You know how when some people put things together, there are always a few parts left over? But the thing seems to work just fine? (Which would never happen for me. I could use all of the parts and follow the directions exactly, and it's still up in the air whether or not it would work.) Well Carl is one of those people. He does occasionally resort to reading the instructions (very rarely) and there are always an alarming number of parts left over, but whatever it is that he's building / assembling works.
It is very annoying.
He was telling me about having to assemble an elaborate exterior door handle / lock set yesterday and there were parts included which were needed, but which didn't fit right, so he had to go "unstupid" them. Which meant he went to his grinder and ground the part into the right shape.
You mean grinding parts straight out of a package isn't the first thing you would have thought to do? Yeah, me either. I would have fought with the damned thing for several hours, wallowed around with it until I looked like I'd just come from Insanity-R-Us, and then -- fighting the urge to take out a bat and smash it -- I would have gone to the store, exchanged the package because I would have assumed something was missing, gotten home and had the same exact parts to deal with all over again, at which point I would have probably kicked something and scared the neighbors and seriously considered dynamite. This is why Carl is the actual contractor part of our construction company and I do the office stuff.
The world is safer that way.
You are welcome.
Posted by toni at November 18, 2004 11:53 AMAnd that's one of the 350,000 reasons why I am not allowed anywhere NEAR anything that requires assembly ... not even the simplest children's toys.
-G
Posted by: Garrison Steelle at November 18, 2004 01:21 PM