Things you hate about the UK

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

The National Health Service.

My lad hurt his knee playing footie early this week. In fact he heard something pop in his knee. Went to the hospital was seen within 2 hours, had a X-ray which was inconclusive. Given crutches by a physio, referred to a Specialist.

He left and that appointment dropped through his letter box two days later and is for early January.

My mate who spends a lot of time out in his pad in South Africa.

His missus fell and broke her wrist/arm which needed an operation to have it pinned.

Although he has full comprehensive insurance he still had to pay for the X-Rays..........he's hoping he'll get that cost back from the insurance but he might not.

The UK has it's faults but I wouldn't live anywhere else.

 

[aguero93:20]

The National Health Service.

My lad hurt his knee playing footie early this week. In fact he heard something pop in his knee. Went to the hospital was seen within 2 hours, had a X-ray which was inconclusive. Given crutches by a physio, referred to a Specialist.

He left and that appointment dropped through his letter box two days later and is for early January.

My mate who spends a lot of time out in his pad in South Africa.

His missus fell and broke her wrist/arm which needed an operation to have it pinned.

Although he has full comprehensive insurance he still had to pay for the X-Rays..........he's hoping he'll get that cost back from the insurance but he might not.

The UK has it's faults but I wouldn't live anywhere else.

True that, mate works as a personal trainer in New York, did his ACL 2 weeks ago, insurance only covers work and he was playing hurling when it happened so $30k+ on the operation and aftercare and 7 months or so out of work, he's going to move back temporarily as he doesn't have the money, will have to rebuild his client base when he goes back over though.

 

[andyhinch]

True that, mate works as a personal trainer in New York, did his ACL 2 weeks ago, insurance only covers work and he was playing hurling when it happened so $30k+ on the operation and aftercare and 7 months or so out of work, he's going to move back temporarily as he doesn't have the money, will have to rebuild his client base when he goes back over though.

A. He should have lied.
B. He should brick their fucking windows in.

 

[aguero93:20]

A. He should have lied.
B. He should brick their fucking windows in.

A. Wouldn't have done him much good, got stretchered off the pitch and into an ambulance.
B. Not enough torching things involved.

 

[Newman Noggs]

The all pervasive victim culture. As a middle aged, white male or "pale, stale,male" as I am affectionately termed in a strictly non-judgemental, non-racist and non-sexist way, I find that I am unwittingly responsible for every ill that afflicts every other member of our society, even apparent ills that occurred before I was born.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Fibre speeds, got a lot of mates all over eu and many enjoy brutal speeds. In Stockholm you can get gbit for 10 euro a month. The same line to me who also lives close to a big city thus open to a vlan type ring in a city would pay an eye watering amount more. If i lived bang in Manchester (big apartment building) i could get gbit but still 60 quid a month. To my house here, 2.3k a month thanks very much.

Exactly this, our infrastructure is naff in comparison to others; I also hate how bad upload speeds are in this country

 

[Tugay One Cup]

The speed of which intense, tribalistic opinions are formed around topics people previously didn't care about and the presentation of such views in an implicit, passive aggressive manner so as to simultaeneuously feel assertive whilst also remaining just ambiguous and sarcastic enough to offer an escape route should you be pulled up by someone who actually knows what they're talking about.

Russell Howard, Andy Parsons and the rest of their gaggle of Dave-approved alleged comedians who just make unfunny observations loudly.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

From afar/frequent visitor

Reality TV
Celebrity culture
Current muscle/hard man phase
Litter
Benefits culture
Ridiculous cost of last minute train tickets
Housing prices
Ridiculous zoning/building permission
Rip Off Britain business culture
The very high cost of quality
Londoncentricity...

...none of which trump the fact that parts of Britain are some of the most beautiful places on earth and I would love to live there one day!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

The speed of which intense, tribalistic opinions are formed around topics people previously didn't care about and the presentation of such views in an implicit, passive aggressive manner so as to simultaeneuously feel assertive whilst also remaining just ambiguous and sarcastic enough to offer an escape route should you be pulled up by someone who actually knows what they're talking about.

Brilliant! I think. Unless, of course, I'm shown to be wrong, in which case I was being sarcastic...albeit, not obviously, because where's the fun in that, eh?!

 

[Jacob Smith]

Blame culture & "celebrities" who nobody knows why they're famous