What’s the easiest way to annoy the average Brit?
Posted by ManlykN@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 612 comments
The main one I can think of is cutting in queues. But love to hear what else could annoy or anger the average British person?
mongolianprince111@reddit
Tell us you like reform
JustinSanders95@reddit
Put the milk in first/leave the teabag in when you add milk (both bad, but first is absolutely abominable)
Even_Video7549@reddit
slow walkers
Dreadpirateflappy@reddit
milk first in a cup of tea, it's what I do when I truly hate someone.
Jaded_Ad_6658@reddit
Merge in turn.
Fresh-Dot5824@reddit
Pushing in, in a queue
blacksmithMael@reddit
Yankspeak.
Optimuswolf@reddit
I could care less
luckynumberstefan@reddit
Would of
Cloudzuc@reddit
Triggered, lol
dommiichan@reddit
you could of and should of axed on tiktok
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Funnily enough, West Indians saying aks instead of ask are using the old way we used to say it and write it when we took the slaves there.
luckynumberstefan@reddit
🤮
Mrsizzle96@reddit
On accident
NonagonJimfinity@reddit
I say on accident because it makes me sound dumb.
I didnt want to sound american dumb.
Im going to have to start using "on top of the accident"
Weird1Intrepid@reddit
I find "can I borrow your toilet?" gets me a lot of strange looks
NonagonJimfinity@reddit
I like it.
"Can i speak to your toilet in private?"
NonagonJimfinity@reddit
Sorry "on private".
firstfloor27@reddit
There's a joke in the cartoon series the Boondocks where a character asks to borrow a fry(chip). 'How is you gonna borrow a fry? Is you gonna give it back'.
Madsaxmcginn@reddit
Oh this one gets to me more than any of the others!
pjs-1987@reddit
"y'all"
FlamingosFortune@reddit
I like y’all, and all y’all.
pjs-1987@reddit
I think we should just be friends
SmugglersParadise@reddit
Math
GayAttire@reddit
You don't gotta tell me
BeardySam@reddit
Its copacetic
pjs-1987@reddit
There's a cream for that
r_keel_esq@reddit
and Sports (plural)
Fossilhund@reddit
Hey! We have provided something useful to the English language: a plural version of “you”. 🐊
jamawg@reddit
The plur of which is "all y'all"
LukeSkywalkerDog@reddit
Since y'all is plural, I call all y'all a hyper plural.
meltymcface@reddit
All of the sudden
frustratedpolarbear@reddit
Cellphone
Mrsizzle96@reddit
Faucet
frustratedpolarbear@reddit
Horseback riding
constipated_coconut@reddit
all of the sudden you should of realized your mistake
aphexgin@reddit
It's very addicting
Extreme_Objective984@reddit
with math and aluminum
TheMachineStops@reddit
Aluminum is the original.
The British chemist Humphry Davy first isolated it in the early 1800s, and called it "aluminum". He then later revised the name to "aluminium" to align with the naming convention of other elements (sodium, calcium, etc).
The US simply stuck with Davy's original spelling.
saxbophone@reddit
With the thermostat set to 90!
arfur-sixpence@reddit
And "soddering" insteal of soldering.
nobelprize4shopping@reddit
Unique being used to mean unusual.
Major_Bahoobage@reddit
Sickens me every time I hear this nonsense
CocoRufus@reddit
This one drives me nuts. Had a chat with an american friend. He realised how stupid it is
Shoddy_Pie6514@reddit
I don't mind this one. As I think there is always a little bit of room to care even less about something that you don't care about.
Optimuswolf@reddit
I could care less about your opinion on this matter.
Not a lot less but less, nonetheless.
JimmieSavsscumsock@reddit
Shivering rage intensifies..
Economy-Fox-5559@reddit
The fantastic David Mitchell explains this perfectly!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUBBHsiDyr/
Optimuswolf@reddit
Love it!
Vequihellin@reddit
Brit rage activated I WILL END YOU
Venoxulous@reddit
Yep, just seeing this annoyed me
InsurancePurple4630@reddit
British is food bland and one of the worse cuisine
TheodoreEDamascus@reddit
Hating on.
Punk_Princess_Sarah@reddit
On accident.
FredB123@reddit
On accident.
Bockiller@reddit
On accident
TheRealElPolloDiablo@reddit
Apple cider vinegar
Agnesperdita@reddit
“Legos”.
It’s Lego. It’s a mass noun like Meccano, Plasticine and Play-Doh.
They are LEGO bricks, not “legos”.
khan800@reddit
As a Yank, there are plenty of LEGO pedants here as well.
JammyWaad@reddit
The lack of syllables in words like mirror, squirrel and caramel.
_51423@reddit
That explains the blank looks I receive when I tell people to “have a nice day” (Yank abroad over here).
saxbophone@reddit
That means the exact same thing in our dialect as it does yours, so I'm not sure it's the word choice that is failing you here...
_51423@reddit
I usually say “have a good one” actually so maybe that’s it. Also thought the “have a nice day” thing after brief interactions eg with store clerks is less common here? Someone others in this forum said their reaction is “don’t tell me what to do” lol.
saxbophone@reddit
😳 that doesn't seem like a reasonable reaction to a polite pleasantry, to be quite honest with you. I wouldn’t use that perspective to decide whether to be sincerely polite to people or not. Some people just have a chip on their shoulder!
beavertownneckoil@reddit
You're not saying to people when they excuse themselves to go to the bathroom are you?
Harry-666666@reddit
I say “have a good one” sometimes. Oh shit. Maybe I’ve been infected.
TipsyPhippsy@reddit
That's a pretty normal thing to say, maybe you have a strong accent and they can't understand? Or you're saying it at 10pm lol
_51423@reddit
I usually say “have a good one” actually so maybe that’s the one that sets off the Yank-dar.
EchoesofIllyria@reddit
Or with just a bit too much enthusiasm.
tannercolin@reddit
There is nothing wrong with saying 'have a nice day'. The looks you're getting are because you're morbidly obese, have both a mcdonalds and a burger king in one hand and with the other hand you're pointing an automatic rifle at a school
slotbadger@reddit
So addicting.
exp_cj@reddit
They can have their yankspeak but what really grinds my gears is when they start telling me I’m spelling stuff wrong and I should write armor or color or organization.
Nolberto78@reddit
To be fair, organisation/organization almost makes sense phonetically, but it only works with a zed. If you try it with a zee you sound addled.
I imagine that the Mayflower pilgrims were so would up in their protestant fervour, that they didn't remember to pack their spelling books until after they had set sail. That's why they had to settle for lowest common denominator spellings like a 5 yr old's homework
Weird1Intrepid@reddit
It's actually all Webster's fault, of Merriam Webster dictionary fame. He was so obsessed with removing British/french influence from the language, and for simplifying everything, he wrote a whole new dictionary to replace the Oxford English.
Twid-1@reddit
For some reason we Brits imported the weird French spellings rather than sticking with the good old English ones. Personally, I think that in many (but not all) cases, the US spellings are clearly better, either being etymologically correct or matching Shakespeare's and Old English spelling rather than Norman-influenced spelling.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
yankspeak aka 'Simplified English'
Hilariously they do not use Imperial measurements, which date from 1833, but older less consistent ones than Imperial so their liquid measures are all cock-eyed
JTallented@reddit
Zed*
ArmWildFrill@reddit
I got banned for a week once for using "fag" for "cigarette"
I-Like-MTB@reddit
Tbf what was the context? If it was an ask Reddit question of “ what do you hate “ and you said “I hate fags “ then fair enough.
If it was “what’s your favourite Marbolo “ and you said “ the only fags I smoke are pall mall “ then that’s stupid
peahair@reddit
How does it work when one person would like another person to give them a cigarette? The common parlance would be to bum a fag, which may have Anglo Americans either laughing or horrified or confused.
Weird1Intrepid@reddit
Can I bum a fag?
PantsCatt@reddit
Late 1990's I was in Atlanta and caused confusion asking where I could grab 20 fags. Then, lesson learned, I asked at a counter for 20 Marlboro, the attendant piled 20 boxes of Marlboro onto the counter.
jaBroniest@reddit
I'm a finna do that and finna do that, finna fuck off
RipCurl69Reddit@reddit
My missus unironically said 'mom' once after we'd gotten back from a trip out to see a friend of hers in the US and I swear my neck has never twisted so fast.
"Mum, it's mum!!!!!!!!!"
Harry-666666@reddit
“gotten” makes me look for sharp objects
RipCurl69Reddit@reddit
See even I'm not immune to it lol
Spaffin@reddit
I discovered that in some parts of the Midlands they do apparently actually use 'mom'
Spaffin@reddit
Also TherapySpeak
Fluff95@reddit
Pronouncing herbs 'erbs, but in a non charming way like in Yorkshire
rweedn@reddit
"I done fucked up again"
Like what the fuck does that mean?
The word they're looking for is GOT
viruswithshoes@reddit
Usually that means they made a mistake. "I went and fucked it all up again."
her_pheonix@reddit
...as opposed to "gotten"
ExultentPisces@reddit
Is that slang for exchanging masturbation tips?
AveragelyBrilliant@reddit
My bad.
oportoman@reddit
Oftentimes this
AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit
end a statement with the word "period"
Emergency_Cellist754@reddit
"I'll do the prawns as a starter and then I'll do the chicken"
Wtf are you "doing" to them? And would a please or a thank you kill you?
davravred@reddit
Lego is the plural for Lego you dumbfucks
Kiribati268@reddit
Forgot it at home. Uhhh.
HechicerosOrb@reddit
Funnily enough, most of the examples in response also annoy Americans.
TheInvincibleMan@reddit
Loudly in a restaurant where everyone can do nothing but hear. Kills me.
Neobahamonkey-1@reddit
I love the American accent. The differences between cultures is interesting
xovrit@reddit
Confirmed. Also, my English wife occasionally says she'll have me deported for things I like to do with food.
Lessarocks@reddit
Go to London. Stand on the wrong side of an underground escalator during rush hour.
Kim-Jong-Long-Dong@reddit
I made this mistake! Being from a city where no one cares and it was never enforced it was easily done.
PartyPoison98@reddit
It isn't really easily done, its signposted around every single escalator on the underground.
Kim-Jong-Long-Dong@reddit
I've also seen it signposted in train stations across the UK. Main difference being no one bothers to pay attention to it outside London it seems.
CandidLiterature@reddit
But do you not open your eyes? Surely it’s extremely obvious to all but the most self centred that everyone else is doing it.
Kim-Jong-Long-Dong@reddit
Because a) it wasn't particularly busy at the time and b) im so used to everyone (myself included) ignoring the signs to do so. Took me all of 15 seconds to realise my error though so I think you might be overreacting by calling me self centred mate.
Alive_Ice7937@reddit
"What they forget is that left and right are relative to what direction you're facing. I like to stand with my back to the escalator and guess when it's time to get off thank you very much"
h00dman@reddit
Right, question for Glaswegian folk;
I've been here on a short visit, and yesterday when I was in and out of the subway I noticed the signs telling everyone to stand on the right when riding on the escalators, but the feet signs on the escalator steps were all on the left. Which one is correct 😵💫
Electronic-Volume-56@reddit
Down with that sort of thing
PhillyDeeez@reddit
Careful now
oscarx-ray@reddit
Imply that there's an "average Brit".
Dry_Pick_304@reddit
That has the "British accent"
ProtoplanetaryNebula@reddit
The British accent, coming from an American is Hugh Grant.
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
“Golly” - British accent.
“Fookin’ ell” - Some kinda Scaddish.
EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit
I've never once heard a single Scot say "fook".
That's a northern England and Ireland thing.
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
That’s sort of the point I’m making. I’ve read Americans online swearing blind that someone with a northern English accent is actually Scottish, actually arguing with British people about it. If it’s not a Hugh Grant accent, they can’t possibly be English.
EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit
Mate, I was in the states and had people tell me to my face that I wasn't Scottish because I didn't sound like Billy Connolly or shrek.
Trying to get it into their heads that Billy's accent is only representative of barely half of the people in just one city, and that literally nobody here sounds remotely like shrek, was near impossible.
Yep. My travel buddy was from Warrington with an almost scouse accent, and the Yanks thought for sure she was Irish.
Some fragile yank minds were blown when shown some examples of lesser heard English and Scottish accents. Geordie confused them because they said it sounded more Scottish than English (which I don't entirely disagree with), and they found it utterly hilarious that what they think of as a "pirate accent" is legitimately how some people in the west country speak.
DamoclesBDA@reddit
Many years ago some American girl said I sounded like Hugh Grant and I was so offended I failed to notice that she was both cute and interested.
conormonobox@reddit
Sounds like a scene from a High Grant film
ProtoplanetaryNebula@reddit
Schoolboy error there I am afraid :) :)
CoffeeHanJan@reddit
All of us are below average, thank you very much!
stu55sy@reddit
Start a conversation
diomedes-on-rampage@reddit
the only reason scottish and irish accents are so difficult to understand as an outsider because these people hate speaking english yet they have to so they omit most of the sounds.
Weird_Surprise6221@reddit
Say “y’all”
Vequihellin@reddit
Weirdly, this one doesn't bother me. Contractions are fairly common in English and it's an interesting contraction of 'you all'. It sounds weird coming from someone with a non-american accent though.
'On accident' and 'Could care less' however are egregiously wrong on every level. At least y'all isn't technically 'wrong' as such.
'On accident' is grammatically wrong because the correct term is 'By accident' or 'Accidentally'. E.g. 'I bought the wrong ticket on accident' is vile. 'I accidentally bought the wrong ticket' or 'I bought the wrong ticket by accident' are both correct.
'Could care less' is straight up ignorance. The origin phrase is 'I couldn't care less.' Meaning that you care so little about something that you literally could not care any less about it. I.e 'I couldn't care less if I tried'. 'Could care less' makes no grammatical sense whatsoever.
Sorry. The rage took over for a moment 😂
Gazado@reddit
I try to sanitise it by finishing the statement in my head as "I could care less....but I don't". It's the only way it makes any kind of sense to me.
Low-Confidence-1401@reddit
Interestingly, "you" used to be the plural (with thou being singular). We gradually started using "you" for everything and then various English dialects formed a new plural to replace it, so y'all, youse etc
RedSunWuKong@reddit
Not that big of a deal
diabeticoats@reddit
Tea. Microwave.
We will hunt you down
JauntyYin@reddit
I make my tea in a pot. ^(whispers: I reheat it in the microwave though)
__Severus__Snape__@reddit
When i was a kid, my mum would make a cup of tea for herself and then either forget about it or fall asleep. When she came round she'd microwave it and then drink it.
I tried this once as an adult and I will never ever do that again, the microwave taste is wank.
Although, now that I think about it, she probably did that to save money, she was a single mum with 3 kids...
EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit
Posh twat material.
Utter cretin material.
Pick a lane, mate... christ.
Aylez@reddit
Surely no one actually does that 😅
bee-sting@reddit
Americans do the most heinous shit imaginable
Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit
I hear some of em don't own a kettle, let alone a spare kettle in the cupboard.
AdaandFred@reddit
An American on r/anticonsumption was proud of the fact that they didn't own a kettle. The thread was full of other heathens saying they boil water on the hobs and microwave water for tea. I had to leave the thread or I would have had said something I might regret.
EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit
When I was over there on holiday I literally had no choice other than to make tea with bottled water, that I had to boil in a pot on the hob.
I still bear the psychological scars.
Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit
Bloody septic tanks.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Our kettle stopped working yesterday.
New one was delivered 8am this morning.
gen505@reddit
Oh my god… having a realisation moment here. What’s wrong with microwaving a brew 😅? You’re literally just jiggling water molecules… Having a newborn it’s become essential for ever drinking an above tepid cuppa
Xerothor@reddit
Why is waiting for the microwave better than waiting for a kettle 🧐
kunstlich@reddit
There is not necessarily anything better, or worse - hot water is the name, and kettle vs microwave is the game, both achieve it.
However I will stand on the hill that microwaved water tastes different, and not a good different.
Xerothor@reddit
Yeah that's really what I mean
Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit
Reheating tea in the micro although still sacralidge is acceptable in some cases.
saxbophone@reddit
Americans do it because they have about half as much electricity in their typical kettle due to the lower mains voltage over there
Epic_J2338@reddit
Not tea but I used to use a microwave for a Hot Chocolate ngl
Decent-Platform-2173@reddit
Allowing illegal migrants access to 4 star hotels and pay for everything.
PsychologicalBus7357@reddit
Milk before water
CtrlShiftAaron@reddit
Eating with your mouth open
Eating loud with you mouth closed
Jumping the queue
Driving up my arse
People driving too slow
People driving too fast
Putting milk last when making coffee
Putting milk first when making tea
Any and all unsolicited calls
Not looking at me when I’m speaking to you
Staring at me when I speak to you
Taking phone calls in public
Americans - in general - they love the sound of their own voice
When you ask an American what their job is and they tell you how they work for a multi billion dollar company blah blah blah. And it turns out they are a cleaner
tictac59015@reddit
To summarise: everything.
kill4foodx@reddit
Don't go outside
constipated_coconut@reddit
microwaving water for tea
nodramatdy@reddit
Ugh 🤢
Curious_Command_5277@reddit
Lack of manners. My FIL is American and I cringe everytime we're in a pub and he says, "get me a coke". It's rude. He regularly makes British wait staff cry I don't think we've ever kept the same waitress for the whole meal.
tictac59015@reddit
He doesn't mean to be rude I'm sure, that's just a standard way of asking for something at a restaurant in the US. It just sounds more rude over here. Maybe you should have a quiet word if he's upsetting staff.
Snaggl3t00t4@reddit
Don't put sherbert on our crumpets
No-Extension-2378@reddit
Disagree with their preferred jamming and creaming of a scone.
NorthernOverthinker@reddit
Park over their drive.
Scuttler1979@reddit
Jump the queue
rubypickaxelover3@reddit
Not saying thank you to the bus driver
tictac59015@reddit
Why would I say thank-you to a bus driver?
Temporary_Ninja7867@reddit
Not having the money ready when getting on the bus.
Matchaparrot@reddit
Leaving a marmalade knife covered in breadcrumbs in the butter. I hate carving round the sticky crumby bits to get to the unspoiled butter 🤢
SchoolofLifeUK@reddit
Call them racist for flying the Union Jack 🇬🇧
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Where?
On their own property is fine, of course
SchoolofLifeUK@reddit
What about draped around their shoulders people have been detained by the police for this as though it’s inciting something 🤔. Flags of other countries are ok though 🙉
ArmWildFrill@reddit
This is about how to annoy a Brit?
Not a political post
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Say you're going to put a tick in the box next to a green candidate
r1Rqc1vPeF@reddit
Look,
Lupusdeus@reddit
Call a Craig Creg and the plague, pleg
Honest-Cover9513@reddit
Not making tea with boiling water. That's practically a declaration of war
Opteron-X@reddit
1 - microwave water to make tea 2 - confused England with Great Britain (certainly upset the other nations) 3 - say we drive on wrong side of the road 4 - say WWII started in 1941 5 - complain about gas (petrol) prices in USA 6 - tell us UK is more dangerous than US due to knife crime or other MAGA nonsense ....
berkleysquare@reddit
Not knowing that there are other cities apart from London.
YouCantArgueWithThis@reddit
Spit in his Buckfast.
GoodTato@reddit
Repeatedly hitting us with a large rock i think
LiteralTP@reddit
That would certainly frustrate me
OkGrapefruit7174@reddit
Pronounce words literally like Quay “kway”, shire or any word like that
Active_Definition_57@reddit
Have you ever them pronounce the word buoy? Something like "boo-ey".
OkGrapefruit7174@reddit
That’s a great idea
welfareplate@reddit
Use the term Britain when you mean England.
Jeoh@reddit
Also: Use the term England when you mean Britain.
old_witness_987@reddit
or when you mean Welsh , or Scottish.
Jonny_Segment@reddit
Anyone saying ‘England’ when they mean ‘Welsh’ or ‘Scottish’ seriously misunderstands how adjectives work.
TipsyPhippsy@reddit
'British or Scottish'
Juan_in_a_meeeelion@reddit
You mean “he’s Scotch”
Ignatiussancho1729@reddit
"He's not British, he's Scottish"
Low-Confidence-1401@reddit
On the other side, so many Americans online getting angry because someone said Britain referring to Scotland or Wales...
DingoBingoWimbo@reddit
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Afraid_Simple_4061@reddit
Teabag, then milk and finally hot water. For added annoyance, put.just a little too much milk in. Not enough to completely ruin it, but just enough to make the tea not quite brown enough to appreciate looking at it. You will still be thanked for the tea, good manners and all that, but it will not be a sincere gratuity and the heathen wannabe tea liquid will be remembered forever and spoken about whenever you are not in earshot.
Ok_Adhesiveness_8637@reddit
Queue jump
Ancient_phallus_@reddit
Or when they are behind you breathing down your neck. You shuffle forward a bit and they follow
firstfloor27@reddit
Tell them to buy you flowers if they want to get up in your rear end.
Wonderful-Bonus5439@reddit
I often take a step back “by accident”. Ideally, I have my children with me and use that as an opportunity to loudly teach them not to stand too close to other people and invade their personal space, because it’s rude.
catninjaambush@reddit
You’ll get a few tuts and someone might shrug and shake their head if you’re not careful meladdo.
polynesian_pineapple@reddit
I heard meladdo in Rimmer’s voice
firstfloor27@reddit
I think we all did.
Puzzledandhangry@reddit
I’d shake my fist heartily in their direction, as they walk away. Then I’d go and have my warm gazpacho x
catninjaambush@reddit
Piping hot.
Poo-Tee-Weet5@reddit
Yet people do it daily at the barriers in London tube stations when tapping out. If the queue next to theirs is moving a little faster, they'll just switch to that one and pretend like they had no idea there was a whole other queue of people waiting for it.
DataSnaek@reddit
Except in a pub, where orderly queuing itself is the way to annoy a Brit.
Anything other than chaos where everybody knows and tracks exactly who and how many people are before them in the chaos is the only acceptable setup in a pub
Even_Bit2857@reddit
When I lived in the US for a few years I joined a local sports club and on the first day a group of like literally five or six people just casually walked in front of me when we were lining up to do drills. I'm a grown-ass adult, it didn't matter in the slightest, and I still almost cried because I was trying to make friends on my first day and it felt so fucking rude and horrible and mean. I know now it's cultural, but it still bothers me and I really can't fathom how Americans feel no shame over it.
OurSeepyD@reddit
The one thing that really annoys me is when someone posts the exact same answer as the example in the post.
Hellohibbs@reddit
Lads, get him
Trick-Station8742@reddit
Calm down mate, this is a family subreddit
Icy-Initial2107@reddit
Correct their pronunciation starting with the phrase "I think you'll find it's pronounced..."
LionOfTheIsles@reddit
Just send us a photo of a beautiful day
Deep_Banana_6521@reddit
having a conversation with somebody in the middle of a supermarket aisle, using the trolleys to block anyone getting past.
TinhatToyboy@reddit
Stand around chatting on the pavement by a zebra crossing.
mattl1698@reddit
or worse, on the zebra crossing itself.
in a sainsburys car park a couple weeks ago, we stopped to let an old lady and a her daughter cross the road, twice the old lady stopped and turned to her daughter to talk. fortunately the daughter had the presence of mind to swiftly usher her across the road but I was dumbfounded by someone stopping twice on the crossing
Woollen53@reddit
Maybe it wasnt her daughter but her carer? I support adults with learning disabilities (often invisible disability) and they often do things like this while we are out lol
mattl1698@reddit
could be either, my gran was dreadful for just stopping to talk. worst was if you were walking behind her mobility scooter at full speed and she'd stop dead in front of you and trip you up
MrandMrsFishcakes@reddit
"Different than..." rather than "Different from".
Sea_M_Pea@reddit
Say you’ve always wanted to go to ‘WimbleTon’
Sxn747Strangers@reddit
Cutting in queues, getting in the wrong lane of the roundabout and thinking it’s okay to go wherever they like, indicating at the last second and not in plenty of time like they’re supposed to.
jlelvidge@reddit
Show them an American making tea in a microwave
Kind_Ad5566@reddit
Asking me what part of Australia I'm from.
AudienceOk2814@reddit
Not observing etiquette while waiting to be served at a bar. If I'm there first and you turn up and get served before me and don't say 'he was here first' you can fuck right off
saxbophone@reddit
"sidewalk" and "soccer" —basically any arrogant use of Americanisms out of context
FuzzyBreak5678@reddit
mom
saxbophone@reddit
I don't care about the pronunciation, it's the spelling that irks me!
AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit
y'all
ct_uk@reddit
Heat water for a cup of tea in the microwave
Georgiegirl8819@reddit
When Americans make tea with cold water and a microwave or on the hob. Like no, it’s not happening
saxbophone@reddit
Making it on the hob is at least more sane and respectable than the microwave. There was a time not too long ago when hob kettles were more popular over here than they now are.
Popular-Custard8519@reddit
But they make tea bag stew rather than just using the hob to boil the water, an American friend sent me a video of her doing it after we did a snack exchange in which I included a box of Yorkshire gold. Utter sacrilege.
saxbophone@reddit
Oh lord what‽ TEA BAG STEW‽ THAT'S FUCKING DIABOLICAL! 🤣
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Putting milk on teabags before the boiling water is punishable by up to a £10,000 fine or up to 5 years in prison or both in the UK
firstfloor27@reddit
/r/ShitAmericansSay/ This pretty much covers it.
Bubbly-Weakness-4788@reddit
Hog the middle lane.
slaveoth@reddit
= drive normal as 99.99% drivers
UndulatingUnderpants@reddit
Milk before water.
zoonazoona@reddit
There are so many tea-based travesties here. The worst for me are the existence of Liptons and their insistence in using luke warm water.
I take Yorkshire tea bag with me everywhere.
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
*Unless the tea is from the pot. In which case milk first is the correct way.
A teabag swimming in milky water however is a criminal offence.
rositree@reddit
Isn't that the same thing though?
You've just made the tea in the pot, ie the water went in first. After that the order for mixing the milk and tea doesn't really matter (to me, anyway).
But milk first, ie adding hot water to milk and a teabag affects the tea brewing and always tastes a bit odd (to me).
ArmWildFrill@reddit
No it still isn't.
It's not the 18th century
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
We do it to avoid scalding the milk.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
You serious? The MIF thing is about not cracking the cup
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
By the time the tea in the pot has finished steeping, it’s cooled down slightly and the milk in the cup has warmed up slightly. So it’s less of a thermal shock to the milk compared with adding it straight into boiling water.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Teabag water is hotter than teapot water.
Or do you not ever use teabags in a cup?
Constant-Estate3065@reddit
It’s mostly just ritual backed by some very vague science, it has nothing to do with cups, even if that was the reason years ago. All I know is it tastes better that way.
And loose leaf is the way. Teabags are for convenience only, l only use them at work.
Prestigious-Baker-67@reddit
That's a later myth.
It originated in areas with a lot of pottery production - the Midlands, Yorkshire, and South Wales.
Locals and workers would use cheaper unglazed cups/mugs which would crack if heated too quickly from cold. The solution is to add the milk first so the ceramic heats more slowly.
This way of making tea was passed through generations but only in certain regions, resulting in the current divide.
Vequihellin@reddit
Agreed. Tea from a pot or brewing vessel is the exception to this rule. Making tea in the cup is borderline psychopathic anyway but needs must in the office kitchen. It's unforgivable to make tea in the cup if you're making for 2 or more people at home, though. Just you and it's borderline tolerable. Any more than that and you deserve jail time.
EhDinnaeEvenKen@reddit
What in the name of pretentious upper middle class pish is this comment?
Pixiebel81@reddit
Microwave is not spelled "pot"
Xerothor@reddit
If you microwave your tea you're a wrongun
Pixiebel81@reddit
That was my point?
Xerothor@reddit
The comment you replied to never mentioned a microwave though, it sounded like preferred it to me I guess
Pixiebel81@reddit
It was a joke
Xerothor@reddit
Yeah guess I misunderstood
LambonaHam@reddit
Pretty sure that's why we kicked the Yanks out of the empire...
callisstaa@reddit
Milk before water before microwave.
Ignatiussancho1729@reddit
Milke before water, then in the microwave
Prestigious-Baker-67@reddit
This is a regional thing with an interesting history.
It originated in areas with a lot of pottery production - the Midlands, Yorkshire, and South Wales.
Locals and workers would use cheaper unglazed cups/mugs which would crack if heated too quickly from cold. The solution is to add the milk first so the ceramic heats more slowly.
This way of making tea was passed through generations but only in certain regions, resulting in the current divide.
cokendsmile@reddit
Those people need to admitted to a psychiatric ward
EcstaticAd9234@reddit
Only in coffee!
kylehyde84@reddit
Coffee boiled is coffee spoiled
hyakyakyak@reddit
That's not annoying. That's a war crime
happystamps@reddit
The most beautiful part of being British is that there's a BS Standard for making tea, and since it states to put the milk in first, it's obviously incorrect.
Disgruntled__Goat@reddit
That standard is for making tea from a pot. So it’s brewed in the pot and you add it to milk. Perfectly fine.
Making it in the cup, putting milk in first is a capital offence.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
No it still isn't OK to put milk in first.
It's not the 18th century
Your microwave safe mug is not going to explode if you pour tea first
sphericality_cs@reddit
It does stress me out that there are people stupid enough in society to ever think "milk first" applied to anything other than tea from a pot.
Vequihellin@reddit
For maximum offence the water should also be microwaved. Pretty sure that would earn you a public flogging.
Scaryofficeworker@reddit
People do this?!
TwoPlyDreams@reddit
They said “annoy” not “mortally offend”.
bee-sting@reddit
Say our food is shite
Or that stupid 'Bottle of Water' thing
Big_Cheese16@reddit
I love when Americans say our food is shite while mixing fruit, meat and mayonnaise then calling it a salad
OurSeepyD@reddit
You mean like coronation chicken?
Low-Confidence-1401@reddit
The difference being we dont call it a salad
OurSeepyD@reddit
That's hardly the problem
As per wikipedia:
fezzuk@reddit
Shit
constipated_coconut@reddit
ambrosia salad haunts me
callisstaa@reddit
Or putting bird shit on cobblers and calling it biscuits and gravy.
SmashingTeaCups@reddit
Complaining about Americans generalising while doing the exact same thing with their food lmfao
Dutch_Slim@reddit
You forgot the “jello”
CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit
Both can be right.
bee-sting@reddit
what was the last british restaurant you went to?
no fast food chains allowed, they're shite everywhere
zoppaTheDim@reddit
Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips
The last one in existence.
LambonaHam@reddit
Any gastro pub, or carvery for a start.
CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit
Fish and chips shop.
It’s great cuisine for 10yo.
SoggyWotsits@reddit
Especially when coming from someone who says “boddle of wader”!
ipott-maniac@reddit
The bottle of water thing is insane. Acting like we don't have any Ts. It wasn't us who dumped them all in the harbour.
Xerothor@reddit
What's funny is they don't fuckin pronounce the Ts either! They use Ds for whatever reason
Fossilhund@reddit
Boddle of wadder.
maddypadden@reddit
If you ask me, it's the behaviour of a dosser. A dosser and a dwad.
klausness@reddit
Yes, as demonstrated here, saying that British food is shite is an excellent way to annoy British people.
CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit
Chuesday innit?
Active_Definition_57@reddit
This British pronunciation is "tyoosday" not "chuesday".
CanIhazCooKIenOw@reddit
Nah, Brits don’t sound out Ts. There’s where both jokes mentioned come from.
gottagetoutofit@reddit
Our food is generally shite
GooseyDuckDuck@reddit
Maybe what you make, mine is awesome.
gottagetoutofit@reddit
I'm sure you make a great bubble and squeak
GooseyDuckDuck@reddit
I had Balmoral Chicken last night, it was delicious.
gottagetoutofit@reddit
Lol. I'm sure it was delicious, I'd definitely eat it. But chicken stuffed with mutton offal is exactly why we have a reputation for shite food.
salladfingers@reddit
Have to disagree with the bottle of water one
My Japanese friend has quite a thick Japanese accent, so it caught me by surprise when he said in the most common accent that he needed a "boh'oh oh woh'ah"
ghost-bagel@reddit
To be fair it’s hard to taste much when your diet is 90% salt and corn syrup
Kara_Zor_El19@reddit
Use a microwave to make a cup of tea
Suluco87@reddit
Give them a cup of tea then same shade as magnolia.
Chubbysocks8@reddit
Queue jumping.
Vepps91@reddit
Saying hospical.
Fossilhund@reddit
What is a “hospical”.
ozzybarks@reddit
Calling me a ‘Brit’.
Active_Driver_6043@reddit
Speaking exceptionally loud in the tube or a restaurant for example. Americans don’t realize how naturally loud they are
Fossilhund@reddit
📢
Imaginary_Anywhere50@reddit
Calling football, soccer.
wunderspud7575@reddit
Be American.
Iwantedalbino@reddit
Can you be more pacific ?
pixel_rip@reddit
under appreciated comment take an upvote.
PantsCatt@reddit
Yeah, I got one to, brought it last week.
First-Archer-3457@reddit
Defiantly
Feegizzle@reddit
'Do you mean, can you discuss your point in a more calm and reasonable manner?'
Reverse pedant bamboozle them!
AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit
Them words made sense to me
Sensitive_Avocado_63@reddit
You could of been clearer. Dunno wot ur talkin bout.
Henno212@reddit
Coffee and tea shortage
BurkeSooty@reddit
Not going single file on a narrow path when I'm approaching from the opposite direction
Puzzled-Horse279@reddit
I wonder why Queueing is considered a Brit thing. Like wtf do other countries do mosh pit each other first come firsr served style?
Actually in an American show Big Bang theory Sheldon makes a big deal about Queueing ettiquette so queueing is clearly a thing in America
TomLondra@reddit
I find that being Irish, as I am, is usually enough.
lavayuki@reddit
I don't think British people hate Irish people as such, it's more the other way around where Irish hate Brits due to the history and colonialism.
Lazy_Composer6990@reddit
Irish people tend to only hate British governance still being in their country and the ignorance of its atrocities, not British people as individuals.
Irish people aren't hated in this country when they just quietly exist, sure. But they absolutely are when they demand their legally obligated say on their own self determination.
ArthursRest@reddit
We love the Irish. Sadly (and understandably) it's not reciprocated because our ancestors were evil.
spookyspocky@reddit
Cut in line
CosmicChameleon99@reddit
Lack of basic politeness and consideration for others, especially when in a public space.
bingimp@reddit
Council tax bill
Geekenstein@reddit
Repeating the same comment over and over and over again without bothering to read the other 50 that say the same thing.
shaf74@reddit
Milk before tea in a cuppa
Foxidale3216@reddit
I can feel the rage bubbling at the mere mention of queue jumping
Loudness/brashness. - I find southerners are guilty of this too
LoudCar7846@reddit
Having a mobile on loudspeaker on public transport. Kindly use some headphones.
DramaticStability@reddit
For some reason the rule doesn't seem to apply to families putting on videos for their kids at restaurants.
CosmicChameleon99@reddit
Let me make this worse. Scrolling tik tok on public transport with volume up to full and no headphones.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
I asked a girl to turn it down on a crowded standing room only bus at 8am and her boyfriend kindly offered to stab me, which was awfully nice of him.
Loud trebly distorted noise is like a slap in the face at 8am on a bus for me.
TripleF73@reddit
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds or Bradford?
ArmWildFrill@reddit
They were both white btw, in case you wondered
TripleF73@reddit
I wasn’t wondering. I have no doubt that they were white, you’d have been far too afraid to challenge them if they weren’t, for fear of being called racist.
Or posting about it either.
If you’re wondering how I know, your bio gave you away. 🙄.
Dull_Hawk9416@reddit
You missed out Luton
ArmWildFrill@reddit
London
SmugglersParadise@reddit
What a lovely chap. Did you take him up on his generous offer or did you counter?
CongealedBeanKingdom@reddit
For most of us
AdaandFred@reddit
The busses in Bristol have signs and regular announcements telling people not to play stuff outloud
Vequihellin@reddit
Dear God I want to slap them so hard. I actually had a whinge at some bloke in a cafe who was watching a football match on his phone with the sound way up. It was a small cafe and everyone was just trying to enjoy a coffee and cake out of the drizzle and there he was inflicting his tinny speakers on us all. I called him out on it. He apologised and silenced it. Which was a surprised since honestly I was expecting a mouthful of abuse. I suspect the crowded cafe and the many glares he was getting from everyone around him might have softened his response.
Most of the time you just get a mouthful when you ask.
eat-the-kids-first@reddit
Ask if I’m Australian (again and again).
SidneyKidney@reddit
i can't think of anything pacific
GurComplete7156@reddit
Talk about the yanks saving the day in WWII.
NekoMao92@reddit
Don't forget WWI too
PickleMortyCoDm@reddit
Make a cup of tea... But put the milk in first
Creative_Rise@reddit
Drivers not giving a thank you wave when you let them past
PresentReindeer9011@reddit
Just talking to me tbh 😂😂 I’m joking though 😏
skronk61@reddit
Insult beans on toast
susanisabloke@reddit
Microwaving tea.
polynesian_pineapple@reddit
They start telling you about someone they may know in England and they assume you know each other.
GeneralSEOD@reddit
Advocate for queuing in a pub.
Rogue44678@reddit
Jump a queue
WhatWouldMedusaDo@reddit
Mine is queue related; waited in a queue at the Post Office for 20 minutes to send a parcel, only to be told when it's finally my turn that I cannot send it from this location [even though Vinted specifically told me which Post Office I needed] 😡😡
RevolutionaryCow994@reddit
Jump a queue
ENuffSaid01@reddit
Adding a tea bag after the milk.
UncleSeph@reddit
Milk. In. First.
Meta-Fox@reddit
Its called a bap.
Grabs popcorn
NekoMao92@reddit
Comment on their Irish or Australian accent, just be prepared to be stabbed.
Ok_Young1709@reddit
Saying things like a fig roll is the best biscuit. 😂
loveswimmingpools@reddit
Thinking we give a flying fuck about July 4th. Unless it's your birthday.
TripleF73@reddit
Even then, unless you are a friend or relative, I don’t give a flying fuck. 🤣
loveswimmingpools@reddit
Very close friend or relative, at that!
TwinSong@reddit
Microwave tea.
Naive_Carpenter7321@reddit
Park your car, legally, on a public road, not causing a nuisance - outside someone else's house.
Jealous-Oil-5692@reddit
People walking slow in front of you
Ultimate_os@reddit
Block an escalator.
Gooseman4120@reddit
Saying bottle of water in shit accent
MyBeardSaysHi@reddit
Call them a Brit.
endianess@reddit
When I started work I didn't drink tea much and I would put the milk in first before the tea bag and water. Someone saw me do it and by the look of disgust on their face you would have thought I had actually dipped my testicles in the cup.
EgoSenatus@reddit
Assume they’re American because they speak English; and when they clarify they’re British, ask if that’s part of New England.
bevvyboots@reddit
Cutting in instead of queue jumping.
No-Butterscotch-1385@reddit
Unalived
captainsittingduck@reddit
Rudeness. Littering. Playing music on your phone loudly. Self aggrandisement.
_artgirl@reddit
My friends and I had someone try to cut in front of us at airport security yesterday because their flight was leaving in 20 minutes and they'd only just gotten there. Security man basically said 'eff you' and put their first tray through, followed by a load of random trays for other people (mine included), then their remaining trays.
They didn't look terribly amused when we walked past them later on - frantically searching for new flights because they'd obviously missed the original one.
Part of me did feel a bit sorry for them, because I obviously had no idea why they were running so late - pure human stupidity, unavoidable external circumstances etc. - and if they'd just asked nicely, I probably would have let them skip ahead of me, because we were there early and had plenty of time. Unfortunately, since they didn't ask, I couldn't help but laugh and appreciate the pettiness of the security guy, though I now find myself wondering where they were headed and if they ever made it?
Stun_the_Pink@reddit
Somewhat specific but, referring to Manchester as 'Manny'. Just, no.
Rob_Cake@reddit
Ask if we are from London
nameunknown345@reddit
There are many ways—
Milk first
Answering the question ‘How are you doing?’ with anything other than ‘Not too bad’ or ‘Can’t complain’
Having no preference as to what order the jam and cream goes on your scone
Pronunciation of the aforementioned scone
Refusing to engage in small talk about the weather
Americanisms
AdaandFred@reddit
I have very strong opinions on the jam and cream order but couldn't care less if people say scone or scone.
the01li3@reddit
Milk in first
IkeTurn@reddit
Making tea with hot water from a tap. Sorry but we'd have to do a wickerman on you for that crime.
BigMarcus83@reddit
Creg for Craig. Ffs.
InsaneInTheRAMdrain@reddit
Who you calling average? You spanner.
Hazzadcr16@reddit
If you cut in a queue, honestly you’ll get at most a tut out of me, it’ll be a loud tut, but it’s only a tut. I saw a video of a women making a cup of tea in a microwave before. I don’t believe in violence against women, but she is someone I would throw a cup of hot piss over.
manic_panda@reddit
I will gladly throw hands if someone cuts in a queue and I'm a very confrontation avoidant person.
Otherwise-Clue-1997@reddit
Give us coffee when we asked for a cuppa tea
dukeliminal@reddit
Queuing in a pub at the bar
spoo4brains@reddit
I haven't been to a pub in donkeys years, but while I realise it is odd, why is it a bad thing? When I have been to a busy bar in the past it can often be frustrating to get served and seeing people that turned up after you getting served before you, maybe because they are pushy loudmouths.
AdaandFred@reddit
When we were teens my mates would send me to the bar on their rounds (with their cash) because I have large breasts and a cleavage so got served quicker.
SnooStrawberries2342@reddit
People seem to think there's this old school romanticism to the free-for-all at the bar, believing it all sorts itself out, when in reality bar staff have got increasingly worse at determining who should be served next, and it's commonplace for selfish people to rock up after more timid people and get served before them without pointing out "they were before me".
That stuff always happens and I recognise the queue looks lame as hell, and isn't a great use of limited space, but it gets around these issues.
Wretchh91@reddit
I think its a welcome change since covid being a bartender, less fighting from customers on position at the bar. Doesnt matter how aware we are on the other side of the bar, a few pints can turn some people into egotistical demons 😅
Winston_Carbuncle@reddit
We do queue. Just not in an obvious way.
Trick-Station8742@reddit
Organised chaos
rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit
Bar queues rely on the honour system. "He was here first mate."
dukeliminal@reddit
You know what I mean. That single file nonsense people started doing since Covid
Winston_Carbuncle@reddit
Of course I know what you mean but you're replying to someone who obviously wont, hence the question being asked in the first place
catninjaambush@reddit
You can tell it is a queue because me all know if someone gets served out of order.
Cautious_Frosting_24@reddit
Boiling water for tea in the microwave.
yoloswaggins92@reddit
Suggest that they aren't the good guys, historically speaking.
CraigHBruce@reddit
Charge them more for a pint than they paid a decade ago
ExultentPisces@reddit
Heating a cup of water in the microwave. You monster.
Ancient-Mention2480@reddit
Legos
lord-walrus5@reddit
Teabag, milk, water.
tiorzol@reddit
Saying "on accident"
FuzzyBreak5678@reddit
adding an s to words like accommodation.
trampyjoe@reddit
Unless it's a supermarket name
BabyAlibi@reddit
Tescos? 🤣
cococats@reddit
Brush past someone and dont say sorry
cococats@reddit
Brush past someone and dont say sorry
Commercial_Night2867@reddit
Adding 'the' to everything. The St Paul's Cathedral. The Windsor Castle. The Hadrian's Wall.
Also referring to football teams as singular. "Liverpool wins", "Chelsea has qualified" etc.
Drussthelegend2484@reddit
Call the sport Soccer instead of Football.
Tora-bora83@reddit
Exist
stupidlyboredtho@reddit
try and do their accents.
OurSeepyD@reddit
I love it, I find it hilarious and just do it back
Oh are we avin a bi of a bubble are we?
RelationshipLife6739@reddit
Some bullshit tea drinkers stereotype. Honestly don’t really know anyone who drinks tea. I personally don’t drink either tea or coffee it’s either water, coke or beer.
LiamJonsano@reddit
I like how everyone has taken this deadly serious and gone for things that would only annoy some Brits as opposed to anyone on earth
Go up to some and start yelling in their ear and you’d annoy them quicker than anything else I reckon
mondo_generator@reddit
Calling them a Brit
PolishBicycle@reddit
Soccer
furezasan@reddit
american english is better
OurSeepyD@reddit
Throwing tea into the harbour
jumpingdiscs@reddit
Call it soccer instead of footballs
Tu2d2d@reddit
Get too excited or happy.
My dad could resurrect from the death, and the most emotion I'd show is maybe a handshake. Anything else is un-British.
TransatlanticMadame@reddit
Cut the queue
btwright1987@reddit
Queue jump, or if you’re from south (like me) trying to strike up a conversation on public transport.
JohnCasey3306@reddit
Push in front of them in any queue.
nicskoll@reddit
Tell us:
Active-Strawberry-37@reddit
Jump a queue
Familiar-Adeptness25@reddit
Leaving the tea bag in
Trojanguido@reddit
“Can I get”? Makes my teeth itch every time I hear it in shops, coffee shops or pubs.
Glittering_Vast938@reddit
When you hold the door open for someone and they don’t say thanks.
Or another one, when they go through a door and just let it close/slam without seeing if there’s anyone behind and holding it.
Just basic manners really.
LambonaHam@reddit
Spell things the American way (i.e. wrong).
Kiki-sunflower@reddit
Jump the queue, making a bad cup of tea, talking loudly on the morning commute, not saying thank you when someone does something that warrants it, not saying excuse me to get past someone, slow drivers in the fast lane, not moving across to a slower lane, being loud with nothing relevant to say,
PotentialCourt8531@reddit
Call a Welsh person or Scot 'British'.
NinjafoxVCB@reddit
Using the term "Fed" for Police when we don't have a federal government.
Not indicating in your car
Braking then indicating AS you turn the car off the main road instead of indicating before braking
Microwave tea
Milk before water in Tea
Say how good the current government is - doesn't matter who is in power, you'll annoy someone
Starting a lawn mower/hedge cutter before 1030am
Think the whole country is like London
alanaisalive@reddit
microwave their tea
Zealousideal-Box6085@reddit
Queue jump
sludgecraft@reddit
Bad grammar, not holding the door for someone, queue jumping, being overly loud or extrovert.
Rough_And_Ready@reddit
Make their tea with milk in the cup first. Bonus points for then adding cold water and making the entire thing in the microwave.
Salty_Username@reddit
Being generally cheery / loud in my immediate vicinity when I don't know you and cant leave (I.e. waiting on a bus).
Glittering_Vast938@reddit
“Can I get a…”
Haunting-Breadfruit9@reddit
Push in front of the queue
sully-_-420@reddit
Lawn mower at 8am
Vequihellin@reddit
On a weekend. See also the MOMENT we get nice weather, we can't have a single evening without a bloody bonfire.
Scary_Vehicle9023@reddit
Not holding a door open (even briefly) for the person coming through after you.
Not waiting for people to exit the train before you step on.
Impossible-Alps-6859@reddit
Use hot water from the tap to make the tea!
Vequihellin@reddit
I read somewhere that different leaf variaties have different 'optimum brewing temperatures' but unless you have one of those Quooker taps, hot water from a boiler (or worse, an immersion tank! 😱) will never be hot enough. You need it at at least 80°C.
gse2026@reddit
Some of these new fancy taps actually can do this just fine
Blurny@reddit
Just be anyone in the Co-op car park I was just in.
Accomplished_Law_945@reddit
Somethink, anythink…
OrganizationStill135@reddit
Imitate an American accent
spnelson@reddit
Loud Americans and said loud Americans saying how shit British food is
geniusgravity@reddit
Be French
ForwardIndependent57@reddit
Ignore the queue , just waltz to the front and start with “I will have….”
Instant annoyance
ManageThoseFootballs@reddit
Americans saying they’re British too because their great great great grand uncle’s best mate once spent a week in Doncaster.
ClericalRogue@reddit
Microwaving a cup of tea
Vequihellin@reddit
Immediately to jail
Derezzed87@reddit
Or putting the milk in first.
Penster78@reddit
Push in
Bbew_Mot@reddit
Approve of middle lane hoggers.
spanners101@reddit
Legos
ArthursRest@reddit
I hate that one.
Dry-Explanation6521@reddit
Ask stupid questions maybe.
realsuperbad@reddit
When you are behind someone in a queue and they are almost finished being served and then they proceed to ask for 17 different scratch cards.
patrandec@reddit
Yanks correcting our spelling and Brits saying y'all because they watch to much US brainrot TV.
major_damp@reddit
Cyclists who go out in groups and are dressed like they are actually in the tour de France and then spread out on small country lanes!
Kaykav11@reddit
Try to read their newspaper over their shoulder on a train.
InevitableUnoriginal@reddit
Tell somebody they shouldn't be smoking weed whilst drinking alcohol in front of them....
Youppi27@reddit
Dont queue when there's a road that merges.
Carl_Clegg@reddit
Pressing the ‘Road crossing’ button when there’s barely any traffic.
Mick_Vee_@reddit
No need to try, we're already annoyed
oportoman@reddit
"Sneakers" , "oftentimes"
Special-Audience-426@reddit
Show them a video of an American using cutlery
811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit
Also: Eating a cooked breakfast one component at a time.
Sixybeast626@reddit
All got teeth like head stones in a graveyard
ArmWildFrill@reddit
At least the graveyard isn't full of school shooting victims, so there is that.
The dental health of the average Brit is better than the average USian, studies show.
It's only USians who say this
Sixybeast626@reddit
No argument here, I said this as a brit with not the greatest dental profile 😂
keeponkeepingup@reddit
Don't give them ammo mate
Sixybeast626@reddit
Well, they need extra, for all those shootings right?
keeponkeepingup@reddit
There is that
ArthursRest@reddit
Using the merge in traffic lanes properly (lining up in both and merging at the end). I dunno why people think they need to get into the queue as soon as possible. Then they sit seething at anyone that dares to use them as they're intended.
frecklesandgegs@reddit
Put the milk in first
feckarse-drinkgirls@reddit
Only acceptable if you're using an actual teapot with loose leaf tea and a strainer
Accomplished_Bake904@reddit
I'm annoyed just reading this
Fioreborn@reddit
Show them how Americans make tea.
Unstableavo@reddit
Queue jump
AIX-XON@reddit
Put green anything on a fry up
Superb-Act-3201@reddit
Calling people a Brit when they are English.
Responsible-Ad-1086@reddit
Jump the queue
brumav78@reddit
"That's what she said" - a colleague of mine said this to me and it killed the humour stone dead.
I think you'll find it's "as the actress said to the bishop".
AceInnadeck117@reddit
Put milk in first
40andbored@reddit
Making tea in a microwave
Boils my piss (2 mins, 30 secs on 800w... incase you were wondering)
Brilliant_Ask_82@reddit
Walking past a queue to jump the line
Leather_Bat5939@reddit
Milk in tea 🤢
Large-Lettuce-7940@reddit
milk in the cup first maybe but milk in tea is pretty usual behaviour
Leather_Bat5939@reddit
Not even bruv ruins it
Large-Lettuce-7940@reddit
bet you dont even add sugar do you, just fucking raw dog it
Leather_Bat5939@reddit
I used 2 have 1 brown but i like it tart now
PCE_DEADMEAT@reddit
Push in front in a queue
ForesterDean23@reddit
Start a war that didn’t need to be started then claim we lack loyalty by not joining in.
Pengwings316@reddit
Microwave tea
Adzprestage@reddit
Calling NFL/MLB/NBA teams World champions after winning a national championship.
Adzprestage@reddit
Sorry I assumed the OP was American.
Snowyrunt@reddit
Have zero spatial awareness in public.
FinalCryptographer52@reddit
Tailgating
Great-Activity-5420@reddit
Call us all British when you really mean English?
Legitimate-Cut6909@reddit
Op is an attention seeker I see.
After-Competition380@reddit
Put empty milk carton back in fridge
No-Dinner-3715@reddit
Forming queues for the bar in pubs! It’s the one place we don’t queue! Get to the bar, let the bartender sort it out and ALWAYS say if someone else was there before you!
TheeHappyDude@reddit
Being enthusiastic. Or loud. Or over sharing. Or blowing your own trumpet too much.
BerlinSam@reddit
Calling it Soccer ..
Competitive_Time_604@reddit
if your presence in an environment is perceivable then you're probably annoying a brit
roninzorz187@reddit
Add salt to their food.
AntFew7791@reddit
Conversations about innane shite on speakerphone on public transport.
Yes Sharon, can't wait to sit on a crowded smelly bus hearing about your hair extensions for 15 sodding minutes...
TheRiddlerTHFC@reddit
Make a tea by heating water in microwave...
Actually that might be classified as a war crime
-Rhymenocerous-@reddit
Offer to make tea and put the milk and sugar in with the teabag before adding any hot water
CTLeafez@reddit
Mention Captain Tom’s daughter…
ArmWildFrill@reddit
That makes me laugh tbh.
She's like the bloke wanted in Spain for the food poisoning scam. a clasic example of a dodgy UKian
PM_ME_VEG_PICS@reddit
Dammit, if forgotten about that selfish greedy bitch.
Excellent-Movie4524@reddit
Tea in the microwave
SeaworthinessHead613@reddit
Don't talk about the weather.
TestyRodent@reddit
Walk into any pub and say "Have they scored a touchdown yet?"
EasyCheesecake1@reddit
Put the milk in first when making tea.
dantes_b1tch@reddit
Saying a Jaffa cake is a biscuit
I-live-in-room-101@reddit
When driving and I let you through, just fucking acknowledge my act of cooperation, a finger raised from the steering wheel or a head nod is all I need! It’s not a lot to ask for you ignorant wanker!!!
LordMogroth@reddit
People thinking im from Australia whilst I was in New York. Im from Essex ffs.
Standard_Response_43@reddit
Being overly enthusiastic and happy
handtoglandwombat@reddit
Making tea any way that doesn’t involve a kettle
TidyBuckets@reddit
Queue jump.
DotAffectionate87@reddit
Taking the tea bag out after a couple of dips and not letting it "steep" /Weak Tea
AlucardVTep3s@reddit
From a Brit: Being judged for not watching football
From a non Brit: Do they have cars in Wales?
AmbitiousReaction168@reddit
When they claim they're pretty fluent in French, switch to French. Works every time. 😎
Dr_Gillian_McQueef@reddit
Be on Threads and tell us our food is shit.
vivahate29@reddit
Walk slowly with no situational awareness.
nicinabox_@reddit
Saying you don't like gravy..
Spannerdaniel@reddit
Use a yank word when we have a much nicer British English word for the same thing.
TipsyPhippsy@reddit
English*
Doug__Quaid@reddit
Say something about your genealogy and how it makes you part British or something
BellendicusMax@reddit
Saying you could care less
Shnarf1980@reddit
Either play music on your phone OR take a video call without headphones when on public transport
BellendicusMax@reddit
Making tea in a microwave
CountTruffula@reddit
Ask them if they're American
Head_is_Hollow98@reddit
Using a microwave to make/warm up tea
Geezer-McGeezer@reddit
Microwave a mug with water and a teabag in it.
AppearanceDizzy7006@reddit
Avocado with a fryup
BeanzBruv@reddit
Put the milk and teabag in the cup first
smileyhappy@reddit
Milk, then water, then tea bag
N4t3ski@reddit
Put the milk in first
martini1294@reddit
Stopping in front of people when they’re walking
Or congregating on a walkway. Politely, move the f out of the way
FadedAlligator@reddit
Adding milk to tea without taking the teabag out first
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Not sure about that
AirlineSevere7456@reddit
Putting in milk with the teabag before brewing has taken place.
redandbluebadness@reddit
Saying 'soccer', imply that we are 'salty' about US independence, Say the Falklands are Argentinian and all currries belong to India alone.
ArmWildFrill@reddit
Soccer is what posh boys call football, it's short for "Association football", as to them "football" is egg-chasing.
It's their fault
Cmdr_Redbeard@reddit
Jokes on them, soccer is British. Still called bloody football though.
Leader_Bee@reddit
Make beans on toast with anything but baked beans in tomato sauce, then complain about how we can eat this terrible food.
gen505@reddit
If we’re going by ease and level of annoyance: being held up or delayed while driving. Not necessarily a localised annoyance but the level of rage some reach having their day inconvenienced by a few seconds is actually insane.
Tuskn@reddit
It's queue jumping.
Ashamed_Eye_6496@reddit
Microwaving fish at work.
Darkus185@reddit
Saying “could care less”
Hythy@reddit
"On accident"
Opening_Cut_6379@reddit
Demanding air con and ice cubes in the middle of winter
Ururuipuin@reddit
Give me a sweet cold cup of sugar when I ask for a tea.
In fact i think thats a crime still punishable by being throw. In the Tower
laconicwheeze@reddit
Call the Falklands 'las Malvinas'
Callis_tow@reddit
Talking really bloody loudly
Forsaken1741@reddit
put the milk in before the hot water.
Extreme_Objective984@reddit
using a microwave to get the hot water.
Scaryofficeworker@reddit
Make a rubbish cup of tea perhaps lmao.
SdanoG@reddit
Tell them no alcohol allowed
Single-Position-4194@reddit
I'd be fine with that because I'm trying to give it up. Where are the non-alcoholic aternatives though?
SdanoG@reddit
Water, cola, juice, coffee even at most places and tea……. I have never been a drinker (I puke after a sip) and always manage just fine
BertieR-Drizzleflap@reddit
Tell em they don’t have an empire any more🤪
LocalMendicant@reddit
If you jump a queue
MostFortune1093@reddit
Tell them that tea isn't actually that good
experfailist@reddit
Talk about soccer.
Heat-Rises@reddit
Point out that your opinion on the flag flying and painted roundabouts differs to theirs.
Kotetsu999@reddit
Any criticism of the NHS. They can do it but you can not.
Delicious_Zombie5736@reddit
Properly using merge in turns on the roads...
Goremanghast@reddit
Parking in disabled parking bays without a blue badge
Altruistic-Wing-2715@reddit
Offer them a scone and hand them an Oreo.
bouncypete@reddit
As a Brit, what annoys me a being in a bar, restaurant or music venue and hearing an American bellowing "Hey, where ya from".
I say bellowing because that's what everyone else in the bar or restaurant thinks.
To the American, they are just speaking at a normal volume.
icecoldlovr@reddit
Walk slowly
Prudent_Jello5691@reddit
I'll throw in another jumping the queue.
Curious-Resort4743@reddit
Pushing in
Indie89@reddit
I'm annoyed just picturing it.
Ok-Spring7906@reddit
Invade Greenland.
But invasions of other countries are loosing popularity also.
DavidWatchGuy@reddit
Make tea in a microwave
SuccessfulMonth2896@reddit
Beating them to a parking spot at Tesco's.
Neither-Mongoose6014@reddit
Asking questions like this!
scouse_git@reddit
Parking in front of their house
Latter-Tangerine-951@reddit
Be successful.
Immorals1@reddit
Putting milk and tea bag in before the water.
The average brit would be most unamused, and I don't even like tea
Beginning-Poet-2991@reddit
Telling them British humour isn’t funny.
Few_House_5201@reddit
Ask us if we’re friends with the Beatles.
AdviceClear4727@reddit
Make tea in a microwave
DrFabulous0@reddit
Just be American
Own-Jeweler3169@reddit
Clear_Lie_6668@reddit
Tell them that Wetherspoons is closed!
Watchkeys@reddit
lol such a narrow view of the British.
Dry_Pick_304@reddit
Milk in first.
Moorglademover@reddit
You beast..!
FigglebottomCat@reddit
ask them how they are then when they say “alright” say something like “only alright… you sure everything’s okay up there? you can talk about it if you want”
waveform06@reddit
Call me a Brit
_Yorkshire_Pirlo@reddit
Be an American
Niche_Enjoyer@reddit
Speak.
PaulaDeen21@reddit
Talking to me.
Mikey463@reddit
Throwing rubbish on the floor.
LadyInAllPower@reddit
Fill our tea with too much milk
Objective_Mousse7216@reddit
Almost anything will do to annoy the average Brit.
its_sxturn_@reddit
Making tea the wrong way, ie; using a microwave
Background-Way9698@reddit
Skip the queue. The amount of tuts and disapproving looks you get will be punishment enough.
Cultural_Tank_6947@reddit
Make tea in the microwave.
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