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33 Horrific Middle-Class Problems From 2015

"Too self-conscious to pay for Starbucks with the Apple Watch" and other tales. Via @middleclassprob.

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OH MY GOD!!! No extra virgin olive oil & I have focaccia in the oven!

2.

tonight, for the first time in my life, i experienced my wallet being too small to fit my money

3.

In other news, last night I had a nightmare that my homemade pesto had started to go off, and now I'm wondering what to make of my life

4.

I suggest you tell Platinum, First Class fliers that they not allowed in your lounges with flip flops before they fly, @Qantas! Muppets! 😡

5.

First world problems outside Waitrose this morning

6.

Why do no supermarket stock goose breasts. Grrrrrrrrrr

7.

Biggest letdown of the night: Waitrose Essentials Quinoa turns out not to exist. Yet.

8.

That was quite possibly the most frustrating day of photography ever. Was not loving Tuscany one little bit.

9.

I just recorded the sun setting and at the end some dumb boat blocked the entire beach from seeing it and the sun set over the boat.

10.

I need an emoji for having to clean the house before my cleaner shows up to clean my house.

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Very disappointed to learn that free tea with my new shining @waitrose card did not include chamomile

13.

Big design fault in Crouch End Waitrose is that you can't see all of the self service checkouts because of pillars in the way #architecture

14.

The hollandaise sauce on my eggs royale was too bland.

15.

My cleaner keeps on tagging me in posts on Facebook and it's getting embarrassing

16.

Dropped my phone in a bowl of quinoa and it's all stuck in the charging hole, day off 2 a good start

17.

Disastrous Sunday morning. This offensive @waitrose Surbiton parbaked baguette almost ruined our huevos rancheros.

18.

Interesting conversation on the train trying to explain to our au pair on the phone which vegetable in our cupboard is the butternut squash

19.

Left home half an hour ago and already deeply missing my mums Nespresso machine☕️

20.

My mom went to the store and didnt get sushi because she thought I didnt like it. I'm honestly about to kill myself

21.

QUINOA PASTA IS A LIE!!! There are MORE carbs in it than in whole wheat pasta and LESS protein. This is the worst betrayal of my life. 😭💔

22.

@middleclassprob Poor Alex James. Don't you just hate it when that happens?

23.

Worst cleaning nightmare: toddler spilled an entire open container of dry quinoa, then played in it, then walked around the house

24.

No! Just realise that I forgot to buy hummus. What am I supposed to dip my lentil crisps in? 😱

25.

@British_Airways - we're paying all this money to fly to LA and still no wifi on the plane?! It's 2015, unbelievable!

26.

Haven't had a good avocado in weeks 😔

27.

Too self-conscious to pay for Starbucks with the Apple Watch

28.

No feta in today's feta & lemon quinoa salad from @waitrose

29.

Bugger. Aga has gone out. No hot food or water till tomorrow.

30.

I've hurt my wrist from too much croquet

31.

Awkward moment when the TV in your jacuzzi doesn't work and you have to consult this guy! Dunno who's blushing more!😂

32.

Email from Waitrose: "Unfortunately we have had to remove bespoke quails eggs from our Pick Your Own Offers"

33.

As much as I love living in London, I sometimes wonder if I'd be better off in a place that doesn't have such easy access to halloumi...

These tweets were curated by Benjamin Lee, author of Middle Class Problems: Problems but not real actual problems, just middle class ones (Square Peg), with illustrations by Matt Blease.