r/AskUK

‘What was your most awkward workplace blunder?’ – 17 mortifying faux pas that would convince anyone to change jobs

People have been sharing the ‘most frugal’ acts they’ve ever witnessed – 22 examples of epic stinginess

Someone asked hospitality workers for examples of ‘customers acting like it’s their first day on earth’ – 24 people barely able to order a coffee

People have been sharing their ‘favourite one hit wonders’ – 21 stone cold bangers from artists who were never heard from again

People have been sharing the weird little rules they follow on a daily basis – 17 bizarre but harmless ways of living

Someone asked people who’d ever won a ‘lifetime supply’ of something how they had fared and it turns out you can have too much of a good thing

People are sharing the smells that immediately make them think of Britain – 21 scents that reek of Blighty

People have been sharing the times they’ve been shocked by a grown adult’s stone cold ignorance – 17 proper jaw droppers

People have been sharing their ‘ridiculous cultural blindspots’ after someone somehow thought Blur and Pulp were the same band – 22 exceptionally confused numpties

A cycling vegan coffee-snob asked the internet how they could become ‘even more insufferable’ – 23 ways to be an uber-irritating person

Someone asked about the bits of British life Americans romanticise which are ‘actually a bit rubbish’ – 23 UK stereotypes that don’t live up to the hype

‘What strange obsession did you have a child?’ – 23 people who were amazingly eccentric kids

‘What’s the most embarrassing way you’ve discovered that your cultural references are obsolete?’ – 21 people who think they’re still making Top of the Pops

Somebody asked about the things people do when WFH they would be ’embarrassed for your colleagues to find out about?’ – 21 frankly bizarre habits

What does the most annoying person you work with do that annoys you most? – 17 infuriating workplace habits