https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:55:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-334841 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:16:00 +0000 CATWOMAN 334841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to. I break things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-334838 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:15:22 +0000 Smurfette 334838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-334815 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:01:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 334815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-334790 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:45:36 +0000 ladyfingers 334790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I have to. And have to read them carefully. I just almost blew my brains out this past weekend because I couldn't get an IKEA hook to stay on the back of our door, until I realized I hadn't installed it right because I rushed through the instructions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-334566 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:07:51 +0000 BSB 334566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! I would rather put together furniture the right way first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-328181 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:35:09 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 328181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@eiko2010: Same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-328173 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:06:28 +0000 pinkcupcake 328173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't but husband always does. I know it drives him crazy that I don't!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315757 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:53:43 +0000 BoogieBea 315757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always do. I find that it's faster in the long run just to read and follow the directions. Husband never does initially but ends up having to look at it eventually and retrace all the steps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315751 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:51:13 +0000 MamaMoose 315751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do when I'm assembling something. But not usually when I'm just using something (a new camera, the video monitor for the baby, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315742 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:47:51 +0000 Meridian 315742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always do, but DH doesn't!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315681 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:18:03 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 315681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Exactly. Get one of those weird turn-y screw-y thingies in too deep, and you're toast. (Why yes, that is a technical term!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315669 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:12:32 +0000 mrbee 315669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: I used to assemble IKEA without reading the instructions, but very quickly learned that it's a self-defeating thing to do! And IKEA parts are so shoddy that if you try to take something apart to fix it, it basically falls apart and is useless!</p> <p>So now I assemble everything very slowly and carefully off of the instructions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315666 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:11:43 +0000 Alivoo01 315666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! If the hubby and I are assembling something together, I'm the instructions and tools reader/giver and the hubby assembles as directed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315658 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:10:19 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 315658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: That's the perception, anyway. I know if we get something from Ikea, for instance, I have to stop DH half the time from just doing what he "thinks" looks like it would make sense. (Interestingly, this is why he cooks, and I bake. You can get away with deviating from the recipe as a cook ... but not when you bake!)</p> <p>There's also the old stereotype that men never ask for directions when they're driving, but maybe GPS has rendered that moot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315626 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:58:05 +0000 mrbee 315626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Haha, do women read instructions more often than men? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315619 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:54:38 +0000 mediagirl 315619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do not. My husband does. He and I have reversed gender roles in some things, this is one of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315617 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:53:41 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 315617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Congratulations! Could you pass on your enlightened stance to the rest of the menfolk? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315615 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:52:49 +0000 MrsBrewer 315615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always do!! DH? I don't think he even knows instructions exist! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315612 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:51:03 +0000 Minnie_Girl 315612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to figure out as much as I can on my own before referring to the directions. It's a good challenge. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315610 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:49:05 +0000 littlebug 315610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends. Am I putting together furniture? Yes, I read the instructions. Did I get a new cell phone? No, I just play around with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315602 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:46:39 +0000 boiledpnut 315602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! DH doesn't and it drives me nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315580 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:38:19 +0000 autumnlove 315580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-read-the-instructions-when-you-assemble-or-use-products#post-315560 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:30:36 +0000 mrbee 315560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do, just because when I don't... chaos ensues.</p> <p>Do you read the instructions when you assemble or use products? </p>