So what’s involved?
Well, the first part typically involves finding the instructions which means trying to unpack the thing. Once you’ve found the instructions you generally lay out all the pieces, all of those little screws, bits of dowel and nuts.
This is where the realisation starts to sink in. You’re going to be here for hours trying to put this together. And inevitably a screw rolls under the couch or you’ll have a bit that’s missing; a crucial bit.
So, with a little bit of fear, you read the instructions. But they never quite make sense do they? The diagram of the piece with all the little holes marked on always take a bit of time to figure out, and make sure you’ve got it the right way round before you attach another piece to it. Just like your new marketing technology – what do those instructions actually mean?
Have you got all the parts?
Probably the next thing you do is check all the parts, cause they’re famous serbia email list 543010 contact leads for missing a few bits. You look through the list, and lay out the parts, and yes, everything’s there based on the information you have at hand. So that’s all good (at the moment).
Putting it together
Now comes the excruciating part of putting it all together. Do you have all the right tools? They always say you’ll only need an Allen Key, a Phillips screwdriver, and maybe a hammer – sometimes they even provide the Allen Key. 5 minutes into the assembly you know you also need wine. And plenty of it – this is IKEA after all.
Inevitably, you’ll make mistakes following the instructions and have to repeat steps. Once you figure out the way they’ve drawn the instructions, you’re on your way.
Unfortunately you don’t find out you’ve made a mistake until three crucial steps later. So you end up dismantling a little bit and re-doing it. That’s a massive pain. Why can’t they make the instructions clearer and more accurate?
With a huge sigh of relief and a couple of glasses of wine later, your new creation stands like a thing of beauty in your living room. Assembled, you think and hope, correctly. But two things nag in the back of your mind. That screw that went under the couch with the dust and spiders, and that bolt that was extra. Were they important? It looks alright; it seems stable enough. If they really do matter only time and use will tell.