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  • #1

    This is hilarious...

    OK, so the other week I bought a little bookshelf, because I really need one...I finally got around to unpacking and assembling it today, before I came to a realization:

    I CAN'T!

    Keep in mind this is just a basic, 3.5' tall, 7 piece bookshelf, nothing big, and presumably nothing difficult. However, after 20 minutes of fiddling with it, I've managed to get one shelf ALMOST one-half of the way screwed into one of the sides. I had to stop because my wrist hurts from using the screwdriver.

    Right now I'm at the point where I'm just gonna pay someone $20 to do it for me, because I don't think I can do it in under, oh, 10 hours on my own, and from now on never, ever, buy furniture that requires assembly - if I have to buy the stuff that's been returned already assembled, or buy display models, I'll do it, because this is ridiculous. I ****in' HATE menial labor!

    Sad and pathetic, isn't it?
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  • #2
    Wait until you tackle a swing set.
    Invest in a Black and Decker power screwdriver in the meantime.
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    • #3
      LOL Floyd.

      Are you totally useless in this world?

      Perhaps you should start advocating socialism rather than libertarianism so you can get a job somehow.
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      • #4
        Nah. Instead of spending >$20 on power tools (and taking time out of my day), I'll just do what my original inclination was - spend around $20 paying someone else to do it in under an hour.
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        • #5


          You hating manual labor... who would have thought?!
          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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          • #6
            Are you totally useless in this world?
            Yeah, probably
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            • #7
              yup

              It is sad when you can't use a screwdriver . . .


              Too bad too, because I find that most inexpensive furniture comes unassembled OR if it is assembled. it is too big for the car so you pay like $20 for delivery. Coffetables, Bookshelves, Dressers and my computer desk-- Give me a screwdriver and an allen key and I'm all set
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              • #8
                Ikea rules!

                Not only is it easy...it's fun too.
                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                • #9
                  Allen key? Was ist das?

                  But my attitude towards any sort of manual labor is "pay someone else to do it" - I'm the type of person who overpays some kid to do a ****ty job mowing the lawn to get me out of doing it.
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                  • #10
                    I still cannot understand how someone CAN'T assemble such a simple piece of furniture!
                    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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                    • #11
                      And for the record, I CAN use a screwdriver. Using one for extended periods, though, seems to hurt my wrist, probably due to me never building anything on my own in the past.

                      Speaking of which, I'm about 4,000 miles overdue for an oil change...I should probably get off my ass and go do that, huh?
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                      • #12
                        Imran -

                        Probably my attitude has a lot to do with it.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by David Floyd
                          Allen key? Was ist das?
                          It's the kind of stuff Ikea gives you with furniture...

                          A small cheap piece of metal which sorta works like a screwdriver/wrench hybrid.

                          It's L-shaped...I think they're hexagonal

                          I still cannot understand how someone CAN'T assemble such a simple piece of furniture!
                          Me either. A bookcase is straightforward too...

                          You didn't take Woodshop class in school or anything, Floyd? Jeez.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #14
                            Yeah we know you are a lazy git. How you can be lazy and STILL be a libertarian (a theory that emphasizes people working) is beyond me.
                            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by David Floyd
                              Allen key? Was ist das?





                              Asher-- on IKEA-- and their stuff comes with allen keys
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