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Me placing the box on the scale with the prepaid label facing the employee:
"I printed the label and sealed the box, it's all ready for you."
The other customer with an armful of loose items:
"How do I make these go different places?"
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.