Today, I tried to put together some flat-pack furniture. I wound up in my underpants, screaming stuff like, "Fuck you, fucking Ikea bastard" at pieces of confusing plywood. FML
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Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, I spent two hours building an IKEA bookshelf. When I was finished, I realized it was inside-out. There was no way to fix it without completely taking it apart again. FML
Today, I started building a basic bookshelf from a flat-pack kit without looking at the instructions, because "How hard could it be?" I finished just as the last screw went in, then noticed the back panel was facing outwards and every shelf was upside down. Taking it apart took longer than putting it together. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that boasted "easy, step-by-step instructions." Three hours later, surrounded by mismatched screws and a confusing diagram, I realized the only thing "easy" about it was my decision to ask my dad to come round and assemble it for me. FML
Today, after days of my wife nagging me, I started working on the flat pack furniture she ordered. Every twenty minutes, she interrupted me to demand I stop and help her with something trivial and irrelevant. Now I remember why I postpone projects as long as possible. FML
Today, halfway through assembling a toy kitchen for a birthday, I realized the instructions made no sense and half the screws looked identical. I still somehow finished it and felt triumphant until the kid opened the oven door, the whole thing tipped sideways, and I had to spend the rest of the party holding it together with one hand. FML
Today, I spent hours assembling a bookshelf I'd bought online. Once it was finally done, I realized I’d put the back panel on backwards, so now there’s a "Made in China" label facing the room. FML
Today, I was trying to put some new curtains up. I couldn't make sense of the instructions, so I decided to wing it. I spent a frustrating half hour fighting with it, and just seconds after I succeeded, the curtain rod gave way and slammed straight onto my head. FML
Today, I bought a flatpack, easy to assemble cot-bed for my baby. I spent 5 hours building it, but when it was done, I realised I couldn't reach into it because I'm 5ft and my arms can't reach and lift the baby. I'd have to throw him in. I'm suffering from back spasms as a result, and I now need to disassemble and return it. FML
Today, my wife texted me, saying an expensive piece of furniture had been delivered. I specifically said, "Wait until I get home and we'll put it together." An hour later, she opened it and broke it beyond repair while trying to assemble it herself. FML
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aaahhhfire21 0
So....y did u end up in your underpants?
bingababe 16
I get the feeling this happens to you a lot.
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Comments (184)
andrew1994001 5
Probably MDF not Plywood
ididntdoit1980 8
We're you using the English instructions?
ClosetTroll 10
I really hope you aren't an engineer. That would be quite a blow to your self-esteem.
rattusrattus 19
Would explain why he didn't read the destructions. I inherited that trait from my dad, he's an engineer and I am engineer-born.
perdix 31
Not really. An engineer would smugly give the product a stinging critique.
rattusrattus 19
This would be after failing to read the destructions, trying to put it together, failing, trying again, drilling some extra holes, sanding bits off, trying, keep trying and adjusting, put it together after doing as much work as you would to build a bookcase from a random pile of lumber... oh, and the failed bits would be taken home and displayed on the mantlepiece. Yes, we have bits of sattelite on our mantlepiece.
perdix 31
"Destructions?" You would use "instructions" to build it, but "destructions" would be the steps to demolish it.
vbmg152 19
Oh yes, the "easy" to assemble furniture! Gotta love it!
kennyKenz 0
Take some medicine.
supermonke07 0
We've all been there. Dont worry
PedroRValentin 3
Thas some shit I would do x)
rubberduckie94 13
You simple need to get a butter knife to tighten everything down. I used to do it all the time when I bought that crap from Walmart. One tool many uses what a bargin for you!
downtime 13
I think you got the wrong Swedish product there buddy. Plenty of wonderful things come out of Sweden that results in half naked men throwing their wood around, but I don't remember IKEA stocking anything like that.
crazy4uboi 6
Haha! That's awesome!
wlddog 14
Op: DAMN YOU OBLONG PIECE OF WOOD WITH LETTERS ON THE SIDE!!! Pieces: .......... Op: I WILL BURN YOU FOR THE SHEER PLEASURE OF IT!!! Pieces: ........... Op: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME??!! I HATE YOU!!! Pieces: Take off your clothes. Op: Oh, is that how this works? Pieces: It is now.
I_heart_sex 1
Lol seduce the wood
Trisha_aus 15
Lol I thought you were NoorFML at first...but still, lol