r/britishproblems

178 words When your dream home is now a regular sized 2/3 bed with a garden for the dog 309 words There’s a new guy in the office - it’s his second day and we’ve just found out we have identical commutes 249 words Shops charging customers to collect items from their premises 181 words Collecting a parcel delivered to the neighbour only for them to say "I never took for that" then threatening to punch you 129 words Trying to transfer money on a bank phone line, and being asked to input the figure in pence. 137 words Finally trying Tony's Chocolate despite the £3 price tag to find it's utterly disappointing 178 words Those people who decide its perfectly acceptable to make themselves a coffee and then proceed to make somebody a cup of tea using the same spoon. I've seen folk jailed for less! 253 words I'm at the point in the family BBQ where my dad is complaining about the amount of black people appearing in adverts, send help 142 words Absolutely loathing the song "Sweet Caroline" 183 words Can't sit even in my own garden without smelling weed smoke! 117 words Realising that I never got to finish my glow in the dark dinosaur skeleton in the 90s after dutifully buying the magazine every week. 122 words Having to sit through a 1.5 hour presentation about the company making record sales and profits, then being told no pay rises this year due to "the financial situation" 235 words During a casual chat with a German superior I off handedly mentioned English village life "can be a bit like Royston Vasey" and now I'm afraid she will judge me based on my taste in 90s bizarist television 164 words Bus driver watched me sprint for the bus and closed the doors in my face, even though it only meant stopping at a red light a few yards later 200 words Having a degree, a masters, volunteered/worked consistently throughout my studies and still getting rejected by entery level (19k starting salary) jobs. This is the norm for graduates but its still gutting. 301 words BBC coverage of the Olympics is a disgrace. 147 words Watching the national team hold off the opposition for 120 minutes and then lose on penalties.. Again! 162 words Being English and wanting the other British countries to win in football knowing fine well the other British countries support any country against England 147 words When the self service checkout inevitably says ‘unexpected item in bagging area’ and you wait five minutes for a staff member to sort it -and then I have to say sorry/thank you when it is their company’s system which has caused the problem. 249 words Being disabled but not looking outwardly disabled and so having to deal with glowering nobheads who think they're Avengers every time you use a disabled parking space.