Assembling Items By Yourself.

David777 said:
What is more often a problem, especially with products produced overseas, are complex instructions written by foreigners that communicate in English much more poorly than they think they are. Even many strong tech persons that are not native English speakers, have poor skills writing clear instructions or trying to explain whatever.
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It’d be hilarious if it weren’t so difficult to make sense of it.
 
oscash said:
My sister bought an office desk from a furniture store. They had it delivered, it was a flat-pack, and her husband said he would assemble it in a couple of hours. She sent me a photo of him on the floor 11 hours later, still trying to put it together.
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That's my worry right there. Except I'd be sobbing.
 

debodun said:
Instructions? Suddenly I can't understand simple English. I get everything inside out, upside down and backwards.
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Me too. And then my brain goes all negative on me and I think I can't, can't, can't do it. So at this point, as much as I like that bookcase, I might get something else.
 
I've always bought furniture, etc. that needed assembling and have rarely had much difficulty - even to the point of making stuff from scratch. Not too long after I moved here I decided I didn't like any of the end tables and coffee tables that were available, so I decided to make my own. It took me a couple of days to assemble the lumber and the equipment, but I did and was satisfied with the result. I still have them. Actually I always thought it was kinda fun putting stuff together.
 
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