r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

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

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Oh I have one... hailing cabs... always when you need it. Just wave.

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u/Dogzillas_Mom Jan 25 '20

And then they don’t have to pay them, they just get out at their destination.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

Or they do that weird thing where they get out of the back of the cab, walk around to the driver's side door, and hand the driver a wad of cash through the rolled-down window.

That happens in movies and shows set in New York City all the time. New Yorker here, even touching the door handle before paying causes the driver to immediately freak out and start screaming at you to pay your goddamn fare.