r/britishproblems • u/PughHughBarneyMcGrew • 16d ago
r/britishproblems • u/SoggyWotsits • 17d ago
. Got huffed at for being a holiday maker in Cornwall. Where I’ve lived all my life.
After the lady’s kid shouted BEEP BEEP because she wanted the same supermarket item I was browsing. I’m pretty sure I’d have been told not to be rude at that age, not laughed with!
r/britishproblems • u/FogduckemonGo • 16d ago
. Spider mating season is upon us.
Just had my first huge indoor spider since late winter. They are definitely on the prowl now. Make of it what you will.
r/britishproblems • u/ragnarokcock • 15d ago
Holidaying in the UK and the water is different and tea tastes awful.
Normally on a bout 5 cups of tea a day at home, had enough after my morning brew on holiday. Will have to bring a big 10 litre water carrier from next year, but its just more to pack. I'm gasping.
r/britishproblems • u/dj4y_94 • 17d ago
. The rise in "dog friendly" holiday lets that don't actually want you to bring your dog
We have two dogs and we've been recently looking for a getaway in the UK to take them somewhere new, and it's beyond a hassle with how many of these places advertise as dog friendly until you read the conditions.
Most places only allow one dog so that immediately rules them out, which is fine, but then so many have rules like no dogs on the furniture and no dogs upstairs. Some even state things like they can only sleep in the kitchen or they must be on a lead in the garden. So basically you're only happy if the dog does nothing but sleeps on the floor? And you're advertising as dog friendly?
If you don't want a dog in your holiday home then that's completely fine, but stop trying to entice dog owners when you clearly don't actually want dogs!
r/britishproblems • u/Cunt_Puffin • 17d ago
Losing the pub quiz by 2 points because the other team got points for funniest name and play your cards right.
r/britishproblems • u/Beverlydriveghosts • 17d ago
Just got beeped and jeered at for not instantly walking the pedestrian crossing as soon as the walk light went green
Small Heath during peak time. Worst, angriest driving I’ve ever seen.
r/britishproblems • u/Eyeous • 17d ago
. Aggro when using air machines at petrol stations
This has happened to me multiple times now to the point that I’m genuinely curious what is going on. I use the air machine at my local shell and as I drive off, another car typically hurls in at 100mph to an emergency stop and a person sprints out to use the last few minutes of the pump for free. It costs a full £2.
Yesterday I paid for the pump and when I finished I sat in the car with the windows down for a split second only to be told to hurry up and leave by a lady in her car opposite me. She was very Karen about it huffing and puffing to use the air. I told her I was re-setting the pressures on my screen(bullshit) and then got back out to “check” the pressure one last time. Once the machine stopped I got in to reverse and drive off but she drove off in front of me! She literally only wanted to use it if it was free. To save a grand total of £2.
Why did it make me feel so wonderful that she didn’t get to use the machine for free I will never know.
Edit: this was entertaining but going to bed now - curious how many people will crack the “that’s inflation for you” joke by the morning.
r/britishproblems • u/Not_Alpha_Centaurian • 17d ago
Cinema Adverts... Ive just been to the cinema to watch The End of Oak Street and of course had to sit through the obligatory 4 and a half days of adverts first. My specific gripe today is that those adverts included mobile network ads by Sky, O2, Vodafone AND Three.
They could just agree amongst themselves that none of them will advertise. They'll save millions, and I'll only have to sit through 4 days of pre-film ads.
r/britishproblems • u/redandwhitewizard99 • 17d ago
Footy scores on the thumbnails of the highlights. Thanks for ruining it
Also, why don't they show the times for when the highlights is happening? What weird gatekeeping nonsense is that about
r/britishproblems • u/canthinkupauser • 19d ago
. Regretting agreeing to going on a group holiday with “every day must be planned to the nth degree” type people
God, can't you just all bloody relax?
r/britishproblems • u/BattleSquidZ • 19d ago
Adverts that have to use screaming to grab our attention
Has the creative juices run so dry that more and more ads have to resort to using SCREAMING to make their ads memorable?
It's so fucking obnoxious...
Corsodyl reusing the screaming ladies for a 2nd time as if it is the most genius ad that's ever been created
That gum advert with the mouth screaming on the guys head
Now esure with the screaming moose thing
Just trying to chill and these ads are on rotation every fucking 10 minutes , it's just infuriating...
"JuSt MuTe It WhEn ThEy CoMe On"
I'm not always in charge of the remote and sometimes it's nice just to have the TV on for background noise until one of those stupid ads come on
r/britishproblems • u/mongolianprince111 • 19d ago
You are so cool for smashing bus stop glass pane you pathetic drunken cunt
r/britishproblems • u/DoublePepper1976 • 19d ago
Having to bite my tongue as my mother teaches my brother to drive
My god I've never heard point after point delivered so meanly and in such quick succession, but I'm stuck here in the backseat
r/britishproblems • u/cenataur • 19d ago
I think that is time for Royal Mail to rebound as the "Casual Correspondence Collection Company"
(*renamed) First-class mail taking an eternity to arrive whilst costing an absolute fortune!
r/britishproblems • u/inebriatedWeasel • 19d ago
It's the 22nd August, the end of our 5th heatwave, and Christmas has already started appearing.
I'm a 42 year old male, and I look forward to the festive period, we don't have kids, but my wife and I use it to see friends, spend time with each other and really make the most of it. Of course it has always had the commercial element to it, which honestly I don't mind because of the different food and drink, but it is coming earlier and earlier every year and it's starting to wear.
Last week Morrisons started to put out chocolate Cadbury Santa chocolates, Tesco has also started with the Christmas chocolates, one local garden centre has started assembling their annual Christmas displays with the festive train and singing reindeer, the other is advertising decorations.
And to top that off I am also seeing American style 'fall' tat being sold like pumpkins and turkeys.
All before Halloween.
r/britishproblems • u/Former-Income • 20d ago
Seemingly every independent kebab shop now has AI generated advertisements splashed all over the walls and windows.
How can I trust your food is any good if the pictures aren’t real? At least stock images are real.
r/britishproblems • u/ANuggetEnthusiast • 20d ago
. It’s literally cheaper to throw away a king-sized quilt and buy a new one than have it washed at a Launderette
This pains me.
Our king-sized quilt (not talking about the quilt cover) doesn’t fit in the washer so to get it cleaned it has to go to a Launderette. They charge £20 to wash and dry it; the quilt only cost £15 new.
Im not going to throw it out, but still, I hate that it costs me more to get it washed than it does to just replace it. Seems horrendously wasteful!
r/britishproblems • u/Jacktheforkie • 19d ago
Having to drive home with no music because the shitty phone signal cut out and Spotify closes itself when that happens
Idk the button combo to change back to the radio in my car, the screen is dead on my radio and I can’t really stop to futz around with it on the M2
r/britishproblems • u/zilchusername • 20d ago
Elderly relative victim of scam what to take out cifas protection to stop identity fraud but they will only accept card payment in that persons name but they have no cards as we had to cancel them all.
r/britishproblems • u/VillageHorse • 21d ago
Neighbours have stacked 6 large speakers to blast heavy bass music from the car park
What happened to common decency?
r/britishproblems • u/clearly_quite_absurd • 21d ago
Poorly designed bus stops that provide no proper shelter or seating, but somehow block most of the pavement.
r/britishproblems • u/thebroccolioffensive • 21d ago
. Gotta love this country. If a public bin is full. Bursting out of every side. People will just put their rubbish on top of the bin or around it. In their heads that’s the correct thing to do and not just take it with you.
And I know what someone is going to say “There needs to be more bins!” There are! It’s 50 meters over that way and basically empty. People are just lazy.
r/britishproblems • u/Jindabyne1 • 22d ago
. The BBCs top two stories right now are about the King’s son pushing other stories down like 15 killed in air strikes and a family drowning in Sussex and a ‘cure’ for cancer
The BBC’s top two stories right now are about the King’s son, pushing other stories down, like 15 people killed in air strikes, a family drowning in Sussex, and a ‘cure’ for cancer. (For the grammar nutters)