Thread by @Seven7Kevin

Today was the annual send-the-Christmas-parcels-off-to-friends-and-family-across-Europe day. 🇬🇧📦🇪🇺

It didn't go well.

Maybe one for the amusement of @vivamjm
1/9

A selection of comments...
"Something's wrong, it's asking for codes"
"What are all these codes about?"
"Do I have to fill them in?"
"I can't believe *anyone* is filling them in"
"What happens if I don't fill them in?"

2/9

More comments:

"I never had to do any of this before"
"There must be another way, I'm going to try another courier / Royal Mail / Parcelforce / etc - they won't ask for this nonsense"
"Have I got to do this for *every* *single* *thing*?"
3/9

The answer to virtually all of the above is: we're not in the EU anymore. That has consequences. Yes, even for you.

And everything ⬇️ is the detailed consequence of not being in the EU.
4/9

And that's before we got to the specific details, like...

"What's the code for a scarf?"

- What is it made of?
"I don't know."

- Where was it made?
"I don't know."

- How much did you pay for it?
"I don't know."

I knew then that this was going to take a while.
5/9

And later...

"What's the code for biscuits?"

- What kind of biscuits?
"Shortbread"

- Are they covered in chocolate?
"No" ✅🥳

- Are they a sandwich biscuit?
"No" ✅🥳

- Do they contain more than 8% milkfats?
"8% what???"
😖
6/9

And more...

"What's the code for a glass cover?"

- Made of glass?
"No"

- What is it made of?
"Plastic"

- What kind of plastic?
"Silicone"

- Not convinced. What kind of plastic?
"How should I know?"

- You need to know. Find out.
<an hour later>
"Something called BPA"
7/9

And even more...

"What's the code for earrings?"

- What kind of earrings?
"Studs"

- What are they made of?
"Metal and crystal"

- What metal?
"Don't know"

[checks]

- Ok, base metal. But how big are the crystals? Are they the "thing"?
"You can't need all these answers" 😡
8/9

I think next Christmas there won't be any parcels going abroad. 9/9