What it's like to be British - light hearted

That's interesting Grammaretto. Once my DD was working with some children. A little girl said, 'Pass the biscuits.' DD replied, 'Pass the biscuits?' and gave her a questioning look. The wee thing very politely then said, 'Pass the biscuits the now!' (Scottish term!)

Did you know the Danes have no word for please?
They say thank you but when asking for something they just bark their needs without niceties.

Being quick to take offence I put off telling my mum that she was spelling my married name wrongly. She gave me a glare and said "does it matter" and to keep the peace I didn't mention it again.
Most of the above I can relate to but my mum was very different. She would have told the seat hogger and hairdresser in no uncertain terms of she was not happy. She was British btw.

So true aveline except that I do rearrange my hair whilst I’m still sitting in the chair, then I say ‘there, that’s better’ hairdresser knows me well enough to just roll her eyes.

I saw this on Twitter. Every single one applied to me.

100% me.

I add to the list, being surprised when someone not British takes my polite but insincere apology for a real one. Bl**Dy idiots! LOL ?

Most of them of course! That’s why when abroad people sound abrupt if not rude. Not forgetting our great sense of humour too!

I laughed aloud at many of those. I like the overtaking someone on foot, then having to keep up the pace.

I always wait while someone checks my proffered exact money. Just in case it isn’t.

At my age nowadays I just glare and say “sorry”, meaning move that bag. I do love the “is anyone sitting there?” though.

I’m forever apologising to myself for little things such as turning two pages in a book, I say “Ooh sorry” and in similar trivial instances.

The haircut one really resonated with me, since I once had a truly disastrous one - didn’t realise until he showed me the back - like a drastic short back and sides!
And yet he’d always cut it fine before.
I was in tears at once - they said I didn’t need to pay, but of course I did.
Got home and immediately phoned dd1, who was away at university. I can’t possibly repeat what I said the cut made me look like - probably wouldn’t have said it in public even 25 years ago.

Dd promptly phoned the salon and gave them a bollocking!

Only a day or so later, though, I felt so bad for having made such a fuss about my hair, which would soon grow back - when dd phoned in tears to say that a male friend, who’d once stayed with us, had been killed in a road accident in Moscow, where he was studying.
That was a lesson I’ve never forgotten.

What a joy to be British.
I think we also do sarcasm like no other country.

My son-in-law's mother has been calling my husband by the wrong name and misspelling our surname on Christmas cards for fifteen years now. Have I put her right? No.

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Quite a few of these!

OTOH I have no problem with saying, ‘Would you mind moving your bag, please?’ to those people on buses pretending to be so engrossed in their phones that they haven’t noticed other people standing. And blithely ignoring the eyeroll that often follows.

Oh, I misread it. Just ignore me. I’m an idiot

What’s with number 1?
The coke and dead goat scenario?
Who’s going to empathise with that?
Sorry to be picky , but it just stands out like a sore thumb. Or a dead goat …?

So true especially the train "etiquette".
"Is anyone sitting there?" when there is clearly just a bag
The listening to a recording of my own voice

I recently tried to avoid the embarrassment of forgetting someone's name by asking another friend. She didn't remember either.

Oh yes, this list is based on my life!
Nice to realise I’m not on my own though.

CornflowerBlue A friendly acquaintance called me by the wrong name for years, which was the name of my closest friend who had died, whom she knew too.
In the end I had to say that I wasn't her, she had died.

Now the friendly acquaintance avoids calling me anything.

That list made me laugh PinkCosmos so true, I can relate to most of those.
I even apologise to the dog when she trips me up.

If I wanted to eat a bag of crisps or sweets on a train, I would do so, after offering some to the person or people next to me .

This would never happen in Britain.

The second one made me laugh, 'right'. I listen to BBC History podcast, and the host always says 'right' just before he starts his podcast. I think it's the editor. I find it amusing for some reason.

Oh dear that’s definitely me I even apologise to the fxxgging ant when I accidentally step on it
I apologise for everything I haven’t done I accept the haircut I didn’t like and even make another appointment hoping it ll be better next time because I can’t offend the girl

Oh, I did chuckle through these! And sadly recognised myself in many of them!! Mishearing someone's name took me back to when I was a young, shy mum. I met another mum at the toddler group, and asked her her name, to which she told me it was "Vagina"! I was flummoxed so asked her again. She repeated it. I didn't quite know what to think, and it took me some while to realise she must have said "Regina"!!! So that's what I called her for years, though luckily we didn't see each other often! Years later, I found out her name was Joanna!!!!! Luckily we've moved so I don't see her anymore (that wasn't why we moved, I must add!!!)

Oh so true! At least I'm not alone.

If I want to eat crisps on a train, I will.
If I hold the door open for someone and they don’t acknowledge that, they here me loud and clear telling them I’m not the doorman.
So many more british traits that just aren’t me.

That’s me. I thought I was the only one!