New Career for me

[EngTeach]

I have decided to leave teaching and become a traveling flat-pak furniture assembler. I have successfully put together 2 TV stands (one even had a door w/ hinges) and a desk with a drawer that has casters. That was in the past week. Perhaps IKEA will take me on. LOL

[karenmac60]

I love putting flat pack furniture together - the caretaker at work even leaves them for me to do if we get anything in, cos he hates it :)

[mrs_overall]

I've got a job for you - a storeage box from Ikea I can't fathom out

[rowanwitch]

Its a girl thing because we don't feel threatened by instructions

[yinyang]

I assembled bunk beds by myself. Not very good with things that have doors though; they tend to open in funny directions.

[mollykins]

It might be just as challenging but the pay will be less. . . . .

[EngTeach]

Molly, that is quite true!
The directions were perfect for me: minimal words, good pics. I am a visual learner.

[Count-A-Strong]

minimal words? and you're an English teacher!

[joeluke]

Sometimes you need a bl00dy degree to fathom out the instructions for flat-pack furniture!

[mollykins]

JL, I was ten and helped my cousin who has a masters in chemistry from Cambridge to put draws together!

[Captin Kirk]

don't do it Teach ... you'll have to change your username and then become added to the list of newbies some users are paranoid about ...

[McMouse]

Mrs McM is brilliant at flatpak stuff once she remembers which way to screw.

[EngTeach]

Oh I will stick to teaching. I don't want to change my AB name to "FlatPack". That sounds quite creepy!

[snags]

How many screws and/or unidentified plastic fixings did you have left over? If the answer is none you did something wrong ;-p

[EngTeach]

Actually, the desk had each group of screws, etc. in a cardboard pack labeled, "step1, step 2". The only thing left over was a grouping labeled "Spare Parts".. I am very proud of my prowess with the cordless drill. I even hung a mirror that is centered and level. I only had to re-drill one spot on the wall. It has been hanging for over 24 hours, so I am hopeful it will stay there!
When my friends' children get their first apartment, be they male or female, I will make them a small tool kit for house warming.