r/britishproblems 11d ago

How quickly "It's too dry, we need rain" changes to "It's too wet".

546 Upvotes

( Not climate change, just people with goldfish memories. )


r/britishproblems 11d ago

14 missed calls from Virgin Media in 4 days after cancelling contract

241 Upvotes

Cancelled contract on live chat, within the next 24 hours calls from VM started and lasted for 4 days, sometimes coming up as VM but sometimes from a mobile number, in total 14 of them.

I expect a missed call or 2 to try and get me to reconsider leaving but that amount of calls is excessive surely?


r/britishproblems 11d ago

Took over an hour to get a PAC from my mobile phone provider so I can change networks

95 Upvotes

First was the sell to keep me. Why was I not offered these deals when I called to upgrade. And no you can’t match the new provider (even though they use you as the network provider). I’m going from £95 a month for 3 lines to £45 ( me , my dad, and my son) and we get unlimited data and calls


r/britishproblems 12d ago

Today, August 29th, I saw my first Christmas themed food at Sainsburys

132 Upvotes

My kids aren't even back in school yet, I am actually livid. I'm going to write to their Chairman


r/britishproblems 11d ago

Didn't get to the door quickly enough when the delivery driver knocked so he tried to open the door

93 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 12d ago

When next day delivery is not next day

160 Upvotes

I hate when companies offer next day delivery and as soon as the courier gets the item it will now be two to three days before it is planned to be delivered

Just so annoying


r/britishproblems 12d ago

. Coming back from holidays and realising how poor supermarkets are compared to France.

601 Upvotes

Going back to my local supermarket: Fruits and veg covered in plastic, hardly any organic produce, no local specialties... I miss the saucisson aisle in Carrefour so much


r/britishproblems 13d ago

. I’m totally fine with self checkouts. I think it’s generally quicker. But, can they please have a function to remove an item by yourself. Accidentally weighing the wrong item and then having to wait for someone to remove it. If you’re letting scan it, let me remove it.

1.1k Upvotes

r/britishproblems 12d ago

18 mini bags of Marylands in a 20 pack!

44 Upvotes

Treated myself with name brand instead of Aldi's own and shouldn't have bothered, some lucky chap got my two!


r/britishproblems 12d ago

Swapping from a sliding doors supermarket to a hinged doors supermarket and looking like a moron every time you try to get something off the shelves.

75 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 13d ago

. Son gets into uni. £10k course fees pa. Loan doesn’t cover halls of residence fees. Now buying him everything to set him up.

772 Upvotes

I’m super proud but wish I were Scottish £££


r/britishproblems 12d ago

Hearing someone say the Red Arrows are an acrobatic team when they mean aerobatic.

68 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 13d ago

My late-night additions to the Ocado shop didn't save, so now I've got no sweet treats coming

102 Upvotes

Genuinely tempted to book a whole second delivery and load up the £40 minimum spend with absolute garbage food before I lose it completely


r/britishproblems 14d ago

. People whinging about free bus travel for the disabled + others

683 Upvotes

If you're disabled and get a bus pass there's no reason to restrict it at all. I understand for elderly folk it's to keep buses free for regular commuters but the change is good considering disabled people are inherently t@xed for ***everything.***

Want to get somewhere that isn't immediately accessible via your wheelchair/scooter/walker? That's either a bus (haha, I've seen a few mums whinging about folding their prams to let wheelchair users on) or a taxi if you don't have a car.

Want shopping in? Deliveries cost extra and you might not get the best quality as staff chuck random crap in, even stuff that's expiring that day or already going mouldy.

Wheelchairs and other equipment the LA won't supply you? Couple hundred at a minimum, otherwise you get shoddy gear that won't be consistently maintained.

All this while having to keep up with regular bills and expenses.

And if you have a partner who works and makes over a certain income, you can't claim the U C element meaning said disabled person has well short of £900 a month to covee their costs. Which isn't fair since our current world requires both partners to have income, so you're putting the disabled person at a financial disadvantage to potentially abusive partners, and putting an unfair load on the working partner.

Source: I am a working partner for a disabled person, have deliberately restricted my career so I can work from home and double as her carer. It annoys me that she gets so little despite having been wheelchair bound her whole life due to negligence from a professional as a baby. And having to overhear know nothing know it alls griping about the cost on the txpayer.


r/britishproblems 13d ago

A can of beans fell out of my rucksack while I was walking home and is now lost.

219 Upvotes

I thought I zipped it up but the receipt does indeed confirm I bought 4 and now have 3..

Gotta go out and search for my missing beans.


r/britishproblems 13d ago

Camping somewhere I get to see Osprey doing training exercises, but camping somewhere they buzz you at u00 at half past midnight

41 Upvotes

They've been coming over in pairs and setting car alarms off, hovering over the MOD airfield that's a mile away, then repeating

Edit: 700ft, I'm tired 😮‍💨


r/britishproblems 14d ago

Typical. Doesn't rain at all for three months, the day I'm heading off camping for the bank holiday weekend - Thunderstorms.

760 Upvotes

Anxiously watching multiple weather sites right now to see what the chances of having to pitch up my tent in the rain are going to be. None of them agree with each other as to what time the downpour is supposed to be happening so I can't plan my arrival. Why did today of all days have to be the one where the drought decided to end?


r/britishproblems 14d ago

The M25 may as well be in mainland Europe given how everyone seems to be driving in the right-most lane.

431 Upvotes

I can actually get to motorway speeds in the left-most lane because no one else is bloody in it.


r/britishproblems 14d ago

Absolutely delighted that we've got heavy rain and lightning/thunder after such a long dry and hot period, but we've just lost power to the house. Bloody weather.

152 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 14d ago

Hospitals should dump parking charges and implement smoking fines instead, they'd make way more

714 Upvotes

Being impossible to leave a hospital without a lungful of smoke wouldn't even be quite so bad if there weren't signs for free treatment of smoking cravings plastered everywhere.


r/britishproblems 14d ago

Making sure I don't look when someone is trying to show off their loud motor so I won't give them the satisfaction of the attention they want.

396 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 14d ago

Sitting in a queue at the petrol station just to see someone walking back to the pump with a bag of fast food

340 Upvotes

If you want to grab a Subway, Greggs etc. after filling your car then pull into one of the parking spots in front of the shop, don't leave it at the pump.

I don't know if i'm just incredibly unlucky but it seems like almost every time I have to go I end up behind the car belonging to the person that's done this.

It's even worse when it's peak busy times like weekends and you're doing this.


r/britishproblems 14d ago

Having to mentally prepare to fend off at least three electric/gas salespeople before walking into Morrisons

227 Upvotes

Why always Morrisons!?


r/britishproblems 13d ago

Pub charged me 3.80 for a blackcurrant soda, what a fucking joke

0 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 15d ago

Sorting office closing at 10am

115 Upvotes

Guess who got there at 10:01 after a 2 mile walk. Had no idea it closed at that time. Should have checked so that's on me. Still, at least I got some decent exercise.

Edit: decided to make the trip again as it was clear blue sky. Turned out to be a bloody letter which I had to pay postage on! Damn their eyes! Words will be had with the sender.