r/britishproblems • u/Make_the_music_stop • 11h ago
r/britishproblems • u/CustardCreamBot • Jun 26 '26
Climate Change Deniers will be Banned
All mentions of the Summer of '76 will also be banned.
Climate change is a fact of science, and you will be censored for spouting otherwise.
If you feel your freedom of speech rights are being infringed, please speak to your MP.
r/britishproblems • u/UnchainedGoku • 7h ago
People the last few years seem to be forgetting the meaning of "personal space" and it's really starting to get to me while out and about
Get out of my backside Karen, if I can turn or move slightly in a queue and FEEL YOU NEXT TO ME, you are TOO CLOSE, BACK IT UP!!!
General public are on the make people postal speed run!
r/britishproblems • u/SamwellBarley • 4h ago
"I'm sorry, there's no one to take you're call right now. If you would like us to call you back, please press 1. We won't do it, but you can at least hang up and convince yourself we will."
r/britishproblems • u/thebroccolioffensive • 1d ago
. Reminded every bank holiday weekend how much better life would be if we had 4 day work weeks. Someone decided 5 days and that’s it, we’re doomed.
r/britishproblems • u/Nothingdoing079 • 1d ago
Bank Holiday Chores and mother in law has used my £40 cutting in brush to stain the fence
Having to do a bunch of bank holiday chores while the wife is away, and one of those is to repaint our snug.
Only I go to get everything out, and discover that my expensive cutting in brush was used by the mother in law the other month when she went and stained the fences.
Now having to cut in with a really shitty brush, and regretting life's choices.
r/britishproblems • u/Strutching_Claws • 1d ago
People parking in the queue for the Car Wash before getting their ticket.
I always drive into the garage, park up, go buy a ticket for the car wash and then drive into the car wash, I do that because that feels like the logical thing to do.
What is annoying is when I have got my ticket and driven to the car wash only to find in front of me there is a car parked in front of the car wash, it's an empty car, because that person has parked up to go and buy a ticket for the car wash. So even though I am there, with a ticket ready to have my car cleaned, I can't because I'm waiting on someone who doesn't even have a ticket yet.
Imagine you go to a super market which has one single self serve checkout, you immediately pick up an empty basket and put it in the self serve checkout and then leave the basket to go and pick up your items, in the meantime a queue forms behind your basket of people who have already picked up their items and are ready to leave. Obviously those people stuck behind your empty basket will be annoyed as they are ready to leave but you have have effectively reserved the checkout until you are ready delaying everyone else. It's the same principle.
r/britishproblems • u/Desperate-Drawer-572 • 2d ago
. 100k is no longer considered a high salary
https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/23/100-000-no-longer-considered-a-high-salary-experts-29432434/
This is mental considering it is 3 times the average salary
r/britishproblems • u/seriously_this • 2d ago
New people moved in downstairs who appear keen on DIY and a house alarm going off for the last two hours.
Thunder storms on their way. What a gentle Bank Holiday this is.
r/britishproblems • u/5h0D10n • 2d ago
There’s now more chocolate on a chocolatiers pencil than the centre of a feast!
That is all :(
r/britishproblems • u/buzzlightyear999 • 2d ago
Foreign Adverts on Podcasts
Travelled away for a few weeks, podcast episodes all auto-downloaded whilst away, now have exciting Spanish and French adverts interrupting and at the beginning of my podcast episodes.
r/britishproblems • u/Hawksteinman • 1d ago
Order food. Go to collect. Store is closed.
I ordered Greggs yesterday on Too Good To Go. Collection today between 18:30 and 19:00. I arrive at 18:32. Store is closed.
I got a refund, but still. I'm disabled and just making the journey is draining. I was expecting food. I ended up buying a Monster Energy from a nearby store instead.
That was supposed to be my food for the next 2 days 😭
r/britishproblems • u/TepidHalibut • 3d ago
How quickly "It's too dry, we need rain" changes to "It's too wet".
( Not climate change, just people with goldfish memories. )
r/britishproblems • u/WebGuyUK • 3d ago
14 missed calls from Virgin Media in 4 days after cancelling contract
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 • u/Nameisnotmine • 3d ago
Took over an hour to get a PAC from my mobile phone provider so I can change networks
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 • u/kwaklog • 3d ago
Today, August 29th, I saw my first Christmas themed food at Sainsburys
My kids aren't even back in school yet, I am actually livid. I'm going to write to their Chairman
r/britishproblems • u/Drax_reborn • 3d ago
When next day delivery is not next day
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 • u/dragon8733 • 3d ago
Didn't get to the door quickly enough when the delivery driver knocked so he tried to open the door
r/britishproblems • u/Loose_Avocado4670 • 3d ago
Driving test wait list puts so much pressure on learner drivers!
I've yet to pass my theory test ( doing it in 5 days!) But once I do, I'll start looking for a driving test because I've heard that there's like a 5-6 month wait for one which is just plain ridiculous.
My boyfriend failed his test 2 weeks ago and got a test but it's not until the end of January next year like what the fuck 😭
Honestly I wouldn't even mind failing the first time if I could test a test like the next month but it just puts so much more added pressure on learner drivers because all you're thinking about is if you fail this test you will be waiting 5-6 months for another one.
I feel like for young people now, everything is just so hard. I work part-time at a restaurant whilst building up my own business, and to get this part-time job, it took MONTHS of searching, countless applications, and rejections all to get a minimum wage job. Now, I'm paying £62 a week for 1.5 hours of driving lessons and will have to log on at 6 am every morning to fight for a test.
Not to mention the housing market, the state of the economy, and the general mess of the world in general.
( got a bit side tracked there, sorry)
r/britishproblems • u/VincentAdultman321 • 4d ago
. Coming back from holidays and realising how poor supermarkets are compared to France.
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 • u/thebroccolioffensive • 4d 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.
r/britishproblems • u/TartanGuppy • 4d ago
18 mini bags of Marylands in a 20 pack!
Treated myself with name brand instead of Aldi's own and shouldn't have bothered, some lucky chap got my two!
r/britishproblems • u/hopperlocks • 4d ago
22 mini bags of Marylands in a 20 pack!
Now I'm gonna get fat(ter)!
r/britishproblems • u/CaptainMcSmoky • 4d 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.
r/britishproblems • u/TSC-99 • 4d 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.
I’m super proud but wish I were Scottish £££