Oh to be British.
The land that gave us Shakespeare has become as well-known for its quirky inhabitants and their social customs, as for the works of any famous playwright.
And British Twitter has done us a delight providing a glimpse into the passive-aggressive oddities that define its people with a hilarious hashtag: #AwfullyBritishOffences.
Behold: Britishness in all its awkward glory.
#AwfullyBritishOffences Ending a phone conservation without saying bye in at least three different ways. Cheers. Thanks. Bye
Heremy Junt (@Jeremy1Hunt) September 25, 2016
Asking “excuse me – are you queuing?” when you know they’re not, they’re just blocking your way #AwfullyBritishOffences
Rose Blackley (@rosybee03) September 25, 2016
Holding the door for someone & a further 50 people appear from nowhere and you’ve now become a doorman #AwfullyBritishOffences
Laura Jameson (@lozjam) September 25, 2016
Phoning somebody after 9pm, contrary to the They Might Have Gone To Bed Act 1968 #AwfullyBritishOffences
Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) September 25, 2016
Apologising to the shop mannequin you just bumped into #AwfullyBritishOffences
Spinksy (@Spinksythinks) September 25, 2016
Not waving when someone stops to let you cross the zebra crossing #awfullybritishoffences
London Constable (@LondonConstable) September 25, 2016
Apologising to strangers for not smoking when they ask you for a lighter. #AwfullyBritishOffences
SLB88 (@Busby_88) September 25, 2016
Putting the milk in before the teabag.#AwfullyBritishOffences pic.twitter.com/uxlilFjBuG
Hacker T Dog (@CBBC_Hacker) September 25, 2016
Invading half the world and then complaining about migrants #AwfullyBritishOffences
Joe W-P (@JoeW_P) September 25, 2016
#AwfullyBritishOffences Looking out of the bus window so you don’t feel obliged to give your seat to someone more needy
DavidC (@motheradamplay) September 26, 2016
Failing to find a daytime programme that doesn’t involve antiques, decorating or Jeremy Kyle.
It’s me, Michael. (@_MisterBlack_) September 26, 2016
Not knowing we have two Queens…….the one in the Palace and Elton John
Andrew (@1andrewfenton) September 25, 2016
