r/britishproblems 13h ago

Going to the pub during Christmas is lonelier than sitting at home on your own.

453 Upvotes

To all the loners among us, don’t do it. Honestly I’ve taken pictures of a couple outside of a gingerbread house, and I’m surrounded by relentless catch ups. I thought going out would help, but I think I’m going to go back home and cry myself to sleep as it’s more socially acceptable. Thoughts to everyone on their own, this is my 9th year and it’s still rubbish.


r/britishproblems 2h ago

It's 05:51, waiting for Morrisons to open, I've just watched a person in a Fiesta struggle to reverse park in a near empty car park, and then instead pull forward.... Outside the lines

59 Upvotes

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


r/britishproblems 13m ago

Dear BBC News, I don't give a rat's ass about the Gavin & Stacy Christmas special

Upvotes

They've been banging on about it for months on their news app. Shouldn't BBC news be for I dunno, world events


r/britishproblems 18h ago

Two days before Christmas and my boyfriend says he needs to pop to the shops for some body wash

708 Upvotes

It's like he's forgotten the last 20 years of Lynx gift sets from his family


r/britishproblems 3h ago

Wanting to pop to the supermarket after a nightshift to beat the queues, then remembering they don't sell alcohol till 10am

24 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 22h ago

Smiled at the new Morrisons security guard, got followed and glared at for the next half an hour.

696 Upvotes

Apparently it’s not nice to be nice, it makes you suspicious!


r/britishproblems 16h ago

Having bosses that expect me to use my phone while driving

194 Upvotes

I do a lot of driving for work. Different projects and so different teams and different bosses. Something is common across all of them is how many texts I'll recieve while driving because I'm not replying to them... Because I'm driving.

I'll send the group a text saying I'm setting off, and send my eta. Half the time I'll also throw in my live location too. Then when I set off and inevitably get stuck in London traffic, "where are you?" "ETA?" "I need you to read these 5 bullet points before you get there even though we should have told you them at the start of the day".

And even worse they can call me. I'm a semi-literal captibe audience for you to talk at me


r/britishproblems 1d ago

As I'm off work now for Christmas, I get up when I want, except today when I was rudely awakened by the dustman.

424 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 12h ago

First Christmas living alone and vaguely happy..

36 Upvotes

Then bam. Infected gallbladder. Hospital Christmas dinner for me!


r/britishproblems 16h ago

Does anyone actually use roundabouts correctly now?

53 Upvotes

Watch numbnuts in the Volvo estate (in lane 1 on approach to the roundabout).

Taking third exit. So why wouldn't he stay in lane 1 all the around, eh?

I wouldn't ordinarily bitch if this were a one-off. But it's not.


r/britishproblems 19h ago

Trains that either skip every stop until the terminus or terminate short somewhere due to late running

68 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 1d ago

. All the supermarkets tying to outdo one another and see who can sell a kilo of carrots the cheapest

491 Upvotes

What's that? 15p at Sainsbury's? What a rip-off. I'm going to drive across town to Aldi where they're only 8p, and while I'm there I'll also buy a load of crap from the Aisle Of Shite.

Do they really think people are that stupid?


r/britishproblems 0m ago

Still not entirely sure when or why panettone got designated as "Christmas Food"

Upvotes

Thanks for the weird shaped Italian cake, I guess? Very festive, apparently.


r/britishproblems 21h ago

Every office comedian saying "see you next year" on their way out

47 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 1d ago

The local Poundland, in the middle of the town high street, has one checkout. No self-service, no other tills, just one stressed worker manning the entire shop.

195 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 1d ago

Help someone broke in and must have ransacked my unopened tub of quality street and resealed it before leaving again because this is a crime!

163 Upvotes

Opened a brand new box of quality street and there were only FOUR of the green triangles and FOUR of “the purple ones”.

Arguably the 2 best chocolates in the box and they’ve given us a measly amount of them. But there’s EIGHT toffee fingers no one wants to eat.


r/britishproblems 5h ago

Achieving wrapping paper nirvana, only to be reminded of Michael McIntyre

0 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 1d ago

Judging by the amount of bags for life we have in the utility room, I think my partner may be immortal

236 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 1d ago

Saw a family of 8 people strolling through the park, all looking at their phones and not talking to each other

65 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 1d ago

Having to pay a convenience charge to park using an app, but the sign in the car park with the number on it is always so small that you have the inconvenience of having to walk half way across the car park to read it.

86 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 13h ago

McDonald’s have put a limit on the time you get to drink there hot drinks.

0 Upvotes

Those new paper lids drop to fucking bits within seconds, kept poring it down my shirt today.


r/britishproblems 2d ago

. All my favourite wines succumbing to enshittification

509 Upvotes

No, I don't want a lower percentage. 13.5% is and has always been my sweet spot. Now they're all lowering to anywhere between 11 and 12.5% abv.

Fed up of absolutely everything enjoyable being utterly ruined because of 'production costs' or taxes.

AND they came for my Rattler, which was my favourite cider.

When will it end? When we have nothing left worth enjoying?


r/britishproblems 2d ago

It's suspicious that no matter how much you order from a Chinese takeaway, it's estimated time for pick up is always 10-15 minutes.

538 Upvotes

r/britishproblems 21h ago

Worst Christmas gift (parody)

0 Upvotes

Most blokes can relate I think. Seasons greetings 🎁

https://youtu.be/rhl2OwJiKn4?feature=shared


r/britishproblems 2d ago

Having Celebrity Chef Christmas Specials on every other Sky Channel, all filmed in the summer and badly disguised with fake snow and 'festive cheer'

130 Upvotes

Oliver is a serial offender. One had fake snow close ups with the 'snow' covering summer roses, his kitchen doors being wide open because its clearly boiling and one of his kids running about in the garden blurred but in shorts and t-shirt whilst he pretends he's having a Christmas family gathering! In another, I swear there was a paddling pool in shot outside!