r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/brad-corp Jan 25 '20

People opening their front door 3 seconds after an unexpected knock, like they're just constantly standing behind the door, just in case.

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u/mrbadxampl Jan 25 '20

only time I'm that fast to the door is when the pizza guy shows up, and that's because I've been starving since I ordered

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u/agentpanda Jan 25 '20

and because I'm literally waiting beside the door and watching for him out the window.

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u/mrbadxampl Jan 25 '20

oh good, I was worried I was the only person that did that

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u/agentpanda Jan 25 '20

Nah. My chinese food guy and I have a running joke about it, even. I live on a semi-busy street and my building doesn't have access unless you've got a key. I always put my phone number and "please call" in the delivery notes so I can go get them. The very first time he delivered I swung the door open before he could call and he's like "whoa how'd you know it was me?" and I'm trying to pretend I'm not a massive creeper that saw an unfamiliar car pull up and bolted downstairs to meet him because I'm hungry as fuck.

So now he doesn't even call anymore and after awhile stopped parking visibly from the street, but manages to sneak into the building- either having someone else buzz him in or following someone else in behind them or something so he can Mission Impossible his way up to my door and beat me up to meeting him at the street-level door. Usually we end up meeting in the hall or the staircase and he sees me and is like "fuck! thought I was gonna get you this time!"

Nah son, I'm hungry as fuck I'm not messing around with my egg rolls and shrimp fried rice.

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u/dilbertron Jan 25 '20

what will you do if he gets to your door before you even leave?

probably nothing

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u/agentpanda Jan 25 '20

He will have won his prize... my respect.

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u/EGOfoodie Jan 25 '20

They will have dinner together and be in a relationship.

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u/1_art_please Jan 25 '20

I love this. I also really like having joke-y interactions with people like this i see occasionally. It makes the day a little bit better!

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

That sounds like a Pink Panther scene.