Things you never see on soaps.

People either die or recover very quickly. There is no long term illness.

When they lie or do wrong, they are always found out (never get away with it) - we are just waiting for then to get their comeuppance!

MissAdventure

They never cut their toenails.

Shame. That would make riveting viewing??

Peter used to run the Bookies! It's become the florists now.

They always leave in a taxi

I only watch Corrie. No-one seems to watch tv.

Dont think I have ever seen anyone go into a bookies.

The never have a straight forward happy wedding day or a birth without drama.

They never cut their toenails.

I never fails to amaze me how many soap characters, who supposedly are totally broke, will still get tea, coffee, breakfast, sandwiches from the local cafe or pub, even it these places are virtually next door to their own homes.
But that is Soap for you - we have to have somewhere for them to meet up and chat.
Love it in Corrie when ambulances arrive within a few minutes of a telephone call for one, the local health centre, can accommodate anybody just popping in without any sort of appointment, and children and babies often seem to have no-one caring for them whilst their parents are out in the evening.

In Corrie, the only GP at the Health Centre seems to be Doctor Gaddas, she is always available at the drop of a hat, kind, patient, knowledgeable.

She must be exhausted running the place virtually single handed.

And you can just pop over and be seen anytime.

Oh dear, I was thinking about the gold label on the Imperial Leather. <I’ll get my coat>

They don’t seem to have many close relations. At weddings and funerals, the principal guests/mourners are always the neighbours.

They never spend a day surrounded by paperwork, having to phone all and sundry, and their internet never plays up.

Small children - they seem to disappear upstairs at about 3 months and reappear when it is time to go to school. Quite the opposite to any household I know with little ones in it.

They only ever work in the area they live in, they never commute, they get all their jobs through a friend.

They never shout at each other from different rooms, saying "What? You know I can't hear you from here. What did you say?"

They often have ‘ private’ conversations within easy hearing distance of the person they’re talking about. There’s been plenty of build up to Nick and Leanne’s court case in Corrie.

Nortsat
I think every cat owner has at one point shouted "Quick! Quick! The cat's being sick! Open the door! Quick!"

They're never asked to send in a cv for a job.

Good acting . Mind you I gave up on them all when they all started shouting and hurting each other .

There are never ending jobs that are immediately available without interviews, filling in numerous paperwork or waiting for decisions, just simply walk out of a job and into another
People walk into jobs like having a breakfast
It doesn’t matter who it is or what skills they have there is always a job waiting for them

Non of the wives pass wind - like me

Their cats never vomit ... do any of them even have cats ?

None of the husbands pass wind ... unlike mine ...

Tweedle24

In ‘Doctors’, a guilty secret, the waiting room is never full. People are seen at the time of their appointment and they seem to be able to drop everything and rush off to do some heart-rending ‘social work’ without any thought of the appointment book.
Ashcombe You must be younger than I or you would remember Ken Barlow’s first wife dying by electrocution from her iron

How very sad is it that I remember she was electrocuted by a hairdryer, but not remember why I went into the kitchen.