Death to Ikea instructions

Has anyone ever bought anything from Ikea? While I love Ikea there are too many darn pieces to the furniture. On top of that the directions consist of pictures only but that makes it way too easy to invert a piece or mess up and have to start over. It took me three hours to put a nightstand together and I was pissed. If you ever look at those instructions they show the people smiling as they put together the pieces. Why are they smiling? There is nothing fun or amusing about this. In fact when I have kids I am going to make them put together Ikea furniture as a form of punishment right after I make them watch The Passion of the Christ. Between those two things I will have the most well behaved children ever birthed.