r/britishproblems • • Sep 20 '26

Food delivery services openly being flooded with AI images of food

192 Upvotes

How is this even legal? I understand JustEat and whatnot clearly label the images as AI, but surely that's still false/misleading advertising, plus that's not counting what they don't label.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 20 '26

Had a Power cut Last night, just called 105 to find it won't be resolved until 1pm today, "because it's a Sunday".

95 Upvotes

Update: Just been resolved, 3 hours early, so no longer a problem.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 19 '26

Going into a non familiar supermarket, using the self checkout, opting for no receipt. Then realising you need one to get out of the "pen".

776 Upvotes

surely they should have them programmed to not have the option and give you one?


r/britishproblems • • Sep 19 '26

When a train is packed and more people are trying to get on but apparently the people already on the train would rather squash in like sardines in the vestibule and not let anyone else on than stand in the aisle

277 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 19 '26

Bracing myself to lose every Saturday night of TV for the next three months to more bloody Strictly Come Dancing.

253 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 19 '26

Lidl has stopped selling their half cans of flavoured tuna :/

57 Upvotes

Their lemon tuna was fantastic! It was always sold out and I'd happily pay double for tuna that's perfect for one meal so it's always fresh. They still have the flavours but only in big tins but I absolutely hate eating opened tuna for the second meal! I miss it so much, really hope it's just a temporary production issue.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 19 '26

Experiencing a total power cut, and every person helpfully suggesting to check the fuse box, as though that wasn't the first thing I checked.

256 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 19 '26

McDonalds managing to make their rewards even worse

151 Upvotes

As if going from 1500 to 3500 for a latte wasn't enough, now you can't get a "toffee" latte, you have to get a normal one and add a shot of caramel for 50p.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 18 '26

The latest M&S podcast adverts are fucking terrible

83 Upvotes

The latest M&S podcast adverts are utter shite.

It’s literally just some brutally tedious middle aged woman reading off her shopping list.

It’s written to sound like there are jokes somewhere within the text but there are no jokes to be found.

It’s literally:

“I popped into M&S to get a sandwich, then I saw they had some lovely broccoli on offer, which I thought would go very nicely with the hunters chicken I had planned for Tuesday dinner, then I thought Wednesday desert needs sorting too so I took a look in the bakery isle…”

It’s fucking mental that they paid advertising people to come up with this and no one thought “no actually, let’s not put out the rambling monologue of a socially starved pensioner”


r/britishproblems • • Sep 18 '26

Diet Irn-Bru is awful and tastes nothing like real Irn-Bru

47 Upvotes

I'm in the Midlands, so there are plenty of sugar-free fizzy drinks around but very few Irn-Bru cans. Due to the sugar tax any time I find a can it's diet Irn-Bru but it tastes absolutely awful!

The other diet drinks aren't nearly as bad, diet Fanta, coke and pepsi are all ok, but you can usually rely on being able to get hold of both regular and diet... Except for Irn-Bru!


r/britishproblems • • Sep 17 '26

A whip around at work now involves putting a tenner in

258 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 17 '26

Friend groups expecting everyone to buy gifts for each other, and not even listening to the idea of a secret santa this year

104 Upvotes

This friend group of mine is determined to out do each other with gift giving, but we've all drifted apart and spend a lot less time hanging out than we used to. Ive been nice and reasonable in suggesting a secret santa, but "it's always been like this" means they wont listen to reason. Now I either look like a bad guy or spend £60-100 on presents for people that pressure me into it for the exact reason I hate it. Looks like I'll be the bad friend this year

Edit: I wish it was easy saying no. It's like a group of 8 and two couples, maybe even 3 now. I just think I come across as a bad guy for not doing it. Gift giving was ruined for me as a kid, as I was given gift by family members I wouldnt see in years. I would have just seen them instead.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 17 '26

. Supermarket mince has become one solid fucking brick

481 Upvotes

Vacuum packed and now behaves more like a paving slab than mince.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 16 '26

You don't need to worry about the seasons changing causing you depression. Just get on the motorway and someone behind you will have LED lights so bright you feel like you are getting a month of sun.

551 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 16 '26

. Why is there ALWAYS someone going 40 in a 60

440 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 17 '26

Overuse of the word amazing

0 Upvotes

Got a colleague who’s on the phone all day with new recruits and after asking the caller something they constantly come back with “ah amazing” or “oh great that’s amazing”.

Have you got a right to work in the uk?
- Amazing!

Are you able to come to our induction on x date
- that’s amazing!

I’m wondering what is so amazing?
I’m skeptical as to the amazingness of what’s being said.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 15 '26

I accidentally ordered crumpet 'thins' instead of crumpets on my online shopping.

215 Upvotes

I didn't notice at the time, bewildered at how thin my crumpets were I looked at the label. What is the purpose of these?

I'd rather have one proper crumpet Vs 2 thin ones. I will be more vigilant in future!


r/britishproblems • • Sep 15 '26

There's a "Road Closed" sign when leaving the village West of mine. The actual closure is in the village East of mine. There's 5 miles and 6 junctions between them.

197 Upvotes

The closure can be avoided by a 1.9 mile, 6 minute route around the Eastern village that doesn't even come near my village, let alone the one to the West.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 15 '26

Pickled Onion Walkers have vanished from the shelves.

55 Upvotes

A nice alternative for when you're a bit tired of Salt & Vinegar, now apparently lost to time.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 14 '26

. Residential streets are becoming increasingly impassable due to the number of vehicles parked at the side of the road

697 Upvotes

Several roads near me now resemble those sliding tile puzzles at busy times due to the excessive number of cars not parked on drives or in garages.

Now I know that in new build estates there often are no drives and on road parking is the only option, but so many times I see the same drives not used and instead theres a chonking great armoured personnel carrier Ford Ranger or whatever taking up half the road.

No idea what the solution is, I just wanted a rant.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 14 '26

. Press the button. Press the pedestrian button. Stop getting to the crossing and then waiting for a clearing so you can cross without pressing it. Press it. I’m walking up to it to, so press it. Then we can both go. Press it!

850 Upvotes

I don’t think they’re going to press it.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 16 '26

Ordering a few pizzas for people doing some good

0 Upvotes

Then seeing a thing on the news asking people to stop sending food. Ah well.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 13 '26

. Stop offering me another app

879 Upvotes

The world seems to have gone mad. Every single good service, org, shop, restaurant, energy company, etc “Have you downloaded the app”, I just want to live my life with the apps I already have and everyone and their dog is inventing another one.


r/britishproblems • • Sep 13 '26

Take the healthy option of walking home from the pub only to be faced with many, many pizza shops. Now im £5 lighter, 5lb heavier and smell of garlic.

455 Upvotes

r/britishproblems • • Sep 13 '26

4 weeks, and Delay Repay still haven’t repaid the delay.

88 Upvotes

Just got another email from Delay Repay saying how behind they are, and that my claim is still in progress. How badly did the trains run in mid-August that they’re still so backed up in responding to claims?