Drabble by Kevin Fagan for September 03, 2021

It’s all Greek to me…..

Since it’s not IKEA, no pictures.

Actually, with Norman, that would probably make it worse.

A-number-one rule of sales, Drabble….KNOW YOUR PRODUCT!

Where’s his Mom?

I am an intelligent man, but I have the mechanical coordination of a baby. I struggle to put a nail in the wall to hang a picture, never mind anything that actually takes mechanical skill. Norm just needs to find something he’s good at and make a career out of it. Assembling barbecues does not look like the right career.

I prefer the kind that don’t have any words. Just pictures and numbers. They’re always either eloquently simple or hilariously incomprehensible.

I would say “Seriously, Norm?”, but then I remember who we’re talking about!

I like how he set those up. :D

He’s cooked.

Definitely not his department.

Last January, I assembled a greenhouse. There were the usual warnings – in 16 languages. The actual instructions were all pictures. 74 pages of them and only three serious errors.

Norm does not even know himself.

I would love to see a real-life hardware store that looks like a toolbox!

Norman is AT LEAST 1 can short of a six-pack

Not every job is the right job for a person…..

And so “the beginning of the end” is initiated.

I really want Norman to find a skill where he excels and can find validation.

Norman got the boxes open. He’s smarter than I thought.

He requires very close supervision.

Actually, I’m not too surprised. In most of the country it seems like English is a second language.

I miss Wally!

I say if sold in the USA, instructions should be in English!! If they can’t read or speak English then go back to where ever!!!

“‘Le grill’? What is ‘le grill’?!”

—Homer Simpson, trying to assemble a barbecue from French instructions