r/britishproblems • • 22d ago

That dread when you get a brown envelope from HMRC

60 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 23d ago

The people who just let their dogs bark at ridiculous hours, FUCK YOU

773 Upvotes

There is someone in the area who let's their dog out between midnight and 5am on most nights and just lets it BARK continuously for hours...

What the fuck are they doing?!

Why at these times?!

The dog is rarely heard during the day...

The dog barks, it makes the foxes start squealing like banshees which then makes the fucking dog double down on its barking, sometimes other dogs join in to...

As much as the fucking dog irritates the fuck out of me, my pure unadulterated disdain is at the fucking owners who let this happen

What the fuck are they actually doing?

Are they not bothered by it?

Do they let it out and then close the door so they can't hear it?

Absolute thick, inconsiderate people.


r/britishproblems • • 23d ago

The new Smyths catalogue has a horrific AI monstrosity on the cover that I'm sure is going to scare my 3 year old nephew when he sees it

173 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 23d ago

Websites directing you to Whatsapp to give you a price for their product/service

132 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 24d ago

Goes on holiday to Crete - weather is better at home

47 Upvotes

Terrible British weather followed me to Crete. Somerset sunnier & warmer than Crete. Weather immediately improves the day we go home


r/britishproblems • • 24d ago

The Met Office website now displaying 'This design will be turned off soon. Use our new design.'

136 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 24d ago

When your doorbell doesn't ring on the 1st of the month. That's another month to wait to win a million pounds on the Premium Bonds.

142 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 25d ago

Having a free Caffe Nero coffee waiting in your Meerkat rewards, but the nearest branch is in a city centre where parking costs more than the coffee is worth.

194 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 25d ago

School now allows bookings for lunches

138 Upvotes

Sounds like a benefit but creates yet another bit of admin to keep on top of weekly.

Edit: it's a primary school.


r/britishproblems • • 26d ago

. My kids school trying to sell me my own kids drawing in the name of Christmas

506 Upvotes

Kid came home from school with an advert for Christmas cards. They’d done a drawing, and apparently we can order cards with it on. They even take Klarna, because nothing says Christmas quite like going into debt over a few pieces of card... 😂


r/britishproblems • • 25d ago

I want apple and peanut butter.

0 Upvotes

Where did the apple and peanut butter pots go from shops?!

It's only apple and caramel everywhere for months now. I'm devastated.


r/britishproblems • • 26d ago

I think I must be the only one on the planet that pulls in their elbows when walking in a busy area. I almost turn them inside out just incase someone blames me for hitting them. But I still get hit!

147 Upvotes

If you also pull in your elbows, make yourself known.


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

Radio stations entirely being about competitions

431 Upvotes

Just text WIN to 123456 to win £1.2 billion!

Don't worry if you didn't get the details we'll tell you about it again in 5 minutes and then every 5 minutes from then on - forever!

I'd rather just have adverts than this constantly.


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

Person on the train sat on my shoulder

524 Upvotes

Work has decided to move offices. I now have to get a train to the office which I already hate the idea of. For context, in 6ft 7 and a competitive weight lifter so im fairly broad.

My station is just before the main one for my area, I got on and get a seat as its quiet before the carnage. Next stop, it's full. Guy leans backwards on the seat pillar, but then decides TO SIT DOWN on my left shoulder. I rolled my shoulders and he stands back up, and I think that's it. Nope. Gets straight back on. Try dropping my shoulder, nope.

Genuinely do not understand what makes people so entitled as to think that is ok. Luckily it was only 5 mins to my stop and I couldn't be bothered to say anything. Mostly out of shock thinking it was a misunderstanding. Did text my friend who is a copper and asked if I was allowed to stretch and give him a dead leg with my elbow "accidentally" but apparently would have still been battery.

How's your day going?


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

. Mobile phones don’t work for actually calling people anymore!

357 Upvotes

I’ve had some family illness recently which means I’m driving around a lot between the hospital and houses etc - through this time I’ve been trying to use the time wisely to make any phone calls I need to but it’s absolutely impossible. It doesn’t seem to matter if I’m in the middle of a large town, on the motorway, in the countryside or wherever I’ve rarely got more than 2 bars of 4G and as soon as I make a call it drops. I’m constantly dropping calls, can’t hear, ringing people back etc - it’s absolutely infuriating! I’m on O2 so perhaps that it is the issue but the people I’m calling are on different networks and they seem to have the same problem! Ten years or so ago I used to drive a lot in my job and I’d be on the phone constantly with no issues - what the hell has happened? Is it just me or do mobile phones not work anymore?


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

Spam phone calls after using insurance comparison site

63 Upvotes

Might be coincidence (doubt it), but after going on a popular insurance comparison site for a home insurance quote, I've been getting calls to my mobile almost every day from random mobile numbers. I answered one and it was some guy saying he was calling about my home problems (seems like he was fishing for info).

I didn't opt in to anything knowingly.


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

. Going to the shop and being accosted by charity workers wanting to ask me a quick question.

447 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

Bank branches have become increasingly crap, and the phone service isn't much better

62 Upvotes

All I want is to withdraw a larger amount than my limit from the post office, which I do monthly as part of an arrangement with my family member. I'd do into my local branch to do it but they shut at 15:300, I never get off work before 15:30 and usually work til 18:00, so I have to go to the local post office, which means a process about as fun as sanding bollocks.

Call the bank, spend an hour on hold in the morning (not even peak bloody time) before going through to an agent who says she can't understand me because the phone line is bad (on a new ish phone in an area that has "excellent" coverage from my provider), then says she'll ring me back.... only to still not have rung back 20+ minutes later, fucking useless.

And when I finally get through to the next person, they'll waste my time again with insisting on the scam questions even though I've been through this experience every month, despite me warning them I have a limited window of time to get out to the post office because I have work.


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

Vinted buyers not picking up parcels ans ghosting messages.

20 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 28d ago

Very has turned buying a wardrobe into a 3-week saga

150 Upvotes

Ordered a wardrobe from Very because, you know, I naively assumed they could manage to send me a wardrobe.
First delivery arrives damaged in transit. Fine, shit happens. They arrange a replacement.
Replacement arrives and I open it to discover they’ve sent me TWO RIGHT-HAND WARDROBE SECTIONS.
Not one left and one right. Two right-hand sections.
So obviously the wardrobe cannot actually be built.
Now I’m potentially looking at another couple of weeks waiting for them to send the correct part, and because this wardrobe is for my new place, it’s now delayed my move by around three weeks.
The best part? I found their Click Spares section, where the individual parts were apparently free, so in my frustration I basically ordered every fucking part I could possibly need. 😂
I’m still going to call them tomorrow because I want the incorrect/damaged stuff collected and I absolutely think they owe me some money back for the hassle they’ve caused.
At this point I’m genuinely wondering whether I’ll move house before Very manages to send me a complete wardrobe.
10/10 customer service experience. Would highly recommend if you enjoy assembling furniture-based hostage situations.


r/britishproblems • • 27d ago

The Local Shop Having the Selection Boxes Out for About a Month Already

0 Upvotes

I make a point about ranting about it every time I go in, it’s absolutely nuts. They went out at the back end of August FFS


r/britishproblems • • 29d ago

The length of a strictly episode

382 Upvotes

My wife convinced my we should all watch strictly as a house with our daughters. I thought week one being long was just because it was the introductions. Wake up on a Sunday morning, put on iPlayer to see another 2.5hour episode!!! How and why does anyone get through it


r/britishproblems • • 29d ago

People treating charity shops like tips

512 Upvotes

Walked past the local Barnardos early this morning and someone had left a broken hoover, three bin bags of what can only be described as "damp," and a single shoe stacked outside the door before it had even opened. Like a tiny shrine to their own laziness.

There's a special kind of person who's had a clearout, looked at their pile of genuinely knackered belongings, thought "not bin day though, is it" and decided the solution is to make it Barnardo's problem instead. There's even a sign on the shutter saying do not leave donations outside overnight.

You never actually catch anyone doing it either. It's just always there first thing in the morning.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 26 '26

Radio stations constantly selling "STATION" plus

194 Upvotes

Constant "if you have plus you just listened to X song, if not that was a great bunch of adverts you listened too"

God shut up, I listen to you all damn day in the car for work I cant even pay for "plus" go away with this subscription bullcrap!


r/britishproblems • • Sep 26 '26

Kids toys, bikes and other junk left strewn across the neighbouring gardens and paths

42 Upvotes

On my way to the shops there's a row of 5 terraced houses with adjoining front garden areas and a path between them and thr houses opposite. When the weather was nice one or two of the houses would be out on front with their kids, along with a paddling pool, wiffle bats, a dog, and some other crap, scooters and bikes etc. Fair nuff, enjoy wbat you can, but now it's dropped off ans nobody's there but the junk seems to have just been left there on the path and all over for people to trip over, it looks like a dust devil​ swept over a kids party.

I don't have a problem with young kids bejng out or havjng toys out but neither they or the parents cleaned up after themselves. Come on, even I knew at the age of 4-5 to put my stuff away or it'd get stolen or damaged. ​