Probably not 'never'...

[desperance]

... but 'seldom', yes: seldom can any comparatively simple modular steel shelving system have been put together with quite so much language involved. And a hammer.

To be fair to the system, it was probably intended to be assembled from new, by two people working in good light and plenty of space. And untroubled by cats. None of the above applies to me.

Still. We have a triple row of shelving. If I'd known I could only fit three units in, of course, I would have used the ones with the easy screws. But still. They're up. Which increases my storage capacity, and should logically decrease the chaos, by that much stored stuff and that quantity of loose shelving which will no longer be kickin' around in the living-room. Couldn't use it all, of course, and I'm running very short of accessible wall. Unless I get rid of that now-undoor'd cabinet, in which case I could fit in two more units, easy. If I could find somewhere else to stand my printer...

Agh. Stop now. For now, just stop.

Also, I think I have an oily steel splinter in my finger. I expect I'll die.

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[bellatrys.livejournal.com]

Your furniture-assembly excercises sound suspiciously like my own past E-Z furniture assembly adventures, complete with Helpful Kittons (ooh, she wants us to carry these parts around, too, obviously - you get the bolts, I'll grab the screwdriver!) and much uncanon hammering...and the inevitable oily steel splinter, alack!