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the-busy-ghost · 2 years

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Being a very unfit and moderately small person trying to build bad quality flatpack furniture is like do I take the lower back pain from trying to bend myself into bizarre positions or ask for someone else to help, bearing in mind that it will end in a lot of shouting

#I'll take the back pain but I'm starting to regret it #What is it about asking people to help build flatpack furniture that makes them so argumentative though #I just asked you to hold the wood in place so it doesn't get bent and scratched while I put this screw in four feet away #I did not ask for a panicked shouting match as if we're trying to save a beached whale #Like it's ok there are no lives at stake #You can just hold the wood without worrying loudly about what I'm doing #But my baaaaack #It's really the flatpack wood that's the problem it'll pop out of shape or snap or scratch or end up lopsided with the slightest provocation #So I have to try and put my whole body weight on one end while screwing in the other #Or get creative with stacks of books but in the most recent case I didn't have space #45 minutes my ARSE not when you're doing it alone and the diagrams aren't very clear #Just to make it clear by the way I do ENJOY building flatpack furniture; I understand the instructions and the process #What I don't enjoy is having to choose between back pain or having someone panicking during my quiet furniture building time #As it is I've had to leave the bookcase I was working on upside down overnight unfinished #And I bet the back panels are going to bow and warp because I've had to stop as it was too late to start hammering at 10 pm #Earth & Stone

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