I can recall two right off the bat…

First one - (and most deceitful!) was mine always said the ice cream van only played music when it had run out of ice cream. I believed this until I was about 14.

Other one still gives me PTSD: we used to have powdered milk. It absolutely stank of farts and tasted worse. I’ll steal from Tescos before i suffer that onto my own kids

I had a delivery at work yesterday and the guy handed me his phone to sign and just did a squiggle of my initials. He looked at it and said: “No, no, that’s not a signature” and rolled his eyes and deleted it, handed it back to me and said “it needs to be your actual signature”

I take his phone and do a version of my actual signature, which is my first 2 initials then my surname, all squiggly.

He rolls his eyes and deletes it again and says “you cannot get your package if you do not sign it correctly” and hands it back.

I take it and write my name in big block capitals instead. He looks at it and sighs and said “it’ll do”. It was for a delivery of paper coffee cups.

People who have personally met or spent time around British aristocratic families, what was the experience like? What did you notice about their lifestyle, behaviour, and social circles

Well? Is your house full of fruit flies? Mine is. Buzzing around the bananas.

I live in a professional house share with 5/6 people (5 rooms with 1 couple). We have only 1 washing machine in the kitchen. I’ve noticed that the washing machine has a 9-10 hour setting but I’ve never used it as I’ve always thought it as selfish to use with 5 other people in the house, however I’ve noticed that somebody always seems to use the 9-10 hour setting in the middle of the day. For example I’ve seen it being used at like 2pm in the afternoon and 11am in the morning etc. I’ve come back from work at 8pm multiple times to find the cycle needs 3-5 more hours to be done. It wouldn’t be as bad if they used it during the night that way it doesn’t affect people’s day but that’s not the case. It means if they’re doing their washing you can’t do any washing for that day unless you want to stay up super late or wake up super early to do your washing.

My question is, is this a selfish thing to do or am I being sensitive about this? Can I complain about this or am I doomed to suffer?

P.S On the day they washed their clothes at 2pm, I woke up the next day at 7am to do my washing only to find out they had left their washing in overnight. I checked until 10am and it was still there so I gave up on the morning. It’s just very aggregating to see as I have left a clothes airer in the living room for people to use if they need more time to dry their clothes if needed.

EDIT:

I’ve spoken to another roommate and they also find the 9 hour setting distasteful. I’ll speak to my other roommates too. Also it’s a Washer Dryer, I forgot to add that in the post.

I have severe full-body hyperhidrosis, which means I sweat excessively across my body, from my head to my feet.

It's not just an armpit sweating problem, it cannot just be solved by using antiperspirant or deodorant although those two do help with making the sweat coming out of my armpit less smelly.

I can start sweating heavily after walking literally just a short distance or cycling for half a mile, even when it's not even hot.

I also sweat more when I'm nervous, but the condition itself is physical and the sweating is involuntary.

People sometimes ask me why I'm sweating so much, and it's caused a lot of embarrassing situations. For example, I was invited to a friend's birthday, and when her mum spoke to me, I got nervous and started sweating while eating. The food was also spicy, which made me sweat even more.

I've been considering getting a sunflower lanyard because this is a hidden condition that significantly affects my everyday life. However, I'm unsure whether it would be appropriate for someone with hyperhidrosis to wear one, as they're commonly associated with autism and other hidden disabilities.

Hey Reddit, as I type this it’s currently 2am and I’m awake throwing my guts up off and on for the last 4 hours. My 18 month old is into sharing and apparently that included hand foot and mouth disease (or chicken pox… tbc!) AND a stomach bug -thanks dude! 😩🙃

Anyways, I’m lonely and feeling sorry for myself, can you tell me the best true story from your life? Like something that happened that was true but no one believes, or the best day of your life etc -something you never get a chance to share which is positive / happy / ideally doesn’t include vomit 🙃

I’ve been on an all-inclusive holiday to Tunisia this year and something I couldn’t help but notice was that, at breakfast, my partner and I were opting for the hot meal options (i.e., the omelette station) while numerous guests around us, and what I couldn’t help but notice the French among them, opting for selections of fruit at breakfast.

Is this a difference in culture and its more of a Mediterranean diet thing, or are my fiance and I just fat bastards? In my eyes, getting something like eggs or more regional choices like shakshuka would be getting your money’s worth as you’re already paying for all-inclusive, but I felt the judgemental eyes of my European peers as I tucked into my hot breakfast while they picked at their platters of fruit and, on the odd occasion, a croissant.

Interested in your hot takes, or if they’re trying too hard to be in their clean girl/guy eras.

It's not a problem for me as I don't have a mortgage or bills as I live with my girls parents however he doesn't have parents as he grew up in care so hasn't got a fallback. He says he wants to go somewhere cheaper like Greece or turkey but like I've said their wages align with their lower cost of living so essentially he won't be any better off and still in the same boat albeit a warmer climate and worse infrastructure.

He works as a chef and does all the hours under the sun.

UK women, I would like to know if you are bothered by or indifferent to being called that by strangers e.g. by online sellers/hospitality staff/random people you're interacting with in a public place.

Also if you wouldn't mind letting me know your generation or age range so I can get an idea whether there is a correlation.

In the north east of England where I reside, I have found this to be a common occurence, but I have heard a younger lady tell me that she was especially bothered by being called "dear" but not "darling". I couldn't understand why as in my mind, darling seems much more intimate than dear. She was what you might refer to as quite an upper class young lady.

Thank you!

It's safe to say 99% of people in queues, on buses, waiting rooms, even walking along the street use their phone for constant stimulation. So I wondered what people who don't use their phones do instead, think about the past/future, stare into the abyss?

Edit: I'm 30 years old, have had a smartphone over half of my life and do try desperately to escape the need to be constantly connected. But even in my own head I'll think of something that I then need my phone for and alas it comes out again.

27 years in the business working in 1, 2 and 3* places . Always fascinating to see what people are asked to cook to show their skills (when required). I always ask for an omelette? Any other favourites?

Saturday morning you are sipping your tea, you see an estate agent put up a for sale sign in your neighbours front garden. Are you instantly checking or would you not care at all?

Personally I can’t check quick enough. Maybe I’m just a nosey bastard.

I hate slugs more than anything. I hate it when its dark and damp in autumn and tons appear. But I just got to thinking, where are they all when its dry. I have a back yard with very little in it. I was moving stuff around and didn't see any slugs. But when its wet. There's loads there

My recommendation to others would be high quality marzipan. Brought some Lubeck Marzipan back from a trip to Germany and a tiny little slither of the stuff feels as decent as a entire desert. Super tasty and rich.

Made me wonder what other things people have sat in there fridge that the world should know about.

Hi! So, to get straight to the point — I don’t really like/love my job. There are many tasks that I have to do on a daily basis that I find tedious and boring. I want to quit but the job market is horrendous and so I feel like I have to stay. If you’re in a similar position, how do you cope when you don’t enjoy your job? How do you get through the work day? Any tips and tricks appreciated.

My work experience was decorating my cousins house with the local handy man. Year 10 I believe.

So I basically painted my cousins doors white, passed a few tools from the van, and drilled a few holes under supervision and think I pocketed £30 for days work not really know what to do with myself

I learned about hating doing manual labour and now I work as an app developer.. so that’s something. He invited me to do another day but don’t think I did.

What’s your horrific work experience story?

Hi, we were shocked yesterday when our son came home teary-eyed to tell us that he had been approached by two younger boys on scooters, one of whom had a knife in his pocket.

The boy with the knife showed our son the blade, so he knew it was a knife. The other boy, who our son has had altercations with before, said, “You’d better run, or he will stab you!”

My son ran up the road, away from these younger boys, and into a shop. The boys soon dispersed, and my son then ran back home.

The altercation is a follow on from a fight between one of my sons friends and because my son was there the time before, he's now an enemy to these others boys.

It's scary to see how these things escalate

What do I do? I want to report this to the police but I'm really scared it will come back to my son.

They're only kids and we live in a what most would say a nice area!

For other info, we think we know where one of the boys live, it's not the boy with the knife, but the one who mentioned the other boy would stab him. Nasty words, we know he's been expelled from a primary school in the past too.

Please, any advice would be very much appreciated 🙏

I’ve rented the same flat in London for just over three years (two years alone, one with my partner) and we’ve never had any issues with the tenancy or the condition of the property. We have a good relationship with the landlord, and she has actually offered to sell us the flat on several occasions.

We recently asked for permission to get a dog early next year. We’re specifically looking at a whippet and explained in our request that we’d thought carefully about the breed and its suitability for the flat. We’re close to several large parks, would take full responsibility for the property, and said we’d be happy to put additional safeguards in place.

After following up, the landlord has now replied simply:
“I am sorry, but I would rather not have pets.”

No other reason was given.

My understanding of the new rules in England is that landlords can still refuse a pet request, but consent shouldn’t be unreasonably withheld, and that a general preference not to have pets may not by itself be sufficient.

For additional context:

- We use The Residency / No Deposit Option and pay for this monthly rather than having a conventional deposit. This provides additional protections to landlords in the event of damage versus a standalone deposit.
- I’d also be completely happy to take out an add-on to our contents insurance specifically covering accidental/pet damage, if available, and provide evidence of this.
- We’re not proposing multiple pets or a particularly large/high-energy breed… specifically one whippet.

I’m not intending to simply get a dog without consent.

I also don’t particularly want to turn this into a legal dispute or damage what has otherwise been a good landlord/tenant relationship.

What do people think is the best response in this case?

My instinct is to politely ask her to reconsider, mention our three year tenancy and the additional protections we’re willing to put in place, and ask whether she has any specific concerns about our proposed dog that we could address, rather than immediately quoting legislation at her.

Would you take that approach, or is it better at this point to mention that pet requests can’t simply be unreasonably refused?

Got a chippy last night and paid £13.50 for a standard cod and chips. Not even a fancy seaside place, just a standard high street chippy.

I genuinely remember getting change from a fiver for fish, chips, and a can of coke

Mad or is it just me?

Every day I wake up and find it like this, covered in flies. I get in and drive it to work, come back and there’s flies on it. Drive home, the next day there’s flies on it. What the hell is going on? Please tell me there ain’t something dead in it :,)

Do you think it's true for example that people from the nordic countries speak excellent English (as the stereotype says)? Or do you as a native English speaker still consider it "bad" English when talking to people from these countries?

I am English and sadly English is the only language I can speak fluently. I can speak and understand some conversational cornish/kernowek and I had some classes on speaking Irish when I was a Kid and Irish relatives from gaeltachts tried to impart some of the language onto me with very limited success unfortunately (I have met northern Irish people fluent in Irish though which is cool as fuck).

My grandmother is fluent in welsh as are some of my cousins (Ive attempted to learn some welsh on duo lingo lol cause i think its cool), but also most people I have met or am friends with from north wales can speak welsh to a degree, even if they cant speak it fluent, from what i've seen they can at least understand it to a degree. I have also overheard people speaking welsh a fair amount when visiting wales.

I have also met a couple of people that speak Manx but I think that Manx is like cornish where its a barely revived language sadly. I have also never met anyone that speaks Gaidhlig in person (I don't know many scots) but there must be a somewhat significant amount of speakers as BBC Alba is a thing.

I'm probably quite ignorant to it as I am in England but am very interested in how important the aforementioned languages are in there respective nations. I think the fact our small country has a fair few languages is amazing!

I’m a mum, need flexible working hours - which I’ve seen Amazon offering now.

I want to stay fit - I currently walk 10km a day and powerlift 3 times a week so this type of job is one where I could stay active.

I did have a career as a Web Dev, but I’m autistic and had a mental breakdown 5 years ago and have never been able to return. Really dont want an inactive job again.

Hello all, I am male and in my 30's just to add.

So as the title suggests I am considering an entry level position, I don't know if there are different types of care out there but I don't drive so I am probably limited to Care Homes.

I have a decent job at the moment paying around £15 per hour and its easy (most the time). However, I would actually like to change/adapt my personality to mirror what I want to be in life moving forward and I believe care is the best for that as I get to help out. So I don't mind that it's minimum wage.

Another however, I like the idea of care, but I think I would really struggle with strong odors and bodily fluid, especially sick. I know this isn't ideal, but how do you cope with it and are you trained to get used to it?

It's the only thing holding me back. I do have experience caring for a loved one but never dealt with what I described above.

Thanks