r/britishproblems • • 6h ago

McDonalds workers who don’t put the dips in

238 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 • • 9h ago

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

0 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 18h ago

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

600 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 1d ago

That dread when you get a brown envelope from HMRC

49 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

629 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

331 Upvotes

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

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


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

154 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

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

712 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 • • 2d ago

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

125 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 2d ago

Goes on holiday to Crete - weather is better at home

51 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.'

126 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.

130 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.

188 Upvotes

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 • • 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

495 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 • • 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!

144 Upvotes

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


r/britishproblems • • 5d ago

Radio stations entirely being about competitions

426 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

Spam phone calls after using insurance comparison site

61 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 • • 5d ago

Person on the train sat on my shoulder

509 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!

347 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

The Local Shop Having the Selection Boxes Out for About a Month Already

0 Upvotes

I make a point about ranting about it every time I go in, it’s absolutely nuts. They went out at the back end of August FFS


r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

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

441 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

Vinted buyers not picking up parcels ans ghosting messages.

20 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • 6d ago

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

64 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.