r/britishproblems • • 3h ago

The street binfluencer has gone on holiday. The whole road is in chaos.

308 Upvotes

Our street's binfluencer has selfishly taken himself on a 3 week cruise, he lives opposite us and has asked us to keep an eye out. The whole road has no idea what colour bin we are supposed to put out tonight. We are only a week in, we've got 2 more to go. There is supposed to be a glass collection and a compost bin collection at some point this month but no-one on the road has any idea when. The street Whatsapp is baffled and we are all hoping Roger has paid for wifi and taken his phone on his cruise so he can help us.


r/britishproblems • • 10h ago

Hotels too posh to give you a toilet brush

233 Upvotes

Or am I just not mastering the high art of streak-free defecation? Teach me your ways.


r/britishproblems • • 4h ago

Bought my son a new laptop yesterday so now every single social platform is trying to sell me another one.

55 Upvotes

Last one lasted five years, lads. I think I'm good.


r/britishproblems • • 3h ago

Frying supermarket chicken and inadvertently turning your kitchen into a steam room.

37 Upvotes

Moist.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

Modern brewpubs with 37 different beers only having Jack Rabbit as the wine selection.

72 Upvotes

Out for middle aged adult day drinking as a group of couples, lots of places with so many different beers available and all they have for non beer drinkers is the worst cheapest shite wine.

I know you're beer focused but would it be so difficult to actually stock a wine my missus might actually like instead of the cheapest shite going? Then we might stay for more than one drink.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

Saying 'morning' to someone you're passing at the exact same time they say it to you

55 Upvotes

Then having an entire existential crisis about whether they heard you, whether you should say it again and risk looking like a fool, or not say it again and seem rude.


r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Going to the shop is like being in a really bad zombie movie

786 Upvotes

I went out to get milk...

I get to aldi, walk through the first automatic door and there is a lady standing in front of the second automatic door literally watching me walk towards her/the door...

Completely gormless, stuck in headlights look...

She just turns around and just stares into the shop...

"Excuse me please"

Nothing

"Excuse me please"

Nothing

"Excuse me, PLEASE"

She turns around to face me with the same dumbfounded look and still doesn't move...

"Please excuse me"

She shuffles like an inch to the side, still completely in the way, I squeeze past cos I'm done saying excuse me...

I turn around to see if she's still there, she is, still with that vacant look on her face as more people are trying to get past her...

Ffs

I go to get milk and its like a fucking obstacle course of people just wandering aimlessly into everything and everyone and no one seems to know how to look forward...

Get to the self checkouts and everyone is just staring at the screens like they've never seen one before and are taking forever gently pressing the screen like they are made of hot coal or something...

FFS I only needed milk and it took like 10 minutes


r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

It is infuriating to see every unpleasant word being infantilised or self-censored in common discourse

950 Upvotes

You can't say drugs, death, killed, suicide or anything like that anymore. Every video on youtube, even "decent" ones have been self-censoring for years now. Instead of killed its "UNALIVED" or for sexual abuse its "personal shaming" or some other infantilised crap instead of the horrible shit it is. It's paedophile, not pdf file, it makes it sound like it's a joke! It's insulting. I barely go on facebook but its the same nonsense there.

I don't do tiktok, is it the same rubbish there as well?

People censor scenes with drugs or cigarettes in them as though it makes a difference. Why? This stuff is bad, we should acknowledge its bad, and not shy away from it.


r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Lloyds doing a £1 million giveaway but the more money you have the more likely you are to win

482 Upvotes

They're giving away £1 million. You get a free entry just by having an account. Then another automatic entry for every £10k in eligible accounts. So those more likely to win are those who don't even need it.

I have -£1k, I need it more than the guy with £100k, but they get 11 entries to my 1. Make it make sense.


r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Being ID’ed for diarrhea relief tablets

302 Upvotes

They also didn’t register in the bagging area🫠


r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

If we’re walking towards each other on a country path and you’re staring directly at me as we pass, I’m going to say hi.

240 Upvotes

Please say hi back, otherwise stop staring at me.

You weirdo.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

People lose all sense of Spatial awareness in the museums

6 Upvotes

People turning around and walking straight into you. People not looking where they are going and bumping into other people. Walkways being blocked by people just aimlessly standing there, staring into space. Toes being stepped on.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

Every sandwich has egg or mayonise in it

0 Upvotes

There both rank fould slime when cold and in all the sandwichs have it in.


r/britishproblems • • 3d ago

Ordering Baking potato's from the supermarket delivery only for them to be the size of sparrows eggs on arrival.

179 Upvotes

There should be a legal requirement for baking spuds to at least the size grown mans closed fist.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

Fancy dress parties are shit

0 Upvotes

It's not fun, it's a hassle. Not only do I have to waste time finding something to wear for your theme but then I get to spend one of the few nights I get to relax walking around in awkward clothing that was only amusing or interesting for the first five minutes of the evening.


r/britishproblems • • 3d ago

"This train is delayed due to theft of the signalling cables"

305 Upvotes

New train delay unlocked this morning.


r/britishproblems • • 4d ago

"The cleaners are coming tomorrow, quick, let's make sure the house is spotless for when they arrive"

450 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Greggs at lunch: four people ahead, all ordering hot drinks, me just wanting a sausage roll.

0 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 4d ago

Ads auto blaring music, so I look like I'm playing my crappy music out loud

25 Upvotes

I wish the ground will swallow me up now


r/britishproblems • • 4d ago

Watching a programme on ITV player and just seen a Christmas advert

24 Upvotes

I know it's my fault for watching ITV, but still...


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

Confused sending car insurance renewals that expire today, as if my insurance actually expires today

53 Upvotes

Though I'd missed emails about renewal, except no Confused are being sneaky and sending out insurance quotes that expire the day they are sent!

I've got a month to check and recheck quotes - you know they are deliberately going to miss stuff out to give you a low headline quote and then sting you with the extras (one year the all singing and dancing premium policy was way cheaper as it had the the addons included)


r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

Medical professionals who say "well we could do X or we could do Y. What do you want to do?" YOU TELL ME, YOU'RE THE EXPERT

487 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

Washing liquid being less thick and in a thinner container

80 Upvotes

So when you turn it upside down it runs out, and the weight collapses the bottle squeezing more out.


r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

Cold as hell but refusing to put the heating on

361 Upvotes

British Gas put our combined gas and electric up to £190 a month. We're two adults living in a 3 bed bungalow. Out of spite, I'm just not going to put the heating on this year so I hopefully die of hypothermia and then I can haunt British Gas and get everyone to write mournful letters to them on my demise.

I could spend that £190 a month on fun things to make my life enjoyable, but instead British Gas want me to pay for something that should be a basic right... and while we're at it, council tax!!! every month I have to pay the council for what? Both my council tax and energy bills combined each month, with money I've worked hard to earn, could go into a savings account to pay for us to go on a nice annual holiday to get away from and take temporary respite from the money-grabbers in charge in the UK.

Genuinely quite peeved about all of this nonsense.


r/britishproblems • • 7d ago

Who else loves it when business have their menus on screens that change every 10 seconds so you have no idea what you want to order? It’s almost as amazing as QR code only menus 😊 💓

834 Upvotes