Today we receive a comment from British fan Nick:

To Warby Parker,

Why….and yet again…why… don’t you ship to the UK? Are you not yet ready to take on the Brits? Are you embarrassed to ask for postage charges? Are you miffed because American Football is played with hands? Are you making excuses by only shipping to surrogate Brits (ie Canadians)? Are you mad at us Brits because you can’t pronounce ‘aluminium, nuclear, and missile’ properly?

-Nick



Dear Nick,

First of all, we’re just as sorry as you are that we are not available in the UK. Second, while we’re on the topic of Things We Want That You Have, have you paused to consider the long list of United Kingdom-oriented things that Americans lack? For starters:

White Lion bars, BBC, history, Michael Caine, Branston pickle, Parliamentary democracy, Curly Wurly, The IT Crowd, Tottenham Hotspur, Caitlin Moran, 221b Baker Street, Robinsons Orange Squash, PG tips, full breakfast, the British Library, Village pubs.

In conclusion, it seems that the old saying is true: the grass is always greener on the other side. Thank you for writing!



The Warby Parker team