So….How’s’ your Week Going, 9-26-24
“Some Assembly Required.” A statement on a box you likely dread around the holidays. Not me….I just had a run-in with an Adirondack chair assembly that was less than pleasing!
The box arrives with a recommendation that assembly should take about 30 minutes. No problem, I say…until I see the instruction sheet. The type is so small and graphics in a form that only ants would appreciate. With my eyesight less than stellar, I must have held those instructions up to the lights about 40 times in an attempt to better read their hieroglyphics. And as we all know, just one time you put part A into part C before you line up the holes on part D after you’ve already sunk a screw into Part E, and you are starting over, my friend!
I know, I could have taken a pic on my phone of the instructions, and then blown it up to a less-than-microscopic view, but that was too easy. I scraped my knuckles on the ground, gritted my teeth, and after a few choice words that I hope my neighbors did not hear me yell, I was done. At least I thought I was done!
Lo and flippin’ behold, I had erroneously inserted a bolt in the wrong slot on both sides, and after 20 minutes, I had corrected my flaw and “walla”, we have a serviceable Adirondack chair, people! I test-drove it…yep, it’s fine. After beating myself up for over an hour, I needed a nap!
Now, where’s my wine!
