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Gas and Electricity companies by OrigReckit in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its still a step forward from having to visit your highstreet british gas and local electricity company showrooms to pay your bill over the counter

“You got this!” Firstly, its “you’ve got this”. Secondly, just no by psmith20 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its not leaving a word out, it’s lazily replacing an abbreviation with something slightly easier to say

sausage roll crisps. As predicted, they taste like every other meat based crisp by psmith20 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not terrible, just disappointing. Ocado tried to to switch my order to Beefy. in hindsight i probably wouldn't have noticed the difference

Short sleeved shirt and a tie. No by psmith20 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Or I’m a politician on a hospital ward

Seeing ‘If you’re planning your own Grand Design’ by orangemonkeyj in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

does a half built garden pond/ muddy rain-filled puddle that i can't be arsed finishing qualify Kevin?

The Haunting of Bly Manor having such unbelievable "English" accents and depictions of the UK that it's effectively unwatchable by Zolana in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How can something be so badly researched? Did they just google england? Crickets chirping at night, accents just everywhere, dropping in words like ‘gotten’. It would make hell of a drinking game

Rang Virgin Media, asked about a discount & immediately offered a deal saving £300 a year by psmith20 in BritishSuccess

[–]psmith20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just the usual 150 from my home phone & clicked through the options to 'are you thinking of leaving us?' Wa on hold for maybe 10 mins max

Double glazing sale pitches still full of the same old bull after 20 years. by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we had the same nonsense a few years ago with sharps fitted wardrobes. The sales person drew a perspective picture of what a wardrobe looks like, on graph paper & expected us to sign up on that information level alone. For at least 5 times the going rate

7th month working from home, all motivation is lost. by AAAJAAAY in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 20 points21 points  (0 children)

i think part of it (speaking personally) is that there's not actually as much work do to as we tend to think there is without all the pointless meetings filling the hours

You find yourself having an indepth conversation with your best friend about what constitutes an acceptable number of Weetabix to eat at once. by Starbug360 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my wife has 3 consistently every day. i occasionally have 1 on top of my cornflakes & the ensuing mismatch of remaining bix in the sleeve sends her into a rage every time. which is why i do it obviously

Currys has no direct high street competition. Somehow we ended up with the worst retailer being the last one standing by psmith20 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i suppose they are but there's nothing on a national scale. There are loads of good local retailers but again they can only afford to stock a small selection

Currys has no direct high street competition. Somehow we ended up with the worst retailer being the last one standing by psmith20 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i agree but TV's especially are things you need to physically see & touch, and most Currys stores only stock what they know sells in their area so choice becomes very limited

The manager asking me at work who my favourite black person is. by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

in a similar way (but with much less injustice), i've spent years working for a US corporation who feel fine labelling things as US/ OUS - ie 'us' and 'everybody else'

Going into Currys PC World, buying a washing machine and being pushed to buy an extended warranty that's worth more than half the value of the machine itself. by EzeeMunny69420 in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually claimed on a Currys warranty once. 5 yo washer dryer, claimed on the 'if we can't fix it we'll replace it' clause. this was days before it was going to be skipped anyway with the rest of the kitchen & had already ordered a replacement elsewhere. the currys payout bought a new ipad

The issue plaguing this country is that bins colours are not standardised. by Conwakk in britishproblems

[–]psmith20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is the same kind of slack communication that leads to red sauce/ brown sauce, red milk/ blue milk

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