Close to Home by John McPherson for November 26, 2014

Whew.. I thought he had to walk on a pile of Legos barefoot.

They build their business the hard way.

Can I just rebuild my office furniture every day until I retire?

I may not qualify as a true LEGO nerd, but I did have to get a 3rd storage unit for just my LEGOs (and my puzzles and needwork projects).

I wonder if this is standard for IKEA new-hire executives. Or imagine the new-hire office hazing: [In an empty room] “Swensen, we have a staff meeting about productivity in two hours. Here are the boxes: assemble the conference table and the twelve chairs. By yourself. And we’re not sure if the correct size special tools were included. Good luck!” [Door slam.]

Do it like a child; forget the Legos and use the cardboard box.

Typical Boss would say “Build your own furniture I’ll be back in an hour to see what it all looks like” then when your not done by then they get mad at you.

You know I have priced LEGO’s and I have priced office furniture before. It would be cheaper to buy him a solid mahogany desk with a leather executive chair than to actually build the furniture out of LEGO’s…

Uh, why does he look unhappy? That’s awesome! ;)