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us: "The package contains no lithium batteries. Here's a list of the contents on the customs declaration and a receipt for the duties paid."
them: "I have to bring my own box?! Isn't it your job to give me one for free? Also, whaddayamean I can't send cigarettes to my nephew back in my home country?!"
A guy in front of me: what do you mean I can't send black pudding to my friend on the other side of the country? I promised him I would send it. It doesn't matter it's bank holiday weekend, who cares that blood based perishable product would be in transit for a week and stink to high heaven, I promised!
That went on for at least 20 minutes. I had queued for a few hours and lost my will to live
I actually know a way he could have shipped it, but he probably wouldn't want to pay that much.
Freeze the black pudding, flash freeze if you have access to a commercial flash freezer. I don't know what the shops would be called in the UK, but here in the US you'd go to an industrial supply company like Granger, grab a styrofoam cooler as the "box", grab some packing peanuts as filler, and purchase half a pound of dry ice. Seal that up and the food can be in transit for up to 1.5 weeks without worries.
This is going to make my blood shipping so much easier.
Everybody laughing at this comment needs to know that THIS DOES HAPPEN. Ex-employee had to return her laptop, so we send a UPS return label via e-mail. She shows up at the UPS store with the laptop in hand and is surprised when they tell her it needs to be in a box. We received the laptop inside the wildest combination of two boxes taped back-to-back and filled with garbage that didn't even form effective packing material.
Some people have literally never shipped anything in their life before, despite being 30 🤷
I've never shipped anything through a UPS store but their website explicitly states that they offer packing services.
Yeah they sell boxes and shit there. I don’t know what that other commenter is complaining about. I’ve had to ship laptops back to employers. Usually they first ship you an empty box specifically for shipping laptops. It even includes a sticker you put on the outside about lithium batteries or whatever. I’d say it’s more the company’s fault and not this ex-employee’s fault for how the laptop is returned. Plus I’ve had to return laptops to places where I’ve been laid off. They’re lucky I didn’t piss on the thing and take a hammer to it. They can be happy they are getting back anything at all. Send a goddamn shipping box for Jesus.