What behaviour British people hate the most?

[marie2020]

Hello

I am a foreigner and I am willing to know what is not accepted or may sound rude to British people, or things that foreigners do or say that British find odd.

Thank you

Pushing in queues is THE worst thing you can do, bar none.

Actively trying to make friends

Second to queue-pushing is talking to strangers' children.

Bragging, talking too much - especially about yourself and disagreeing with opinions.
We're a foreign family and whilst I think I'm quite in tune with what our British friends find annoying, I regularly cringe at parties when my husband starts with this...

Queue jumping is the worst by far.
Then taking up two seats on a train. Or putting your feet on the opposite seat.

Not queuing.

Anything that makes you seem "pushy". So if ordering in a restaurant/cafe say "please could I have/I'd like" instead of I want. Live life in the conditional tense and you'll be fine!

Definitely skipping the queue

Queue-jumping.
Being unnecessarily loud. Obviously if you're warning someone of a danger, it's forgivable (note I specified forgivable, not acceptable!)
Arrogance. Even by proxy - for example, pushy parents syndrome.
Lack of basic manners.

Agree with unnecessary loudness. Also not saying please thank you or if needed, sorry. We Brits love saying sorry to each other.

Lack of consideration for others.

We Brits love saying sorry to each other.

I read once that the average Brit says sorry 7 times a day which I thought seemed rather on the low side.

Just staing factually that you are good at something you are actually good at is seen as really boastful and self important. You have to downplay stuff

Taking yourself too seriously.
Being too nationalistic.

Boasting
Arrogance
lack of manners

Definitely not saying please and thank you.

Saying what you mean!

Using your own front garden

Lack of modesty, talking relentlessly about yourself pushing in a queue, arrogance, being over familiar, not following small talk rules: “how are you?” to a stranger does not require an honest response. No.1 though is ability to queue.

Not saying please and thank you
Pushing in the queue

Saying exactly what you mean, directly. We like to take a diversion to get to the point.

Also, injustice.

'How are you' requires ONLY 'not too bad thanks. You?' Anything else is unforgivable.

Sniffing and spitting. Urgh. Plenty of British people do these things obviously

Queue jumping.

Over sharing.
Asking someone what their name is.

'Watching the English' by Kate Fox is worth a read. She suggests that things the English enjoy are

Privacy (their own)
Gossip (about others)
Whinging
Refusing to take anything seriously.

Giving you an honest answer
Insisting that you make a decision
Non self depreciation 😱
Self promotion of any sort, other than on SM
Friends taking less than 10 years to invite you to their homes, oh the horror