I’m originally from the UK but I’m now in Canada and I hover around some groups of people from the UK online and in person and I swear the Brits are the most whiny people to ever move anywhere. These people genuinely move to places and expect it to be exactly like the UK and when it’s not they shit on the country. Idk if it’s some leftover colonial mindset or something that hasn’t been removed from their psyche?
I’ve heard people complain that there’s no British cream (like the standard whipping cream which exists but is called something different) in stores, British bread, British seasonings, very specific type of curry called the brimingham balti which I don’t think I’ve seen outside of northern England. Amongst many other things and it’s absolutely mind blowing
Genuinely makes me embarassed to be in anyway related to these people. Anyone else get absolutely sick of your old countries people?
Yeah I’m from the us living in the uk in an area that has more Americans in it than anyplace else in England (military base nearby) and people complain so much about the things we can’t get or that things are different or about the UK’s prioritization of recycling or that there aren’t drive throughs for a lot of things.
I try to give people slack because many of them didn’t want to live here, just got orders to do so, but even still it’s insane how averse they are to new experiences. There are people who live, send their kids to school, shop, go to the grocery store (even though base groceries are more expensive), and work (civilian spouse) on base, never leaving because it’s “so convenient” AKA they don’t have to leave their American comfort zone.
There are reasons I’m ready to get back to the US but in the mean time im in England and it seems logical to just make the best of it.