50 Fails Of The Decade That Could Only Happen In BritainSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemap Posted on 27 Dec 2019 50 Fails Of The Decade That Could Only Happen In BritainGreat work, everyone. by Jamie JonesBuzzFeed ContributorFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 This person who received an unexpected cake Em @emilyseggie_ My mum ordered a cake for my sisters bd n asked for a blond girl on top but it autocorrected to blind n we got this 08:14 PM - 16 Aug 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 2 This person who made an unfortunate mistake emma-leigh @emmaleighbenson walking into my room and throwing my cup of tea on the bed instead of my phone just sums my life up really 08:01 PM - 13 Oct 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 3 This boss who tried fixing her broken laptop phwoarrr fishy #MAGA @mustafayadigg Guys. Let me tell you what my manager did today. A grown woman, on 6 figure salary. Poured a cup of tea on her work laptop and the keyboard stopped working. I told her to put it in rice. So she went to M&S Please look at this 03:33 PM - 04 Jun 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 4 This person who was turned down Amy Burgess @amy_burgess10 if you’re having a bad day at least you didnt get pied with the phrase ‘I’m busy everyday for the rest of the year’ 07:19 PM - 12 Mar 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 5 This person who was too polite to issue a correction sophie @sophxthompson Just went to Tesco and asked if they had any plasters and the woman thought I said pasta and now I’m stood staring at penne because I was too scared to say no 08:02 AM - 07 Aug 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 6 This dad who misused Facebook JB @JBwol Shout out to my Dad who has accidentally listed 600 seals and 180 of their pups for sale on Facebook. 05:31 PM - 20 Nov 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 7 This student who needs new roommates Kieran Riley @KieranRiley123 What the fuck am I at uni with? 02:42 PM - 27 Sep 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 8 This job seeker who should have double-checked her CV Leonardo DiCaprisun @Heatherrnab Applied for a job and got this email back 02:21 PM - 06 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 9 This customer who made an embarrassing complaint Jake Bunyan @JakeBunyan4 Some guy in Gregg’s in Cumnock moaning about his sausage roll being ‘stane caul.’ Handed it back to the woman to feel it and she’s like ‘aye it will be stane caul, that’s yer eclair’ 12:23 PM - 15 Dec 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 10 This person who wasn t paying attention Lucy Topping @lucytopping Ive been in my house for about two hours, I just looked up and there’s TWO PIGEONS in my sitting room watching me eat my tea. What the fuck do I do? 08:12 PM - 23 Apr 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 11 This person who had a few drinks too many tia rae @TiaToldYouSo I think it’s fair to say I should never drink again 02:03 PM - 17 Feb 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 12 This patient who got confused at the doctors . @HamidurR96 If you're ever embarrassed, just remember, i told my GP i had morning sickness once. I was being dead SERIOUS too. For a long time i thought 'morning sickness' was being sick in the morning, until i was told its to do with pregnancy. Thats an L i had to firm 12:24 AM - 11 Nov 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 13 This dad who got an unfortunate tattoo Chloé @wh0sherface 1) that's the worst hing AV saw 2) that's ment to be me 3) THATS NO MA DATE OF BIRTH 4) that's Ma da's leg 09:28 AM - 23 Jul 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 14 This dad who got off to a bad start Tom @tdawks Strong start to my Dad's whatsapp career. 10:00 AM - 24 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 15 This passenger who thought he d made a terrible mistake KB @KickingK I was on the Eurostar earlier and I saw this family freak over something. The father went to talk to a member of staff & he came back to say “It’s okay, Londres is French for London” 03:22 PM - 03 Sep 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 16 This person who made a memorable impression at her brother s wedding Caoimhín @K_47 Three years ago, I married the love of my life and my sister fell over 01:38 PM - 25 Jul 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 17 This passenger who confused the inspector Olivia Mace @livmace My period tracker apps the same colour as the trainline one. Just showed a bemused inspector that I’m ovulating. 01:02 PM - 11 Aug 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 18 These builders who made an insulting mix up anna leighton x @anna_leighton Sooo the builders in my house have just asked if my mum has 3 daughters.... they think 2 of the daughters are actually me with and without make up. Absolutely creased but also very hurt x 12:41 PM - 16 May 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 19 This mum who somehow managed to order a single sprout Barest of margins @Kingkeir Incredible scenes as the Xmas food delivery arrives, my mum has managed to order a single sprout. 07:58 PM - 22 Dec 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 20 This movie watcher who probably should have seen the plot point coming Hannah Sheperd @hannahgotw1tter Bridget Jones's Baby. The woman next to me gasped when the test came back positive. Bridget Jones's Baby. This is not a shock. 11:44 PM - 09 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 21 This person who will probably never date again sophie @hxelprincess well I'm never using tinder again 06:03 PM - 04 Feb 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 22 This mum who thought her son was on drugs jake @jacobmdci don’t usually tweet right, but I’ve just come home to my mum crying her eyes out asking if i do crystal meth because she found prawn cracker crumbs in a bag on my bedside table 12:29 PM - 11 Apr 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 23 This person who made way too much effort olivia donovan @_oliviadonovan I can’t stop thinking about the fact we had a fancy dress work night out n none of us told our friend we weren’t dressing up n she came out as Shrek 05:30 PM - 06 Sep 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 24 This customer who missed the point Hannah Jane Parkinson @ladyhaja just absolutely died at this 01:22 PM - 16 Feb 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 25 This Starbucks worker who wrote out an accent El @elliestowell lol maybe my accents more northern than I thought 12:11 PM - 25 Oct 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 26 This son who thought he was special Adam Melia @Adam__Melia My friend Luke didn’t realise until he was an adult that lukewarm was a real temperature, he thought it was just a term his mum used to describe his bath water. 09:10 AM - 05 Aug 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite 27 This boyfriend who nearly had a heart attack yungholmes @unclehxlmes My girlfriend's hairclip nearly put me in cardiac arrest... 01:08 PM - 07 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 28 This person who needed further instructions Twitter: @Gungadin1875 29 This boyfriend who failed with his romantic gesture harriet @_harrietm my ex just slid into my DMs with the “this song reminds me of us” youtube drop but rather than link the song he accidentally linked andy carroll’s bicycle kick goal against crystal palace. cool 05:32 AM - 10 Feb 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 30 This shop assistant who was pranked SOPHIE @_sophietaylorr So work made me do this tannoy 3 times without me realising it was ‘anyone for a blow job’ 09:20 PM - 05 Dec 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 31 This person who should have packed the night before Joe @JoeeCambo My dad’s mate overslept his alarm and had to get on a flight within an hour so he shoved all the clothes on his bed into his suitcase, but when he got to the airport he found out he’d packed his fucking cat AHAHAHAHAHHAHAH I’m not even lying 12:39 AM - 11 Dec 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 32 This person who fell asleep on a sunny day cupcake fuckface @elley5sos Never sleep outside with cereal guys xxxxx 07:42 PM - 02 Jun 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 33 This person who thought she saw a football Twitter: @ShemShady_ 34 This mum who made a horrific mistake Molly Robbins @MCreativeCakes Text from mum - having trouble sticking lashes on without her glasses.. turns out she was trying to glue a dead fly to her eyelid. I'm out. 07:21 AM - 29 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 35 This person who thought they d found the perfect costume for their dog Twitter: @gregecky 36 This person who couldn t work a hot water bottle Twitter: @_jmdy 37 This employee who needs their eyes tested Pepe Silvia @d4nji ONE OF MY MUMS EMPLOYEES ACCEPTED THIS AS PAYMENT HAHAHAHA 01:40 PM - 04 Mar 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 38 And this employee who could also do with more training Kaito @kaitlessness We’ve been pure mugged off at work lmao sick 04:36 PM - 22 Sep 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite 39 This delivery guy who needed more specific directions Barnesy @3arnesy Delivery guy: Could I use your toilet? Me: Yes sure it's the door under the stairs. Delivery guy: Which one? Me: Erm, the person sized door. 01:20 PM - 27 Jul 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 40 This student who gave her best answer Ryan Printy @RyanPrinty My wee sister was doing farms at school and at the end of it made a quiz n a really can't believe one of the answers 05:36 PM - 23 Jun 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 41 This person who had a long recovery ahead of them Maisey Charters @maiseycharters_ All this for a few burnt finger tips ??? Are the NHS actual havin ma life 08:05 PM - 23 Jun 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 42 This worker who made an unappreciated joke olivia @_olivianiz Cba, customer asked to return a camo jacket and I said I couldn't see it and she's reported me 02:52 PM - 20 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 43 This nightclub goer getting caught in the act Steffan Storch @SteffanStorch Really enjoying this subtle art thief caught out by a nightclub photographer in Swansea 03:19 PM - 03 Jan 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 44 And this person who was the victim of an optical illusion el @_elbailey My sister's arm in this club photo looks about 6ft long I'm crying 04:21 PM - 01 May 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 45 This person who needed a builder s t e f @steffan888 Just fell through the roof trying to get the cat canny believe it she's still up there tae 05:56 PM - 23 May 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite 46 This mum who was just trying to help Twitter: @steffan888 47 This traveller who used the wrong printer IMEE @_aimeeconnolly Hannah's printed Claire's boarding pass out on A1 am sobbing hahahaha state a that 04:17 AM - 22 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 48 And this person who drunk text an airport Annie Severn @annievicvic Most people drunk text their ex or someone they fancy.... Not me.... What the actual fuck was going through my drunken mind 09:40 PM - 27 Sep 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite 49 This mum who was tricked into spelling a rude word jacko @letseatmusic This is still my favourite ever family photo. My mum did the "O". We told her we were going to write "Love". 08:00 PM - 02 Nov 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 50 This person who was more generous than she intended to be ???? . ????? @alixcowan saw £20 lying on the floor beside my foot in edinbrugh, picked it up and gave it to a guy holding a charity box....walked away all chuffed with myself only now to realise it was mine and it had fallen out my pocket hate maself now 02:22 PM - 25 Jun 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.