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Despite this formidable team of engineering talent, in eight hours of off-and-on tinkering they couldn't correctly assemble any desks. Finally they called a car

Despite this formidable team of engineering talent, in eight hours of off-and-on tinkering they couldn't correctly assemble any desks. Finally they called a carpenter who had done this before, and he started building two desks an hour.

Nition 9y ago
To be fair, it was "build" more than "assemble." Article says they just bought solid wood doors, pieces of 4x4 for the legs, and metal brackets.
- creeble 9y ago
  Point still stands. Had they bought sawhorses instaed of 4x4s, they would be done in minutes. Execution, yeah.