/r/britishproblems

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You can only whinge if it makes us chuckle

British spin on /r/firstworldproblems.

Banned Topics
Tesco
Full English Breakfast
Delivery Substitutions
NHS / Dental / GP Appointments

Rules

There are no warnings or second chances.
Simple permanent bans for rule breaks.
If you must message the mods, please remember the human.

1) Nothing meta, no posts about reddit, subreddit, or subverting AutoMod

No meta posts, no posts complaining about Reddit or the subreddit. Posts should apply to the outside world. Mod announcements, constructive criticisms and suggestions for improvements to /r/britishproblems should be sent to modmail.

Evading the AutoMod by way of changing words, is also banned.

All rule breaks are subject to a permanent ban.

2) Problems must be relatable to the wider British public (but not necessarily British in nature).
Problems must be relatable to the wider British public (but not necessarily exclusively British in nature). If almost everyone could easily face the same problem, not constrained by someone in your exact situation or location, then this is acceptable.

3) Submission titles must contain the entire problem
Background information may be included within the self text. Don't just list something, explain why it's a problem.

4) No politics, policies, or anything political in either comments or posts
No politics or posts about politicians. Post to /r/ukpolitics instead. Comments involving politics will be removed without warning. This will also encompass all topics around Coronavirus not limited to Clap for Carers.

5) No slurs or harassment.
Extreme or repeat offenders are banned. Racism of any sort is not tolerated. If you feel you've been banned by mistake, please message the mods.

6) No spam or surveys
This includes surveys, illegible comments, YouTube videos and adverts. If you wish to advertise please refer to Reddit's helpful page on this matter. Offenders will be banned without warning.

7) Don't treat this place like Facebook
Too many people are treating this place like Facebook or Twitter, and dumping their thoughts and specific problems onto the sub. If you have a problem that only relates to you in your situation (e.g. landlord wants to kick me out, neighbour said something to me) then other subs such as /r/OffMyChest or /r/firstworldproblems are more suited.

There is a rate limit of 1 post per 4 hours.

8) No uncivil posts or comments.
Comments should be civilised. The ban hammer will go down with no recourse or appeal; this naturally extends to mod-mail.


Reddiquette also applies.

Note: AutoMod has been set up to remove posts and comments from new users and those with low karma for review. If you feel your post(s) and/or comment(s) have been removed by mistake, please message the mods.

Please also note we will be removing posts relating to clapping for the time being.


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7

Does anyone remember the McDonald's BBQ wrap

About 12 years ago McDonald's had a BBQ wrap that was less than £2 it was small but bit of battered chicken and a special BBQ sauce I've never tasted since I used to get like 5 of these in one go, I wish I had the power of Rick and Morty to get this thing brought back it's the tastiest thing I've ever eaten at McDonald's, they had it for a few months then never came back, does anyone remember this?

8 Comments
2024/11/02
00:17 UTC

46

The collective nationwide ball ache caused by internet security exceeding the total ballache caused by actual fraudsters

I swear it adds up to weeks of my life dealing with this. I remember when you logged in and that was it. No carrying your phone everywhere, no getting locked out of everything when your number changed, No having to upload fresh pictures of 5 documents and a selfie taken on a full moon before you can edit any of it...

And that's if they have half a brain and don't go for the "need to receive a code by text to change the phone number you receive codes by text from" method.

Then find out you need an email you don't know the login for because you haven't used it for 7 years, but I need the old number to get in to that, etc, etc,

22 Comments
2024/11/01
22:27 UTC

23

Bloody Xmas adverts and it’s the 1st of November

It’s nearly 2 months until Xmas, sod off already!

10 Comments
2024/11/01
21:20 UTC

71

1st of November huh? Just so everybody knows where we are at ... ARE YOU HANGING UP YOUR STOCKINS ON THE WALL!

31 Comments
2024/11/01
20:19 UTC

610

The British gameshow Deal or No Deal now offers contestants £100k vs £250k before. I call that living as part of inflation/shrinkflation

Not as fun anymore. Always was a chance for the £250k !

69 Comments
2024/11/01
17:51 UTC

0

Being called 'Buddy' or 'Pal' by customer service

33 Comments
2024/11/01
13:12 UTC

115

Hearing screaming coming from the woods on Halloween at the end of your road then remembering that foxes exist

If you have never heard one scream in person then I encourage you to look it up before encountering it for yourself and thinking someone is being murdered.

4 Comments
2024/11/01
12:22 UTC

116

Check out your FREE Plusnet perks now! Simply pay the £8.95 for delivery, sign up for a year-long subscription, give us your first-born child and a finger of your choice from your nondominant hand, and it'll be yours to enjoy!

14 Comments
2024/11/01
11:50 UTC

167

Remembering you had to park down the road somewhere last night because waves of trickOrTreaters had swamped the local parking for 3 hours when you got home from work.

23 Comments
2024/11/01
11:24 UTC

0

BBC news having uK as the 3rd from last option in menu

12 Comments
2024/11/01
10:06 UTC

124

Wondering when it’s the first time you will hear in a supermarket….

All I want for Christmas is you, repeated ad nauseam but still you will sing along.

50 Comments
2024/11/01
09:39 UTC

1

It is half term and the gym is full of chaos.

Parents who go to the gym once in a blue moon are now in the gym and ignoring all gym etiquette, including reracking weights. You realise where kids are learning it all now.

1 Comment
2024/10/31
11:08 UTC

0

Fireworks preventing my dog from being able to go to the loo

Typical. Fireworks going off left right and centre tonight. As a result, my dog is petrified and can’t go to the loo. Therefore, I’m having to stay up until the idiots decide to stop setting them off, or run out!

Last I checked, it wasn’t the 5th of November and Diwali is a festival of light, not loud pointless explosions in the sky!

Pretty sure if your kids were petrified, you would not set them off. Think about wildlife, pets and their owners having to deal with absolute fear and the mess left behind.

I know that I’ll b downvoted for this, but fireworks need to be banned.

Rant over

92 Comments
2024/10/31
23:12 UTC

997

Japan: Issues apology statement train left 20 seconds early. UK: Shuts the whole Worcester to Birmingham line for 5 whole days to do some drainage work with little warning. Replaces it with one small bus every 30 minutes.

65 Comments
2024/10/31
20:10 UTC

0

The amount of fireworks I'm hearing tonight

Diwali has been and gone hasn't it? It's not yet the weekend. Is fireworks for Halloween/bunching it together with bonfire night a thing now?

40 Comments
2024/10/31
19:36 UTC

160

The older kids trick or treating who take a handful of sweets instead of one!

Only had 5 trick or treaters and have already ran out!

44 Comments
2024/10/31
18:56 UTC

71

Seeing 8 year olds thump down front doors as of the SWAT team are in town

It’s hilarious

4 Comments
2024/10/31
18:54 UTC

550

People knocking on your door when you don't have any decorations out

Was busy all month and by the time I had the chance to do pumpkins and pick up sweets it was far too late, figured not to do anything this year, still get people knocking on the door and freaking the dogs out, even with the lights all off. :(

196 Comments
2024/10/31
18:04 UTC

484

Not being allowed to leave anything but a five star review.

Ok, obviously you can but there's always some comeback. Sometimes you buy something and your opinion is " meh", you get hassled and hassled to leave feedback so you do but god forbid it's not perfect. You always seem to have to justify it. Well I don't want to. Either stop hassling for feedback or accect the feedback you get.

135 Comments
2024/10/31
15:21 UTC

149

When I ask Google to play BBC radio 4 it ALWAYS plays radio 1 first, then I have to ask again.

38 Comments
2024/10/31
07:50 UTC

0

People calling North Koreans “Norks” unironically

26 Comments
2024/10/31
02:50 UTC

375

Being late 30's and only just realising the the famous Battersea Dogs Home isn't actually inside the famous powerstation.

I'd always just assumed it had been converted into a puppies paradise after being decommisioned.. thousands of dogs, young and old, gleefuly running about in the hallways of an iconic work of British architecture.

The fact that it was was on the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album just all made sense.

Watching an old New Tricks episode and decided to google it, now I feel like a right muppet.

35 Comments
2024/10/30
23:55 UTC

1,378

Buying a birthday card and having to choose between ultra-PG, teenage gamer references, sickly sweet floral bonanza, or a joke about someone's tits hitting the floor at terminal velocity.

Bonus choice: the insult cards.

93 Comments
2024/10/30
22:08 UTC

524

Demolished a supermarket chicken pie for 3 on my own, exceeded the recommended nutritional intake by 67198234% in every metric, somehow I'm still hungry...

43 Comments
2024/10/30
21:56 UTC

133

Almost getting run over by e-bikes

The top speed of the bikes that the Deliveroo/Uber Eats delivery guys use is very unsettling for use in a pedestrian only part of my city. I've had 7 near misses today

65 Comments
2024/10/30
16:52 UTC

194

Being told to 'Think Bike' by the bumper sticker on the car in front, whilst the guy riding the motorbike behind me is so far up my arse, he may as well be in my boot.

Seriously, chill. If I need to make an emergency stop, you're probably gonna end up in the back seat of my car.

25 Comments
2024/10/30
16:37 UTC

594

Despise the clocks going back

Sitting outside on a smoke break and seeing the sun is setting already, where if the clocks didn't go back I'd at least get to see a little sun on the way home

99 Comments
2024/10/30
16:15 UTC

138

Wanting to install Smart Home dimmer switches, but realising that none of the light switches have a neutral wire because it was built in 1995.

I know you can get no neutral smart ones where you attach a capacitor across the lightbulb, but that doesn't support dimmer and I really don't want to go the hub route just for a dimmer switch.

33 Comments
2024/10/30
10:06 UTC

874

Pulling over to let an ambulance with flashing lights and sirens past, car behind then overtakes me when I try to pull back out.

Really fkn annoying...

78 Comments
2024/10/30
09:51 UTC

129

Having that exact level of twilight at rush hour that isn't quite nighttime, but nobody thinks to put their lights on when driving

10 Comments
2024/10/29
21:54 UTC

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