r/AskUK

Someone asked for people’s ‘bad interview stories’ and these people were only too happy to oblige – 23 recruitment shockers

People have been sharing ‘life admin tasks they have completely given up on’ – 21 people who shrugged off the shackles of tedium

Someone who saw a plastering business called Fatboy Skim asked about ‘other hilarious business names’ – 22 outrageously enjoyable puns

Someone asked about ‘specific objects’ that make us nostalgic for UK primary schools – 23 people who still have a drawers full of pencil sharpenings

People have been sharing their ‘small ideas to make the UK better’ – 23 little tweaks that would make a world of difference

People have been sharing the times someone piped up at the ‘speak now or forever hold your peace’ bit at a marriage – 21 total wedding ruiners

Someone asked about folks who have ‘friction with their in-laws’ – 21 people who married into extreme irritation

Someone asked about the ‘worst excuse’ people have used to get out of work – 21 employees who swapped their morals for a duvet day

People have been sharing the ‘best worst’ tattoos they’ve ever seen – 23 absolute humdingers that are never coming off

‘What’s the most British song ever?’ – 22 contenders for the alternative UK national anthem

‘What ‘thing’ from the 80s or 90s would the younger generation not believe?’ – 23 ways the world has massively changed

‘What was your last interaction with an absolute jobsworth?’ – 21 petty people obsessed with sticking to the rules

People have been sharing the ‘funniest or weirdest’ things they’ve seen on a train – 21 spectacles that almost make rail travel worth the money

‘What completely normal UK thing are you embarrassingly bad at?’ – 22 people who can’t even queue properly

People shared the mad stuff that happened at their school that simply wouldn’t fly today – 17 eye-opening hijinks from back in the day