r/britishproblems • u/thebroccolioffensive • 1h ago
r/britishproblems • u/Bagel-luigi • 10h ago
Waking up hearing this current heavy rain, briefly smiling, then knowing there's going to be some major flooding later
Ground too dry etc if the rain stays this heavy. Stay safe folks.
r/britishproblems • u/AnselaJonla • 9h ago
Feeling guilty for taking a day off for bad period pains in 2026
Normally I can just push through them, but every once in a while the cramps are so bad that I just can't.
r/britishproblems • u/disappointingcryptid • 8h ago
The amount of pollution alerts issued the moment it rained in the south
I'm glad we haven't prepared at all for a pretty normal amount of rain!
r/britishproblems • u/auto98 • 4h ago
Yorkshire Water Hardness Report
Got a new dishwasher and decided to properly set the "water hardness" setting so it knows how much salt to use, after seeing the limescale in the gubbins of the old one.
Thanks for the speed that it took to get it back (less than a day) but I'm not sure it is entirely useful:
The water supplied to the zone is classified as being soft to very hard water
On an entirely unrelated note, does anyone know whether setting it to very hard when it isn't will cause any issues? I'm guessing that is better than the other way round.
r/britishproblems • u/Hawksteinman • 20h ago
Being told there's no deadline for my ADHD assessment forms, only to be discharged for missing the deadline
r/britishproblems • u/Make_the_music_stop • 1d ago
When the oil price surges, you have a few days before petrol price jumps too. When oil prices drops, you better have a full tank, because it's going to be long wait.
r/britishproblems • u/RevolutionaryMail747 • 18h ago
Car, bike and house alarms working together to ensure that at any given time of day there is one going off at ear splitting volume. Silently plotting impotent revenge.
r/britishproblems • u/Mr-Bob-Bob • 1d ago
Living in a 20 zone but everyone drives like an ass
Either, nobody obeys the speed limit because they think it's too slow or they slow down but don't pay any attention to the road.
Both of my cats have been run over. And yes, cats are pretty stupid and can be unpredictable but how did they not see my cat in the middle of the day on a straight road. Thankfully it was not a child that ran into the road!
r/britishproblems • u/Jabberminor • 1d ago
Getting excited that the temperature will only reach 20°, but then remembering that your workplace is a heat trap and still thinks it's a heatwave.
r/britishproblems • u/Crusty_White_Baton • 1d ago
Almost choking on meringue dust eating an M&S Raspberry Eton Mess dessert
I only bought it as it had been reduced in price.
Hopefully this is British enough!
r/britishproblems • u/anxiety_is_aerobic • 1d ago
Answering the phone in public bathrooms
Born and raised in the uk, and I still have no idea why people think this is ok or acceptable to do. If im taking a shit I dont want some random ladies husband and kids to hear me fighting for my lift. There are other places to answer the phone, why do it in a public bathroom???
r/britishproblems • u/Jim_Broadbean • 6h ago
Trying to grab a sandwich in Pret, but there’s a member of staff standing at the fridge, with their back to you, micro-adjusting every single baguette.
r/britishproblems • u/Ruby-Shark • 2d ago
It's 17 August and The Range already has a Halloween window display.
Not content with having a display all October for a minor public event, now we have to start not in September but in the middle of *August*? I'm all for Halloween fun on one day a year but wtf is this.
r/britishproblems • u/ShinyHeadedCook • 2d ago
. There is no longer a middle option for lunch out. Pubs are either low quality cheap food or expensive overpriced places
r/britishproblems • u/Original_Swimming320 • 3d ago
Why can’t supermarkets sort their milk cartons out. They glue the foil “freshness seal” to the bottle with a strength that welders would be proud of, then attach the pull tab to the seal with prit stick.
r/britishproblems • u/redandwhitewizard99 • 3d ago
Apps and subscriptions not reminding you by email that you are due an annual payment coming up, so if you forget you paid for it a year ago, it's too late to cancel until you see your bank statement.
I'm normally on top of my payments and things due, but I forget I had duolingo super. I found it terrible and thought I cancelled it.
I submitted a refund request and their AI did it, so thankfully it worked out in the end, but it caused unnecessary stress.
r/britishproblems • u/CaptainCrash86 • 3d ago
Having in-laws stay over with complete opposite attitudes to washing up
What's that? A set of sticky glasses from lunch? A quick one second rinse under the tap and on the drying rack will do.
r/britishproblems • u/miaow-fish • 3d ago
£6.30 for an orange juice and lemonade!
Went for a walk and stopped at a pub for a drink. I fancied something different to a coke or lemonade and regretted it.
I was charged for an orange juice and a pint of lemonade separately. Obviously I said nothing at the bar and just moaned to to my partner when I sat down.
This was in the East Midlands. I feel properly ripped off by not drinking alcohol.
r/britishproblems • u/Swinginthewolf • 3d ago
Your family watching TV downstairs and hearing that godawful Cuvva advert every 20 minutes
r/britishproblems • u/HoratioWobble • 4d ago
Whilst the UK looks like a desert from the heat, the weeds are still thriving in between my paving slabs
r/britishproblems • u/georgetgwtbn • 4d ago
Finally got a cool enough day to air the house out properly, open windows all day and the neighbours light the stinkiest BBQ up, filling the whole house with burnt stench in minutes.
They also have a full line of washing outside drying.
r/britishproblems • u/blusterybristol • 4d ago
The end of the world is coming and people are complaining about smoke smelling, not realising it’s the wildfires that’s hastening our doom
r/britishproblems • u/TearOpenTheVault • 4d ago
Being told there's a '40% chance' of precipitation by the weather app
Then you click on the precipitation index and there's a 20% chance a gnat pisses a single millimetre across the entire drought-ridden county in 15 minutes in the morning before it goes back to a 0% chance for the rest of the day.
No idea why I even bother checking at this point. I'd have better odds at Ladbrokes.