specify a time. And in said pub it’s always ‘beer please love’ or ‘glass of wine, large’ but never any specific drinks.

Unless they’re James Bond, in which case they’re incredibly specific.

When they are skint, they don't have a cup of tea at home in the morning, but go a few doors down to a cafe to buy one.

When a person moves away, the whole street waves them off...then never mentions them again.

If childcare is mentioned, it's normally someone quickly foisting a kid on a neighbour/random colleague, who says they can't as they're busy or have to be somewhere, but the parent then says "I won't be long" and dashes off anyway!