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How to Install a Dishwasher
1. Eat a bag of Aero Bubbles and wait until 8:00 in the evening to begin.
2. Read the handy instructions on how to remove the new dishwasher from the packing box. Wow. Thank goodness for those.
3. Simultaneously relieve and prolong the anxiety by blogging about the forthcoming project.
4. Tweet about it.
5. Watch how-to YouTube videos.
6. Read the actual instructions.
7. Spend two hours revising the instructions and troubleshooting. Sweat. Improvise. Turn off the wrong breaker. Zap yourself. Turn off all the power. Fight with a fading flashlight. Sweat. Test power. Check. Double check all the hoses.
8. Suddenly realize with complete clarity and confidence: I installed my new dishwasher and I am positive it is going to work!!! Seriously. Holy crap.
9. Open interior to remove the packing material to allow for a test run. Pull out the top rack and notice that it sticks. Look inside at the top of the new dishwasher and discover the interior is damaged beyond repair and it will have to be returned. Suddenly realize the entire two hours was an utter waste of time.
10. Go lie down and cry for a while.
19 comments:
I'm with ya, brudder. I once spent an entire day wallpapering a bathroom. It wasn't until I asked my wife to check out my handiwork that I realized I had put it all upside-down.
LOL. I'm laughing with you.
Been there, done(all of) that, ruined the T-shirt.
Psssst. I'm not on-line right now.
Oh, fuck. I've done almost the same thing. Our stackable washer and dryer were jacked up and I didn't know until I had 'em installed. There was nothing complicated about the install, just a lot of work hauling the damn things around and doing the stacking.
Dear God, you desperately need some minions!
So I take it no butt crack picture today?
Ummmm...maybe they'll throw in a free install for the next one?
Dude, this sucks for you but is hilarious for us! Also, you should make your "Things that are the devil" title a meme! It would be so much fun!
I feel your pain. You need more Aero bubbles.
OMG. HORRIBLE.
@AP That sucks too.
@AC Glad I'm not the only one.
@BetaDad Yup. That's the perfect word. And thanks for your empathy.
@LoC Yes. I absolutely do.
@Nubian Pending.
@Mel What a good idea. Both of them.
@DSWS Yes. I. Do.
@Chelle Thanks Chelle. Sorry I missed your latest contest.
Oh, that sucks. To your credit, you got through all the steps. I would have stopped after number one and gone right to number 10.
I was scared the Big Tuna was going to have to replace the dishwasher this weekend since the stupid soap was getting stuck.
Fortunately, it was only the extra tall dishes that blocked but faked me out.
Naps do help.
That is a universal truth.
karen's guide to installing or putting ANYTHING together: 1) Call my brother. The end.
OMG that really really sucks.
Hope you tear the store a new one!
No! Agony. That's as craptacular DIY karma.
ugh for you! i bet it was f-bomb city up in your place that night!
Oh no! I'm crying with you....
Damn.
This is my wide-eyed frightened look.
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