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Stephen Hall is Tax Partner at Deloitte »In opinion polls for the most stressful times in your life - moving house, getting divorced and death (of a loved one not your own) all feature regularly but over the last few weeks I have been experiencing a little discussed but arguably equally as misery-inducing event: the fitting of a new boiler.
Having a boiler changed doesn't sound like that much of a faff - but therin lies part of it's insipid
torture. Because you see it isn't just the boiler that's getting replaced, it's every single radiator in the house, all the pipe work, wherever that may currently be, must be taken out and brand new, shiny, copper piping gets slapped up all over the shop. The key factor in this disturbing event is that every single room gets affected - no where is safe from the claggy dust that clings to every surface and the mind boggling array of tools that appear in neatly lined trays all. over. the. house.
Condusive to running a business like a slick-well oiled machine? What do you think?
Bearing in mind that even at the best of time I wouldn't call myself highly organised and you can begin to appreciate the carnage that accompanied trying to complete even the simplest business tasks when the things you need are in boxes underneath cloths, underneath boxes underneath cloths, underneath boxes ... you get the idea.
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