A few years back I bought a gas grill that needed a lot of assembly. I sat on our living room floor, and for several contented hours studied the instructions and put it together without a hitch, ready for several seasons of grilling. I later discovered that Consumer Reports downgraded it because their staff had too much difficulty assembling it! However, I have a big advantage—I’m a maker: I can follow detailed recipes to make delicious meals, follow intricate patterns to knit and crochet complex designs, follow complicated plans to make wooden gifts. It’s all the same for me—I love to make stuff! Then I give most of it away, or sell it on Etsy so it’s a double win for me!
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
Let’s be grateful Zack didn’t get IKEA furniture.
LeslieBark almost 3 years ago
A few years back I bought a gas grill that needed a lot of assembly. I sat on our living room floor, and for several contented hours studied the instructions and put it together without a hitch, ready for several seasons of grilling. I later discovered that Consumer Reports downgraded it because their staff had too much difficulty assembling it! However, I have a big advantage—I’m a maker: I can follow detailed recipes to make delicious meals, follow intricate patterns to knit and crochet complex designs, follow complicated plans to make wooden gifts. It’s all the same for me—I love to make stuff! Then I give most of it away, or sell it on Etsy so it’s a double win for me!
Doug K almost 3 years ago
This looks more like … “ALL assembly required.”
Doug K almost 3 years ago
Is … scattering the parts all over the place … in the directions?
oakie817 almost 3 years ago
ikea sells bikes?
pathamil almost 3 years ago
One Christmas Eve I had three bikes to assemble…
Ray Helvy Premium Member almost 3 years ago
OR a chain supply shortage works, too.
j.l.farmer almost 3 years ago
yo do not want a spply chain shortage when assembling a bike..missing the tiniest part definitely wold be a catastrophic !
gcarlson almost 3 years ago
Related story in the Rip Haywire comments.