Tokyo, Procrastination
Published on August 18, 2008 By momijiki In Life Journals

I was really excited!  The new chair I bought online just arrived.  I was a little annoyed to see that the box was small enough that some assembly was going to be required for this chair.  Not a big fan of assembling my own furniture, but since I am only slightly useless in this department I decided to grit my teeth and get through it.  After all, I just need to follow the instructions.

 

Except there are no instructions.  Now I have several pieces of an office chair sitting on my floor.  I can pretty much figure out what goes where, except for the little pressure thingy and why I have "extra" pieces for stuff that I can't see included already.  Nice.

This is the part where I don't phone my husband to share the joke with him.  He was leary of me getting an office chair from a place called Low-Ya (Basically translates as "Cheap Shop").  If he could order a car navi off the web with no problem...

Oh well.  I just love a challenge but maybe I was better off buying a broken office chair at the local second hand shop.


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on Aug 18, 2008

I phoned the company and they are sending me an instruction sheet by email.

In the meantime, I have been trying to put the chair together.  The sucker weighs 23 kg and the back of the chair is the only thing I really can't figure out.  Three holes on the back's slot attachment would seem to match up with the three holes underneath the seat and the three screws.  Now, if the would only align.  In the meantime, I think I have started my own Olympic sport-- chair assembly.  

Points will be awarded based on difficulty of assembly and awkward positions during assembly and a combination score based on weight of parts held and the duration of the hold.  

So far, it's been like yoga with weights and the danger I would drop heavy things on my head.

My husband really misses all the good stuff.

on Aug 19, 2008
Points will be awarded based on difficulty of assembly and awkward positions during assembly and a combination score based on weight of parts held and the duration of the hold.


Momijiki goes for gold - and wins!

Good luck with the chair. At that weight (about 50 pounds US, right?), it is not going to go away easily!
on Aug 19, 2008

I finally got my chair put together.  I had a three hour hiatus during which I ate nachos and watched "The Unit" I returned for the gold medal finals and got my medal.

It was really hard to attach the chair to the bottom.  Nothing seemed to line up nicely and it was hard to get those screws to go all the way in so they didn't. I lost a few points on this part. They are as snug as I can make them and that will have to do. I ended up balancing the chair back on my legs and the seat on my tummy.  The judges were particularly pleased that I was able to incorporate stairs into my construction so I made extra points there.  Result?  A gold medal chair for moi!

I told my husband about Olympic Chair Assembly.  He seems to think I won't have much competition (as in most people won't join the fun).

The chair is really comfortable.  I mean really, really comfortable.  I can see my work output increasing because of this chair.

on Aug 19, 2008

We need pictures. Before and After! I am proud of you. Assmebly is not my forte. Congratulations. At the medal ceremony you should thank your nachos.

on Aug 19, 2008

I am impressed that you took it on and most importantly persisted.  I might have tried but if I had a hard time, I would have been chasing someone down to help me.  I am mechanically challenged.  I can't even hang up window blinds. 

on Aug 19, 2008

Hanging blinds etc is hard. My mom says I have a crooked eye because I hang everything crookedly.

I just think I have a skewed view of the world!

on Aug 19, 2008
Hanging blinds etc is hard. My mom says I have a crooked eye because I hang everything crookedly.
I just think I have a skewed view of the world!


I have the same problem, but I was not clever enough to realize my real malady!