/diy/ - Do It Yourself

do you do anything creative or useful with the free packing material -or- why do you keep a warehouse job that denies you the only perk of a warehouse job.

>>1341576
How did you tell your parents you're gay?

>>1341589
This
And What's the dumbest or strangest thin you saw/had to deal with while working there?

>>1341576
WHAt kind of work do you do

>>1341589
I sell stuff on Ebay off and on, so I take some of it for that. Otherwise we reuse most of the bubble wrap and recycle the plastic and styrofoam.

>>1341595
Stupidest thing is probably when we deliver someone's new bed, and they still have their old bed piled with bed linens, clothes, etc. We don't touch that shit so we have to get them to take it off. It usually goes hand in hand with the people's house being an absolute disaster.
As for strangest? We were once doing some service work on a couch in a customer's home when the parents and daughter started getting into it over the daughter's boyfriend/fiance. They then asked us what she should do about him. I said "follow what her heart tells her" as some dumb cop-out answer and the mom gives me this "are you shitting me face".

>>1341604
I unload our freight trucks on occasion, set up furniture to go out on the sales floor and for next day's deliveries. I also deliver a few times a week as well.

>>1341576
Kek. I used to do that and deliver.

Deliver is where it's at anon.

You can get away with fucking off a lot if u want.

>>1341595
Not op but it once took fucking 6 of us to move a dresser with a hidden lcd that pops up and covers a 2 foot deep set of shelves.

This was before pot was legal and i swear to shit it was tommy chongs more stoned brother who bought it.

Fucker smoked out a couple of my coworkers. Lol

>>1341576
Name some of the worst pieces of furniture you've had to deal with - brands and such that arrive there broken in the box, or whatever.

>>1341576
>someone who works in the backroom of a furniture store
Explain why we'd want to speak with you.

>>1342118
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>>1342118
Be surprised wtf u can learn faggot.

I can take a2 pound sledge to your overpriced headboard and while a bro distracts you for 1 minute i can make it so u never even see it.

Not even op.

Why not lesr anything you can about everything. Never know when it will come in handy

>>1341867
Kek. Betting money op agrees. Any ikea tier bullshit you have to rig together or any solid wood nice furniture. The shit is heavy as fuck

>>1341867
Heaviest is definitely Broyhill bedroom pieces, dressers and chests, as well as high-end king size mattresses. I rolled my ankle on a 250 lb mattress about a month ago, and earlier this winter a guy tore a back muscle moving a chest upstairs. Some high end dressers and chests literaly have cement in the bottom to keep them weighted down.

I would never buy a product from Ashley, other than a sofa or armchair. I don;t think I've ever seen a piece of furniture from Ashley that was made from real solid wood. Their products are essentially equal with what Walmart sells.

>>1342349
>I can take a2 pound sledge to your overpriced headboard and while a bro distracts you for 1 minute i can make it so u never even see it.

Good idea
When the customer comes back, youll unload his car and have to reload it with another headboard.

>Why not lesr anything you can about everything. Never know when it will come in handy

Because there are people like you out there giving advice and "knowledge"

What exactly am I supposed to take from your post, other than you are retarded?

>>1341576
Ever have a 10/10 MILF answer the door in her teddy?

>>1342407
bought a $300 bed frame from ashley's and it broke within the month. built my own for $80 worth of stuff from home depot and still have it 3 years later

>>1342349
I don't have a headboard. I like >>1342835 have built my own furniture you brutish imbecile. Are you an actual child? What is going on in this thread? What do you actually do, start with that.

>>1342835
How fat are you?

>>1342867
>high test required

Not only that, you need to be able to lift around 400lbs. Also your dick must be at least 10 inches long to get past the fat barrier.

>>1342871
a true alpha choice

>>1342867
..what the fuck is this thing?

>>1343005
Not sure.

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>>1343009
Man the harpoons!

Also, whoever designed that bath should build bridges. Shit will never fall down

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>>1343013
That's all, folks.

>>1343010
>"strawberry milk"
>water is clearly running
>not very opaque at all

Triggered

>>1341576
OP, what tools do you use?

>>1343005
>..what the fuck is this thing?

discount loli from Big Lots?

>>1343044
It's skim milk.

>>1342431
lol no

>>1342835
This is the reason I created this thread, so that people may realize that most furniture store products are terrible quality. Most anything you can DIY yourself is going to be built far better than what you can buy in the store.

>>1342867
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>>1343017
yuck

>>1343049
Impact driver and a drill, mainly using T-25, T-30, Phillips, and square bits. Various hand tools, circular saws, etc. If we're doing service work we use some specialized tools for pulling fabric staples, along with air nailers and staple guns. Nothing too crazy