‘What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve seen a Brit do abroad?’ – 23 of the most cringeworthy people from the UK
13.
‘In Vietnam, a group of drunk Brits accidentally (I hope!!) smashed a small shrine inside a bar and instead of apologising or offering to help tidy up they just ran away laughing. This generally reflects what I see from most Brits abroad – drunk and self centred and little respect for local customs and people.’
–beetrootfarmer
14.
‘Shave their hairy legs at the swimming pool, no I’m not kidding either.’
–Mysterious_Beach_673
15.
‘Checking into an early morning flight from Bordeaux to London, the line came to a standstill as the middle aged British guy at the front of the queue insisted he wasn’t too pissed to fly. He didn’t really have a come back when the staff pointed out he’d pissed himself.
‘There was no shouting or rage, just a very drunk man with soaking wet trousers being escorted away by the police.’
–bumwiddle
16.
‘Was in Crete for a couple of weeks and a woman kept turning up at different bars and restaurants with a karaoke machine and setting up impromptu karaoke nights, but she wouldn’t let anyone else use the machine, got to be one of the most narcissistic things I have ever witnessed.’
–grimmalkin
17.
‘I guess it classes as embarrassing but also Karma. At an all inclusive resort in Morocco my friend and I were enjoying a nice buffet lunch. Some middle aged British woman came in gobbing off about the food etc and went to the default breaded section.
‘Saw her grab chips and what looked like chicken goujons (spoiler alert, they were not). Sat down still making comments about ‘foreign food’ picked up her goujon to take a bite. I had the satisfaction of watching her face morph as she discovered it was in fact whole breaded fish, bones at all.
‘It didn’t help her mood but was pretty funny to watch.’
–Final_You7315
18.
‘Watching an English guy, speak in broken English in an attempt to make it easier to understand, to a Philippino hotel housekeeper ‘your English very very good’. She just said she was born in Manchester with a thick Manc accent and politely carried on.’
–NarrowPhrase5999
19.
‘The first holiday I ever went on was a cheap coach holiday to Salou just outside Barcelona in the ’80s. I was pretty young and don’t remember much, but I do remember being in a mini supermarket thing close to the hotel with my dad, and one of the other English tourists was in there looking for corned beef. And she was just saying ‘I’m looking for corned beef, CORNED BEEF, you know, corned moo moo, CORNED MOO MOO, CORNED MOO MOO…’
‘While the staff just stood there looking bemused. My dad called corned beef CORNED MOO MOO for the rest of his life.’
–uncle_monty
20.
‘I was behind a Brit family at Barcelona airport check in. The guy was giving the check in girl hell, shouting and swearing at the bloody Spanish etc etc. Finally when it was my turn I apologised for them. Not all English the same etc etc. She said not to worry. They will go to Gatwick but their luggage will go to Paris! Bloody brilliant! Lesson, never upset the check in staff.’
–No-Attention7567
21.
‘Sat in a Tokyo restaurant, British couple sat tutting this presumably local salaryman slurping his noodles, only to then resoundingly parp their noses into tissues at the table, receiving a few side eyes from other presumed locals.’
–Enolator
22.
‘In Corfu town I saw a Brit complaining to the waitress the ‘expresso’ he ordered was tiny and it didn’t have any milk in it.’
–Grouchy-Cream-5251
To sum up…
23.
‘Brits + all inclusive = nightmare.’
–lutoral
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