Today I made my last trip into school until the final week of the holidays. Due to some minor flat pack issues, I was not as productive as I would have hoped.
Screwdriver in hand, I was very excited to get started on my flat pack set of drawers from IKEA. I got to work on the main frame which went well and I thought, with a certain smugness, how quickly I would get them set up. Little did I know the problems I would face in only moments to come...
The damn drawers! I spent ages trying to get the stupid things together; once I had got 2 expanding screws in places, the final two holes would not line up! Getting more and more irate, I was drafting a letter in my head to IKEA about how if they wanted people to put together their own furniture, they should make it fit together without having to drill new holes.
This was the moment when my deputy head came in to say hi, took one look and said, "I think the drawer face fits round the outside, not the inside." Of course she was correct - I had been doing it wrong the whole time. I blame the instructions, it's not obvious without any words!
Cue me trying to un-expand the expanding screws and take apart my hard work. The 5 screw casualties meant that my lovely new, organisational drawer set is being held together by split pins. Bad omen?
Screwdriver in hand, I was very excited to get started on my flat pack set of drawers from IKEA. I got to work on the main frame which went well and I thought, with a certain smugness, how quickly I would get them set up. Little did I know the problems I would face in only moments to come...
The damn drawers! I spent ages trying to get the stupid things together; once I had got 2 expanding screws in places, the final two holes would not line up! Getting more and more irate, I was drafting a letter in my head to IKEA about how if they wanted people to put together their own furniture, they should make it fit together without having to drill new holes.
This was the moment when my deputy head came in to say hi, took one look and said, "I think the drawer face fits round the outside, not the inside." Of course she was correct - I had been doing it wrong the whole time. I blame the instructions, it's not obvious without any words!
Cue me trying to un-expand the expanding screws and take apart my hard work. The 5 screw casualties meant that my lovely new, organisational drawer set is being held together by split pins. Bad omen?
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