IKEA
In the last couple of days I was assembling the furniture which I got from IKEA. I like to share the experience of one particular day which was interesting.
In the morning my bed was delivered which I assembled right away and after that I went for a run. In the afternoon I had to realize that I was tired and not in the mood to assemble more furniture. But I also knew that with this attitude I would never get it done. So I decided to try another energy shot: “Redline Power Rush, 7 hour energy boost”. According to EdJunky it is one of the most potent energy shots. I had this shot lying around for several months by now and never found the right situation to use it. So I drunk the whole bottle and started working. After only a few minutes I started to feel the effects. Unbelievable how this stuff works! While physically still a little tired I was completely awake and I also had to urge to get things done! So I took on two MALM drawers from IKEA:
Screwing these two drawers together took me 4 hours without any breaks. (Except taking pictures).
After that I still felt restless and cleaned the apartment and assembled other things.
So if someone is tired and still needs to get a lot of physical work done. That is the way to go 
But be aware, that the thinking process is not as clear anymore so it is definitely nothing for mind work. Besides one of the after effects for me is that I was only able to sleep 10 hours after I took the energy shot. I’m sure drinking such energy shots, while legal in the USA, are not too healthy. But it was worth the experience.
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:25 pm
My girlfriend and me bought a Pax Tonnes (a closet) at IKEA last autumn. At the end we worked during 13 hours (!) with 4 people to complete it. Next time I consider buying a closet from IKEA I’m definitly going to use the assembly service ;).
March 5th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Wow, 13 hours! That’s crazy… I’ll soon blog about my overall assembling time for all the different things I bought. I might have more then 13 hours but also many more items.
But to be honest, I was really surprised that it took me that long to assemble these dressers. And I wasn’t even slacking off…
Yeah, I have to check the out how much more it would cost
March 6th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
We also bought other stuff at IKEA (office-desks and shelves). Those took at maximum 1 hour to build up. But the closet was heavy stuff because of its sliding doors and all the interior.
In Switzerland they charge you 16% of the product’s price, independent what you buy. We thought that this is a lot, but if you sum up all the working hours (4×13h = 52 hours) it would have been cheap ;-).
August 19th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Wow, I bought the same one as you in my new apartment.
it take half a day to finish assembling this item.