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Meanwhile, back at the headquarters of the Health & Safety Executive itself, it was reported in 2007 that staff are forbidden to move chairs lest they do themselves an injury. Instead, a porter has to be booked 48 hours in advance, which makes last-minute seating adjustments at staff meetings somewhat problematic. “Pull up a chair”? Don’t even think about it.

During a recent re-org, I got transferred into a different department. I'm still sitting with my old group, who I no longer work with. My new boss wanted to move me up to her area, but Elf n Services says no. It would cost too much at this time to have facilities make the move.

I have a laptop that I carry home every night. That's the extent of my "equipment" that facilities would have to move. The rest of my stuff could fit in a box, but I'm not allowed to move myself. It will be at least until April, before they'd even consider absorbing the costs to the department of having facilities move my location.

In the meantime, I enjoy being a lone outpost of my new department, free of the daily interraction with anybody who I actually have to answer to.