7 things people do on TV that would be weird in real life

4. Standing still during arguments

In real life, arguments just don’t end like this. If you’re fighting with your significant other/housemate/mum and they walk off, you don’t just stand there rooted to the spot yelling their name at the top of your voice. Do you? You walk after them, right? You finish the argument.

Just, walk after Trixie, Tom! MOVE, dammit. Nonnatus House is only a couple of metres away.

5. Being insanely articulate about their inner emotional turmoil

People say anger isn't a real emotion, that it's always a front for another feeling. But when it comes to our emotions most of us aren't that articulate. We feel stuff, sure, but we couldn't explain exactly what or how, and why it's making us behave in such a strange or irrational way. For plenty of characters in TV land, emotional ignorance isn't an issue, though...

“Wouldn’t it suck if you didn’t help me. If you went through all that training to become a big doctor, came up with the plan, did my operation. You did it just right, just perfect. You made me so I could walk again, but I didn’t. Wouldn’t you feel helpless? Like nothing matters. No matter how much you care, how hard you try, how badly you want something, you’ll never have it. Because everything is totally out of your control. Feel that?” said a 13-year-old girl on Grey's Anatomy once. Exactly.

6. Driving without looking at the road

Driving a car is a difficult business. You've got to have hours of lessons and take two tests before you're allowed on the road, but not so for TV characters who manage to make it look easy, all without actually paying attention to the road they are driving on. They spend a dangerously long time looking at the person in the passenger seat and not facing forward. Sometimes it's on purpose to warn us that some sort of near-miss or horrific traffic accident is mere moments away, but more often than not that's just their driving style...

7. Lighting fires really easily

I know this isn't technically a TV show, but it's not the only example and THIS IS NOT HOW YOU LIGHT A FIRE. Turning sticks, logs, newspaper and half a box of premium firelighters into a source of heat takes time, patience and dedication. It's never this easy, and you almost always end up with ash all over your face.