Bought some nice new chairs the other day

The kind you have to put together to stay ...

But - just discovered they're missing barrel nuts

Without which, the chairs are utterly useless - tut!



Instead, the company chose to pack a bunch of lock washers

Apparently, thinking this would somehow make up for the loss

But, all it does is unnecessarily complicate things all the more 

For, without the right hardware, assembly is more than a chore



It is absolutely impossible, without changing the basic structure

And doing this would defeat the simple assembly method, for sure

So, a hefty decision now rests within the mind, along with the "buts"...

Make the change, take the thing back, or just calmly - request the nuts!



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

12:55pm Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1998