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Guy who doesn’t question why ‘completed’ flat pack has a bunch of ‘extra’ parts, recently hired as Boeing engineer (chaser.com.au)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Nero@sopuli.xyz to c/theonion@midwest.social

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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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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 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.

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

You're hired!

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 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.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 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.