Related to this is when people go to see a singer performing, the singer just finishes a song, hands off their instrument (if any) to a nameless bandmate and then sits down to talk with the visitors, leaving the poor band to fend for themselves.
Having been in "poor bands," this offends me...
Characters always seem to be able to find a parking space right in front of their destination.
Another thing is characters arriving by car and stopping way short of the people they're meeting, just so there can be a dramatic, heart-warming shot of the characters running toward each other to...