Assembly required

By Nana
@Nana49 (3402)
United States
February 15, 2019 4:18pm CST
So i got my shower bench in last week and thought to myself surely i can assemly this its mainly just legs ..but of course i had a bit of trouble took me a little longer then it should have but i did get it done and it hasnt fell down on me yet lol so im happy..i usually can't assembly stuff i buy or have a really hard time ..my daughter's boyfriend use to help me until. i moved to far away so now being single im on my own . That's why i like to buy things already assembled or at the good will . but then i still have to lug it up.my stairs .. Luckily if i ever needed it i can ask some of the guys down stairs but i won't unless i absolutely have to . do you have troube putting things togeather on your own .or do you have someone who helps you. ?
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Feb 19
I am good at assembling things, but it takes me forever because I read every single line on the instructions and study every single diagram or picture. I am very meticulous about those sort of things. And boy am I slow as a result. My brother, he doesn't even look at the instructions. He just dumps everything out of the box and starts putting it together. I don't know how he does it, but he's a genius when it comes to assembling things.
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@JudyEv (325815)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 19
We're mostly the 'when all else fails read the instructions' type people Although now Vince starts assembling. I read the instructions then am able to tell him he's doing it all wrong.
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
That's the way my sister is ...ive tried that before and needless to say never worked for me my daughter's boyfriend same way ..it takes him no time to assemby stuff and its so easy for him. My daughter is more like me ..and sometimes he dont understand that...
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Feb 19
@Nana49 Well just think...with your daughter's boyfriend around, you or she doesn't ever have to worry about who will do all the assembling! lol
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@JudyEv (325815)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 19
There are two of us and mostly we get there in the end. Sometimes we have to resort to reading the instructions.
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
I hate reading instructions lol but being left handed Everything is backwards to me ..takes my brain longer to comprehend .. :(
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@JudyEv (325815)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 19
@Nana49 Vince is right-handed - mostly - but does do quite a few things left-handed. I often wonder if he should have been left-handed.
@sofssu (23662)
16 Feb 19
I fix stuff when I need to, sometimes I take my husband's help. If he is around he does most of the putting together kind of stuff.
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
It's good that you have someone to help you when needed.. I use to have a best friend that her and her husband would come help me with projects or me and her would try and do it togeather it we could she was a big help ..
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
15 Feb 19
I'm glad you were able to do it, and it hasn't broke yet. I've either had my mom, or my boyfriend, to help me assemble stuff.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
16 Feb 19
@Nana49 im sure you could do alot.
@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
Yep.its still working good ..my sister is the opppsite of me she can put anything togeather and although shes married could survive fine without a man to help her.. But me im single and everthing is so difficult for me .. Funny how we came from the sane parents yet im so different from my sister and brother in that manner.. Sometimes i just feel dumb lol ..
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@Shiva49 (26204)
• Singapore
16 Feb 19
I can just about manage to but we can get help here or pay extra to deliver assembled items home - siva
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
Yep.when i buy bigger stuff i always have to figure cost of delivery in ..but some stores dont deliver and i have to find someone on my own .. I figure after ive lived here awhile longer i will have people i can call on to help me when needed im.just new to this town..
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@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
19 Feb 19
@Nana49 I do not know how to assemble things either so ask people to assemble them for me and I just take them home like that.
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@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
20 Feb 19
@Nana49 I have one or two and now someone else asks but I take it up myself unless someone offers and I have no energy.
@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
19 Feb 19
I usually have to do the same .. I live upstairs so its also hard for me to carry things up by myself Lucky i have a guy down stairs who will help me if i ask..:)
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
16 Feb 19
I'm terrible... I think that I must be missing that part of the brain ;)
@1creekgirl (40529)
• United States
16 Feb 19
It makes you feel good when you can put something together like that!
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
It does even the small stuff .. Which sometimes is a challenge for me ..
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
16 Feb 19
My fiance will put things together and I stay out of the way..we just don't do well putting things together, together
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@Nana49 (3402)
• United States
16 Feb 19
Lol when i was married my ex put everything together so i never worried about it.. Then .
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