I’m putting something together, flip the page of the instructions for the next step, stare it for two minutes trying to figure out why they want me to assemble it upside down. Then it dawns on me that in the process of flipping the page I managed to turn the instructions upside down.

Reason 513 I am not a pilot.

Wait...

They come with instructions?

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Originally posted by .38supersig:

They come with instructions?

By not putting text in those instructions, they save a lot in translation costs, I guess.

Very important to confuse/annoy speakers of all languages equally, I suppose. I wonder if the savings in translation outweigh the returns/customer service calls from obscure assembly instructions.

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Even without holding the pictures upside down, a lot of them have a skewed perspective.

Do not, under any circumstances, undertake this for some bunkbeds with your wife's twice-divorced best friend while your wife is "working on other things" on another floor far far away.

Unless of course you desire additional perspective on the reasons she is not able to maintain a relationship.....

^^^ Although a joke, it's not far off.

My definition in life for when I knew that I was successful was when I could buy furniture I did not have to put together.

Another measure of success could be reaching a point where you choose to do the jobs you want to do. In this case, good furniture would not be a wise choice.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Another measure of success could be reaching a point where you choose to do the jobs you want to do. In this case, good furniture would not be a wise choice.

And I did! And did quite well!
LOL

Go look at the price of preassembled furniture and report back!

Sticker shock for a 30in bathroom vanity. $500 gets you plastic doors.