I Did Not Read the Instructions

The kids needed a new desk. Flat-pack. Shouldn't take long. I've assembled furniture before. I run a business. I am a functional adult with a reasonable grasp of spatial reasoning and a fairly high opinion of my own practical abilities. I did not read the instructions. What followed was the usual sequence. Too many of one screw. Not enough of another. A drawer runner that seemed to fit somewhere it absolutely needed to go, required a certain amount of persuasion to get there, and turned out,...