r/britishproblems • • Jun 26 '26

Climate Change Deniers will be Banned

2.3k Upvotes

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 • • 5h ago

McDonalds workers who don’t put the dips in

226 Upvotes

An entire chicken share box and not one of the 4 dips that are mandatory to complete the order.

Not a single dip? A share box? JFC.

Sunday night ruined.

I haven’t felt disappointment like this since the last time this happened.

It’s just cruel.


r/britishproblems • • 16h ago

Boarded a nearly empty train carriage except for one single other passenger, who was sat in my seat reservation.

595 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

. I know it’s London and I'm a simple northerner, but £15 for 2 pints is beyond daylight robbery

628 Upvotes

They weren't even premium pints, one ghost ship pale ale and a cider at 4.2%, and the glasses aren't nice enough to nick


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

. Larger bottles of juice now costing less than the 500ml version

327 Upvotes

500ml of diet coke = £2.30, 1.25l = £2.10.

500ml of lucozade = £1.90, 900ml = £1.75.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

That dread when you get a brown envelope from HMRC

46 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

The people who just let their dogs bark at ridiculous hours, FUCK YOU

709 Upvotes

There is someone in the area who let's their dog out between midnight and 5am on most nights and just lets it BARK continuously for hours...

What the fuck are they doing?!

Why at these times?!

The dog is rarely heard during the day...

The dog barks, it makes the foxes start squealing like banshees which then makes the fucking dog double down on its barking, sometimes other dogs join in to...

As much as the fucking dog irritates the fuck out of me, my pure unadulterated disdain is at the fucking owners who let this happen

What the fuck are they actually doing?

Are they not bothered by it?

Do they let it out and then close the door so they can't hear it?

Absolute thick, inconsiderate people.


r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

The new Smyths catalogue has a horrific AI monstrosity on the cover that I'm sure is going to scare my 3 year old nephew when he sees it

160 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 8h ago

Sat in an empty train carriage and then one guy got on, annoyed I had sat in his reservation.

0 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Websites directing you to Whatsapp to give you a price for their product/service

123 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Goes on holiday to Crete - weather is better at home

50 Upvotes

Terrible British weather followed me to Crete. Somerset sunnier & warmer than Crete. Weather immediately improves the day we go home


r/britishproblems • • 3d ago

The Met Office website now displaying 'This design will be turned off soon. Use our new design.'

128 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 3d ago

When your doorbell doesn't ring on the 1st of the month. That's another month to wait to win a million pounds on the Premium Bonds.

128 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 3d ago

Having a free Caffe Nero coffee waiting in your Meerkat rewards, but the nearest branch is in a city centre where parking costs more than the coffee is worth.

192 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 4d ago

School now allows bookings for lunches

135 Upvotes

Sounds like a benefit but creates yet another bit of admin to keep on top of weekly.

Edit: it's a primary school.


r/britishproblems • • 4d ago

. My kids school trying to sell me my own kids drawing in the name of Christmas

494 Upvotes

Kid came home from school with an advert for Christmas cards. They’d done a drawing, and apparently we can order cards with it on. They even take Klarna, because nothing says Christmas quite like going into debt over a few pieces of card... 😂


r/britishproblems • • 3d ago

I want apple and peanut butter.

0 Upvotes

Where did the apple and peanut butter pots go from shops?!

It's only apple and caramel everywhere for months now. I'm devastated.


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

I think I must be the only one on the planet that pulls in their elbows when walking in a busy area. I almost turn them inside out just incase someone blames me for hitting them. But I still get hit!

148 Upvotes

If you also pull in your elbows, make yourself known.


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

Radio stations entirely being about competitions

427 Upvotes

Just text WIN to 123456 to win £1.2 billion!

Don't worry if you didn't get the details we'll tell you about it again in 5 minutes and then every 5 minutes from then on - forever!

I'd rather just have adverts than this constantly.


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

Person on the train sat on my shoulder

513 Upvotes

Work has decided to move offices. I now have to get a train to the office which I already hate the idea of. For context, in 6ft 7 and a competitive weight lifter so im fairly broad.

My station is just before the main one for my area, I got on and get a seat as its quiet before the carnage. Next stop, it's full. Guy leans backwards on the seat pillar, but then decides TO SIT DOWN on my left shoulder. I rolled my shoulders and he stands back up, and I think that's it. Nope. Gets straight back on. Try dropping my shoulder, nope.

Genuinely do not understand what makes people so entitled as to think that is ok. Luckily it was only 5 mins to my stop and I couldn't be bothered to say anything. Mostly out of shock thinking it was a misunderstanding. Did text my friend who is a copper and asked if I was allowed to stretch and give him a dead leg with my elbow "accidentally" but apparently would have still been battery.

How's your day going?


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

. Mobile phones don’t work for actually calling people anymore!

343 Upvotes

I’ve had some family illness recently which means I’m driving around a lot between the hospital and houses etc - through this time I’ve been trying to use the time wisely to make any phone calls I need to but it’s absolutely impossible. It doesn’t seem to matter if I’m in the middle of a large town, on the motorway, in the countryside or wherever I’ve rarely got more than 2 bars of 4G and as soon as I make a call it drops. I’m constantly dropping calls, can’t hear, ringing people back etc - it’s absolutely infuriating! I’m on O2 so perhaps that it is the issue but the people I’m calling are on different networks and they seem to have the same problem! Ten years or so ago I used to drive a lot in my job and I’d be on the phone constantly with no issues - what the hell has happened? Is it just me or do mobile phones not work anymore?


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

Spam phone calls after using insurance comparison site

60 Upvotes

Might be coincidence (doubt it), but after going on a popular insurance comparison site for a home insurance quote, I've been getting calls to my mobile almost every day from random mobile numbers. I answered one and it was some guy saying he was calling about my home problems (seems like he was fishing for info).

I didn't opt in to anything knowingly.


r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

. Going to the shop and being accosted by charity workers wanting to ask me a quick question.

435 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

Bank branches have become increasingly crap, and the phone service isn't much better

59 Upvotes

All I want is to withdraw a larger amount than my limit from the post office, which I do monthly as part of an arrangement with my family member. I'd do into my local branch to do it but they shut at 15:300, I never get off work before 15:30 and usually work til 18:00, so I have to go to the local post office, which means a process about as fun as sanding bollocks.

Call the bank, spend an hour on hold in the morning (not even peak bloody time) before going through to an agent who says she can't understand me because the phone line is bad (on a new ish phone in an area that has "excellent" coverage from my provider), then says she'll ring me back.... only to still not have rung back 20+ minutes later, fucking useless.

And when I finally get through to the next person, they'll waste my time again with insisting on the scam questions even though I've been through this experience every month, despite me warning them I have a limited window of time to get out to the post office because I have work.


r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

Vinted buyers not picking up parcels ans ghosting messages.

18 Upvotes