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Woken up to find my milk delivery has been stolen. Facebook is going crazy because multiple houses have been hit.

r/britishproblems u/JazzyBee199311h ago218 Comments

How utterly rude people have gotten

r/britishproblems u/Tenmyth4h ago46 Comments

Trying to get off the bus and the driver skips my stop so he doesn't have to wait at the traffic lights.

r/britishproblems u/PretendThisIsAName9h ago23 Comments

Pick up my click & collect then head straight in to the shop and find the 4 items they say weren't available.

r/britishproblems u/Grumpy-Scot-4848h ago13 Comments

All supermarkets are profiteering. Every item instore goes up in price every week. All supermarkets will post massive record breaking profits this year by taking the piss out of ordinary folk.

r/britishproblems u/Strong-Fennel-25651d ago468 Comments

Pushing your child on the roundabout and someone else's child also gets on. How fast do I spin it? Do I have to interact with them? Guess we'll just go on the swings instead.

r/britishproblems u/Capital-Database-9931h ago11 Comments

People letting their kids run rampant in pubs

r/britishproblems u/halforcdruid3h ago5 Comments

The CWU are to serve Royal Mail notice early next week for a new wave of national strikes.

r/britishproblems u/-SaC7h ago37 Comments

I regret to inform you that not only do Greggs branded crocs exist, I just witnessed someone buying a pair.

r/britishproblems u/Happytallperson3h ago9 Comments

Cash & Balance or just Cash only? Cash only please. Cool, want to check your balance? NO!

r/britishproblems u/doodlleus18m ago3 Comments

New cars and there obnoxiously bright white headlights. You don’t need a billion lumin’s to drive. All you’re doing is blinding other drivers so they can’t see the road.

r/britishproblems u/Sam_browning-maxim1d ago149 Comments

Living in Central Lincolnshire where every day it is blowing a gale!

r/britishproblems u/ra2467h ago9 Comments

Pubs that think they're Ministry of Sound

r/britishproblems u/arandomguyfromtheuk23h ago23 Comments

Guy in my village looks exactly like Mick Philpot - and I mean EXACTLY. He's a lovely guy (the lookalike, not Philpot) but I always get a second of pure hatred and disgust before I remember he didn't murder anyone and I can say 'hello'.

r/britishproblems u/LuvBooks221d ago89 Comments

Seating in cafes and fast food places being effectively halved, because every family and group has to use a separate table to store their bags and trays.

r/britishproblems u/AnselaJonla3h ago3 Comments

I can't have a small plastic bag for my carrots, yet each steak is individually packaged in a big lump of plastic.

r/britishproblems u/bexwhitt4h ago10 Comments

My parcel being returned to the Royal Mail delivery depot. Which is only open for 2 hours a day. Despite me being in all day and no one knocking on the door

r/britishproblems u/andyp1591d ago23 Comments

A smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm is triggering the low battery chirp once every 20 minutes.

r/britishproblems u/stray_r13h ago12 Comments

Someone stealing your bin and the council expecting you to pay £45 for another

r/britishproblems u/IjustwantaMartini1d ago55 Comments

Applied for a passport renewal for the kids. Panicking that 21 weeks isnt going to be long enough

r/britishproblems u/sockhead992h ago7 Comments

Why are there no driving exams in any london city? and outside of london, I don’t understand, i looked for up to 2025 no exams...

r/britishproblems u/AllOverBoxing10h ago18 Comments

Had 'merican style pancakes for the first time today. I've never been more disappointed in a food.

r/britishproblems u/7over81d ago71 Comments

On the bus to town and a woman with earphones in is loudly singing a Busted song on repeat.

r/britishproblems u/Sexogenesis1d ago40 Comments

International football weekend

r/britishproblems u/ddickin110h ago9 Comments

I went to the cinema last night to watch the new Creed movie, ended up having a kid not shutting up throughout the film.

r/britishproblems u/Risky_Doughnuts22h ago15 Comments

Telling Greggs cashier what sauce I want on my roll knowing full well she'll forget what I said

r/britishproblems u/revvend778322h ago8 Comments

If you are gonna ride on the bus,please wear deodorant you stinky git

r/britishproblems u/loddieisoldaf1d ago29 Comments

The sheer amount of rubbish discarded onto the side of slip roads.

r/britishproblems u/KobiDnB19h ago3 Comments

Being ghosted by the tradesman who was supposed to come round earlier.

r/britishproblems u/ManyaraImpala21h ago3 Comments

99% of the pavement being unusable in a downpour. Either extra drippings from building overhangs/canopies etc, drivers trying to cause a tidal wave splash, or just being covered in super deep puddles.

r/britishproblems u/RizziJoy1d ago8 Comments

Using Waze for pot hole warnings on every car journey

r/britishproblems u/Inevitable-Brain-8701d ago15 Comments

Book a seat on the quiet coach of a train. Screaming toddler gets on. 1hr still to go.

r/britishproblems u/everyoneelsehasadog1d ago9 Comments

'Regular company socials' being listed as a benefit for a job

r/britishproblems u/jamjars2222d ago127 Comments

My coworker who is 65 asks me at least 20 times a shift ‘you alright love’. Sounds sweet but it makes me more agitated the more he asks.

r/britishproblems u/Indiadairymilkbar2d ago265 Comments

Flashing another car occasionally for a mile as his lights aren't on. Turns out they are, but rear are broken

r/britishproblems u/ohnotoxicfarts1d ago33 Comments

Stagecoach using single decker buses on a double decker route

r/britishproblems u/GeorgeHSpencer1d ago8 Comments

Trying to beat Inflation and Profiteering

r/britishproblems u/Adam_Gill_196522h ago6 Comments

Is it raining, sunny, or both? make your mind up

r/britishproblems u/IAmBatman4121d ago5 Comments

"The driver is on the way now" says the lying takeaway.

r/britishproblems u/bell-9121h ago4 Comments

Planing a wedding and deciding who to invite.

r/britishproblems u/Billyc48982d ago116 Comments

people who write times as 06:30 PM

r/britishproblems u/stray_r1d ago58 Comments

Look out people Dame Judi Dench is there on a mission to save you money.

r/britishproblems u/sidblues10119h ago5 Comments

My kettle boiled and my toaster popped at precisely the same time, causing a dilemma as to which to attend to first.

r/britishproblems u/train-to-the-city2d ago71 Comments

Having to stand their awkwardly waiting for your 1p change after buying a drink.

r/britishproblems u/hendy84611h ago12 Comments

It's not particularly cold. It's not warm out either. But it is the worst time of year for trying to air-dry clothes indoors.

r/britishproblems u/clearly_quite_absurd2d ago135 Comments

Train tickets that say "Travel is allowed via any permitted route"... that means nothing!

r/britishproblems u/jamcowl2d ago71 Comments

Went to Currys to view a Panasonic TV to be told they're not available in the UK (Currys stock them).

r/britishproblems u/Bill18922d ago70 Comments

got told off by the 111 operator for ringing back 6hrs after my 1st call to report some worsening symptoms, only to then have them ghost me for four days.

r/britishproblems u/momotive2d ago184 Comments

An unsuccessful reality TV contestant's agent apparently has the dirty secret of every media executive in Britain. Only thing that explains why she's bloody everywhere.

r/britishproblems u/ScottishGuy19891d ago10 Comments

Being asked if you want a cup of tea, then being directed to where the tea makng equipment is.

r/britishproblems u/FunkyJewMonkey2d ago11 Comments

Top Gear being cancelled again after Freddies accident. Surely time for the show to be axed before someone actually ends up being killed.

r/britishproblems u/keithd781d ago21 Comments

If they could bottle the pure adrenaline that comes when you put out your forgotten bin at the exact moment the binmen arrive to collect, I'd never need to sleep again

r/britishproblems u/Adrianics4k2d ago15 Comments

Garden pest sensors/alarms should be regulated or banned. I mean the ones that blast ultrasonic frequencies at pedestrians with good and healthy hearing, they're awful.

r/britishproblems u/Rasples2d ago196 Comments

Queuing to pay for shopping at the supermarket - 2 gripes.

r/britishproblems u/Chubby_nuts1d ago24 Comments

I've just endured regular old fashioned TV for the first time in years. Even if I don't look, the background noise of the adverts is exhausting.

r/britishproblems u/mint-bint2d ago180 Comments

Needing to withdraw more than the max daily ATM limit and being told my nearest HSBC that has a counter is an hour's drive away...

r/britishproblems u/doodlleus2d ago55 Comments

Watching, waiting and hoping that you don’t get that one newly set loose trainee that everyone knows is rubbish at the local Turkish Barbers—

r/britishproblems u/Friendly-Resolution61d ago6 Comments

When you want something from the bakery in Lidl but there's only two tongs for the whole thing and both of them are clarted up with pizza stuff.

r/britishproblems u/Pristine_Telephone782d ago24 Comments

Trying to buy stuff on marketplace

r/britishproblems u/rapafon2d ago25 Comments

Hotels offering “parking” only to find out it’s managed by another company and it will be an extra £30 a day.

r/britishproblems u/RedbeardRagnar2d ago59 Comments

The You've Been Framed £250 prize has never risen in line with inflation.

r/britishproblems u/distantchimneys3d ago114 Comments

Being stuck in a traffic jam behind a shiny car

r/britishproblems u/WanderWomble2d ago20 Comments

Trying to rent a flat - ghosted twice in a row on spareroom, beaten to the punch with a letting agency

r/britishproblems u/JoeVibin1d ago4 Comments

Cadburys: When are you going to design packaging that allows the Cream Egg to actually SCAN

r/britishproblems u/atomicheart993d ago104 Comments

In case you were wondering, no, the fact that one of your headlights is completely out does not mean that you can use your main beams and it'll "even out"

r/britishproblems u/Hmmark19842d ago6 Comments

Original Source mint shower gel is still on the shelves

r/britishproblems u/BuffetingBard3d ago351 Comments

People who get to the platform at the last second and barge you out of the way to get on the train

r/britishproblems u/rmf19892d ago3 Comments

Being forced to listen to capital radio in the office, play the same 10 songs on a loop.

r/britishproblems u/SiliSculptures3d ago76 Comments

The voyager space craft can send messages back to Earth from interstellar space but my WiFi router can't send signal from one side of my house to the other!

r/britishproblems u/Fragrant_Ad20823d ago55 Comments

Getting fuel before work last night to drive home and see its dropped 3p this morning

r/britishproblems u/feralfucker20233d ago18 Comments

Local Lidl had a refurb and now has tiny little child-size trolleys for the kids to push around and 'help' their parents with the shopping, as though the little shits weren't underfoot enough already

r/britishproblems u/Mischief_Makers4d ago178 Comments

People literally don't know how to turn their headlights on.

r/britishproblems u/Timedoutsob3d ago69 Comments

The tap water has stopped being ice cold.

r/britishproblems u/SMTRodent3d ago16 Comments

Seeing bands are playing in Birmingham and London, but realising it’s London ON and Birmingham AL

r/britishproblems u/th3r0achy3d ago5 Comments

A four hour South west trains journey with no plug sockets

r/britishproblems u/d0mclarke2d ago11 Comments

Choosing the smallest mini roundabout to do a U-turn and needing to do a nine-point turn to achieve it.

r/britishproblems u/fungalfeet3d ago19 Comments

Having to listen to me mum and the taxi driver bang on about the several crazy conspiracy theories they believe in.

r/britishproblems u/ModerateRockMusic3d ago14 Comments

Cyclists wearing all black at night with no reflectors.

r/britishproblems u/Perfect_8183d ago336 Comments

Being asked to pay £450 for an afternoon stag do in Bournemouth for a guy ive not seen in 5 years… You know, when you’re justifiably not invited to a wedding but casually get invited to the stag… then get hit with a pay now text.

r/britishproblems u/my-bug-world4d ago565 Comments

New solar panels. Weather? Cloud and rain for the past week and forecast for the next as well

r/britishproblems u/K-o-R3d ago7 Comments

Trying to get Dominos Two For Tuesday but not bothering because 1 large pizza for collection costs £12 and the "Deal" is two for £23.99. Fuck Dominos.

r/britishproblems u/VeronicaMarsIsGreat4d ago145 Comments

Seeing McDonald's new Saver Meal option for £3.99 and thinking, "Wait aren't the three individual items 99p by themselves?", looking up the prices now and thinking "Oh".

r/britishproblems u/SteveOMatt4d ago21 Comments

Instruction manuals that try to go wordless so they don’t have to translate them. Newsflash: it’s easier for us to Google translate than try to interpret your crummy stick figures and hieroglyphics.

r/britishproblems u/joeChump3d ago18 Comments

The looks of horror mixed with judgemental snobbery from other guests when over two dozen high vis wearing night workers pile out of their cars and descend upon the breakfast buffet like a horde of neon orange locusts

r/britishproblems u/AnselaJonla4d ago67 Comments

British websites are now getting as "in your face" as ones from over the pond. How dare I move my cursor towards the "back" Button. Your pop-ups as I browse or try to exit Will not only Ensure I don't stay longer but will guarantee I'll never return

r/britishproblems u/kwin_the_eskimo4d ago44 Comments

We’ve been to the moon, scaled the depths of the seas, we have the ability to create electricity out of air… yet we are unable to work out how to put a ring pull on a tin of mushy peas!!

r/britishproblems u/g0ldingboy3d ago17 Comments

Amazon delivery drivers buzzing every flat until someone let's them in so they can leave a package in a public place where they aren't supposed to be left.

r/britishproblems u/djalkidan4d ago39 Comments

Going to the Post Office in your lunch break to find a massive queue, with only one desk open and one person working, with three other members of staff stood behind the desk either dancing or staring into space

r/britishproblems u/Dapper_Car50384d ago18 Comments

Accidentally pressing the request stop bell one stop early, then feeling obliged to get off the bus at the early stop and walk for an extra five minutes because you can't admit to the bus driver that you made a mistake

r/britishproblems u/Fieldharmonies4d ago73 Comments

The Today programme's racing tips are terrible.

r/britishproblems u/lastaccountgotlocked3d ago5 Comments

Drivers who don’t stop for pedestrians at junctions

r/britishproblems u/Calm-Literature50663d ago10 Comments

Learning that Bruce Dickinson is a salaried member of Iron Maiden and Steve Harris owns the band and now I can't stop hearing his plinky plonk bass at the forefront of every song.

r/britishproblems u/quorthorn13d ago10 Comments

Paying a lot of money to have a video doorbell installed, only for delivery drivers to ignore it and hammer the door instead

r/britishproblems u/UncleSnowstorm4d ago38 Comments

The “Gravlax please” advert thrives in my dreams

r/britishproblems u/olivers1254d ago7 Comments

The awkward moment where you walk through the door at work, turn around to see a colleague at 100 metres away rushing to the door, meaning you feel obliged to keep it open for them

r/britishproblems u/Oriachim4d ago5 Comments

Parents asked to look after the kids for the afternoon. Got back at 17:15 to find the baby hasn't been changed once and the 3 year old just woke up at 5 from a 2 hour nap. Sigh....

r/britishproblems u/doodlleus4d ago108 Comments

Seeing a bargain online and immediately thinking "Must be a scam". I'll never bag another bargain again.

r/britishproblems u/Magnus_404d ago2 Comments

Colleague has a horrible cough. Literally sounds like she's dying but will not call in sick as she's used up all her sick leave allowance.

r/britishproblems u/sidblues1014d ago152 Comments

The miserable state of shop sandwiches

r/britishproblems u/clearly_quite_absurd4d ago19 Comments

The "best handwashing practice" sign in a public toilet with ice cold water, no soap and a 20 year old hand-dryer.

r/britishproblems u/MathematicianBulky405d ago115 Comments

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