What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life?

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To be fair, 18% of Dopers say that they ignore the instructions to stir a microwave meal.

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The Instructions on the box of a microwave meal says, microwave 3 minutes 30 seconds, remove film and stir, then microwave and additional 1 minute and 30 seconds. Do you… poll