Fans of Home and Away have turned on the show for being unrealistic after spotting a weird detail in a recent episode.

Viewers have taken to a Facebook fan page dedicated to Seven’s long running soap to mock the ‘mistake’.

The criticism centred on how the owner of Summer Bay’s diner Irene played by Lynne McGranger does not seem to care if her business partner Leah (Ada Nicodemou) does any work.

One enterprising fan even created a meme that threw shade on Irene’s ‘casual’ attitude to running a business.

In the post, shared to a Facebook group, a scene from the show is captioned: ‘Can I go out around lunchtime, Irene? Sure, Leah! It’s probably our busiest time of day at the diner but whatever.

Other viewers were quick to slam the same scene which showed Irene working the rush hour in the diner alone after Leah ditched work to sort a personal drama.

‘Don’t worry about it Leah go out at lunch time, poor Irene will do the lunch rush,’ added another viewer. ‘In the real world they’d be fired,’ agreed another fan.

Fans also took time out to show up the character of Irene’s ‘failings’ as a hospitality professional.

Amongst the criticisms were the fact that Irene can’t seem to prepare a sandwich or make a coffee properly.

‘I noticed her making a coffee in the diner last night, no steam, empty cups,’ one eagle-eyed viewer posted on the thread.

However one die hard Summer Bay fan was prepared to stand up for Irene’s skills:

‘Maybe it was iced coffee?’ they suggested.

‘Nope, she was at the cappuccino machine,’ replied the other fan.

Other viewers noticed how the characters of Irene and Leah don’t engage with the ‘casual staff’ seen ‘working’ in the background of scenes in the diner.

‘They never talk to the hired help in the dinner and you never see them making the food orders,’ the fan noted.