I’m a handyman with 20+ years of experience. This is a job, along with carpenter and woodworker that is frequently portrayed on TV and film. Here are the errors, which I think would catch anyone’s eye if they thought about it.

New Tools: When people grab tools in TV and movies, they always look like they just pulled it out of the box and clipped the tags off. This is double ridiculous with Skil worm drive circular saws which last for many years. Tools get that beat up look pretty quickly when you use them every day.

Tool belts: As a handyman, I never use them and I don’t know anyone else that does. When you work inside someone’s home, it’s best not to have a hammer swinging around at your hip destroying door frames as you pass. They are really only for some very specific tasks, like rough framing.

Safety glasses: In shows they always seem to wear them, but in real life, it’s rare outside of a wood or metal shop where they’re required. They get dirty in about 30 seconds if you’re cutting wood and you can’t see a thing. If you’re wearing a cheap mask they also fog up, then the dirt clings to the moisture and the cheap plastic scratches when you try to clean them. You quickly learn that they’re a waste of money. It’s a better idea to just keep your face away from where the wood dust is blowing.

Not enough tools: Some jobs, like replacing an exterior door end up needing quite a few tools until you’re practically tripping over them, but in the movies the guy is holding a hammer and a screwdriver.

Using 10# and 20# sledgehammers on sheetrock, plaster and wood walls: No, no, NO! You’ll end up with a huge mess of broken wood and splinters, crap will fly everywhere and you’re in danger of hurting yourself. Demolition is much faster and cleaner when you just take stuff apart. A light whack with a 5# sledge at the bottom of a wall stud will push it off its nails and you can just remove it.

Not enough debris: Demolition job sites will not have any broken wood, broken sheetrock or dust.

All the cutting is done on sawhorses: Professionals learn to cut wood where ever they stand. There are safe techniques for this.

Job sites are super clean: Heroes rush through a construction site. They don’t trip on power cords, rebar, piles of wood, debris, uneven ground, tools and supplies piled up in an area with someone working or awkwardly climb over unfinished forms with a rebar cage inside.