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Local self-declared handyman James Davidson has been offered a job as a Boeing engineer after his amazing work attempting to put a flat-pack cupboard together and just assuming that the many left over parts are just the extra pieces they add sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I won't work at Boeing clearly, because there are a lot of flatpack items with leftover hardware lol. There is an inverse corrolation between the brand identity or price and the amount of hardware leftover, probably because the unknown brands expect their users to have never put something together.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Screws? Definitely.

Hinges? Maybe. Depends on how many there are in the whole thing.

Panels? Lol maybe read the directions next time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

That's what I thought til I was pittig together some cheap Chinese bookshelf. So cheap and generic that it came in a cardboard box with BOOKSHELF written on it in arial bold.

That fucker came with an extra backstop and 2 more shelves than could reasonably fit in the unit. Were they extras in case something happened? Were they just a mistake from an overworked Chinese sweatshop person? The world may never know

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol maybe read the directions next time.

Read the directions? Hey everyone take a look at this nerd!

Brb gotta go super glue this panel on my lopsided kitchen table.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Don't forget to pat it gently after it's glued together to give it the extra kick it needs to stay solid.

Works every time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

You're hired!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

flatpack

Tf does Linux have to do with...oh. That kind of flat pack.