Annoyingly unrealistic things in soap operas

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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

People never ever need / go to the toilet unless they are doing a pregnancy test.

Used positive pregnancy tests must always be carelessly discarded in a visible waste paper basket, or left in a handbag from which someone is inexplicably asked to retrieve a phone or some tissues.

You could almost be convinced that they were works of fiction.

So's Wolf Hall and it's the attention to detail that makes it tremendous rather than pedestrian.

This one drives me mental.

People quite casually decide at the last minute not to use flight tickets that would have cost hundreds of pounds. Best one in EE was when Lauren decided not to go to NEW ZEALAND(!) and Jack had paid for her ticket, it was like she was just deciding not to go to the chippy for her dinner!! 😂

And milk jugs at breakfast.

Everyone sitting round the table and no one has a milk bottle out.

Surely most people don't set the table for breakfast?

Six barstaff and five customers in emmerdale. No one wears a dress more than once in any soap.

In Eastenders especially, the characters seem to have massive wardrobes with a different outfit each episode. In the old days, Pauline Fowler lived in the same cardigan for about 2 years!

Ahh but Stacey seems to have those shiney plether leggings on her arse 24/7 , they must be walking about by themselves !

They always give birth while sat on their backsides/upright
when I gave birth,that was the last thing I wanted to do!

you never see them wearing the same outfit twice-I own a lot of clothes but I do wear the same thing more than once

People coming back to the square after months or even years away, never call ahead. They spring themselves on everyone by stepping dramatically out of a black cab, as the sound of the tube whizzes past. It’s like mobile signal only works within the parameters of Albert Square.

Phil Mitchell having, and sleeping with, so many girlfriends. How the hell can he get an erection at his age and after alcohol/crack addiction?

Following on from previous post , that so many women married Ian Beale .

Following on from milk jugs - toast racks.

They have toast racks for breakfasts that no-one ever stays around to eat anyway. They might as well take all the raw ingredients and put them straight in the bin, and save on the washing up.

When people abandon their workplace and leave the it unattended when they're serving a customer

E,g.
Bernie in kebab shop tonight

No monitors/alarms constantly binging or going off. Anyone can visit and only 1, maybe 2, incubators to a room. 🙄

Cindy
Mel
Laura
Jane
Sharon

Engaged to Denise
Had a fling with one of his clients (short dark hair , she employed his services to cater a dinner party)

And IIRC he was one of Janine's clients

Phil has no charm but Ian is a weasel

CPR.

I know, I know, they can't do actual cpr without killing the actor but they could at least TRY to make it look half realistic.

Also, deaths. TV death is absolute bullshit 😂

People only go to prison if they are set up. If they do a genuine crime they tend to get away with it.

Nobody ever goes to the toilet

People go to university but are never seen again. Don't most students come home for the holidays?

Everyone manages to sell their property in about 10 days or less...usually to a cash buyer who doesn't want a survey....IF they do - then they always find a body hidden somewhere.....but still buy the house !!

I'd do that! Why would you leave your TV on if you're going to the door & possibly inviting someone in?

We have never seen Eve in emmerdale. Think Chas and paddy forget she exists when the just came swam off whenever.

Pretty much same for Harry snd Theo 🫣

Childcare in soap land is the best

Yep.

In the SCBU DS was in, it was rammed. There were far too few nurses whereas in soap they have two to one baby and they are always constantly there.

Also in our one was lots of broken machines and incubators in the hall waiting for enough donations for the most part to be fixed.