Annoyingly unrealistic things in soap operas

[Floogal]

Ones I've noticed are:
People frequenting cafés and pubs, especially when the characters are supposed to be skint (I'm not skint thankfully, but I can't afford to do that).

People who seem to earn a good wage working for the local family firm or start up.

In the case of doctors, GPs that are caring and read between the lines and chase up patients. Oh and the reception staff rehearsing for a dance competition

The empty cups really annoy me.

Women wearing high heels at home even walking upstairs with them on

A big meal is made and no one ever eats it

A teenager always shouts "I hate you" and runs off. The mum sighs - I don't know anyone who would let that slide in their house

The single character never has any food in their fridge. They open it, it's empty so they pour a massive glass of wine

Pupils in key stage 2 and 4 have “study periods “and use these to come home .Patents are unaware.
In Corrie Daniel is a trainee teacher but he has time to come home and meet his girl friend in the local during his lunch break .

Oh gosh yes, single people HAVE NO FOOD. They have drinks cabinets.

People go off on holiday at the drop of a hat. Nobody seems to own a car. They always go off in a taxi

Lunches involve drinking ‘another pint?’ that would get most people sacked.

Yes the empty thing annoys me. Cant they just fill the suitcases with an appropriate weight so it looks realistically heavy. I always wonder if they are taught how to carry a suitcase at acting school.

And yes, if they leave home/move out etc only a couple of bags? Where are all of their out of season clothes, their hair dryers, books, sewing machine, footwear, handbags etc???

People emigrate at the drop of a hat & without having to get a visa, after all places like Australia are well known for letting anyone & everyone go and live there.

Family members who just live in a different UK town don’t visit, even when parents are in their death bed

The worst for me was when my DS was born at 28 weeks. At the same time, I think Roxy in EastEnders if memory serves (2008) had her child, also at 28 weeks.

Guess which child was home after about a fortnight and which one spent 4 months in, with many of those unable to breathe without oxygen?
Hint, it wasn't the made up one.

In fact, one of the doctors in Neonatal said they absolutely hate soaps doing that type of storyline because inevitably, people will ask why their child can't go home as quickly or without any further mention of ongoing health issues.

The fact that the murder rate in a small area of Salford is roughly 50% higher than that of the entire region of El Salvador.

The press would be really interested in a mini-mart owner who had an affair. Gita & Sanjay were hounded by the press and had to leave Walford 🙄.

Need a job? No problem - just drop in to your local pub/nail bar/hairdresser/cafe/garage and despite having zero experience, they’ll take you on.

Everyone in EE owns half a business. Never all of it.

People with zero qualifications get really good jobs (Sarah Platt in Corrie) after living away somewhere random for a few years.

Serial killers (Silas in Hollyoaks) can just walk in and out of houses and stare at people sleeping.

Someone feels ill and they can just pop to the medical centre and be seen the same day.

They never set a time to meet…just later or tonight.

Teachers that have time to leave school at lunch to have lunch in the pub.

How easy it is for new parents, or parents of children in general to arrange childcare so they can go and sit in the pub.

People live in other countries for years on end and come back not knowing a word of the foreign language and with their original accent.

I hate the neonatal stories too. The parents rock up without washing their hands a lot 😂

Didn't there's used to be Freshco's? 😉

Morning breath. Nobody seems to have it on tv shows or movies.

Pregnancies fly by quickly
No one’s age ever matches up to their back story
Family members never attend weddings, funerals etc except for those who live nearby
All the hair and beauty salons take on someone who has no experience or qualifications and they are working on customers straight away. Errr insurance!

They don't rake photos at weddings, or have a photographer.

Babies never cry or need much attention. They just lay there in their baskets/buggies requiring zero fuss instead of being ALL CONSUMING.

People can talk 3 feet away from someone and not be overheard but in the street half a mile away and ears are listening to every word.

People run businesses but never do any preparations or shop for the food like the coffee shops with supposedly home made cakes like Harold's or speed dhal

So true

New cars!
Everyone drives around in new cars even though they're supposed to have no money.
No one has an old banger like in real life.