the corner office

... when I said our staff, er 'stuff' had arrived:

When we spoke to the removals company, we were advised against packing our belongings ourselves. If your goods are marked 'PBO' (packed by owner) it's apparently a guarantee that HM Customs will rip your boxes open and go through all your staff/stuff thoroughly. So even if you have things already stored in boxes, the movers will open the boxes, make a note of the contents, and re-pack them. I don't see what comfort HM Customs draws from boxes labelled 'stuff', but it seems to work for everyone, so I'm not complaining.

That bubble-wrap they use is evil though. It's part-paper and part-plastic, so I don't think it's recyclable. Not only that, but they go crazy with the wrapping, so that after unwrapping half the furniture we brought over, and only a few boxes, we've already got one full car-load of the stuff to get rid of. The worst part is it's impossible to pop the bubbles!