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does anybody ever wonder who writes instruction guides. this thought came to me as i was constructing the new desk for my apartment. and when i was fitting bottom rail [C] to bottom shelf [B] with screws [Q], of my new bookcase also for my new apartment. at first opening the box for the new bookshelf and coming across the sea of parts, and then seeing the thick 8.5x11 packet of instructions can be how do you say; daunting! sigh! but as i sift through the Styrofoam and sort out all the parts, and flip through the steps of construction, i muster the courage to commence the project. the next thing i attend to is inventory the parts, because i am not a naive first time do-it-yourselfer, i have been though 99% of construction of a fine piece of furniture, just to discover the most necessary pieces are either damaged or missing. so i check and re-check, it seems that all parts are present and accounted for. next is of course the obligatory glass of red wine, a trade secret of mine, keeps the hands relaxed and surprisingly more steady. within an hour i have created my new three shelf bookshelf, and it looks pretty good, it even stands without wobbling at all. there was, however one small hitch. the bottom rail [C] that i mentioned above was about a half an inch to long on each end. so what do i do? being the ever resourceful problem solver i am, i quickly decide i could either cut the piece down with a saw, screw it in in a way that the length doesn't matter or leave the piece off altogether. well i took option 2, and i figured out a way to utilize the bottom rail[C] in its intended location just about an inch away, but alas, great success the bookshelf is finished.

now that my new piece of furniture is finished, i will take this opportunity to thanks the person who wrote the instruction guide, without which i would not have been able to put the bookshelf together. well, actually i probably could have figured it out still, but it would have taken longer that is for sure.

still wondering who takes that job, or gets promoted to the job of instruction guide writer? i am too so there are no answers here, but i think i know someone who would be perfect for that job. my amazing girlfriend has an equally amazing family and her younger brother would be the best instruction guide writer this side of Leiden. that is for those who don't know, the headquarters of IKEA. Todd is his name, and he is a unique youngster. unique but not abnormal by far. Todd is a very inquisitive person and reminds the absent minded architect if himself at times, especially with his interest in how things are put together. so to end my session today i dedicate my anecdote of bookshelf, from parts to whole, to Todd.