"And it would have been put together by a minimum-wage kid with no training in bike assembly, who was expected to spend as little time as possible on it before going back to assembling grills and lawnmowers"
Have you ever assembled a gas grill? I swear, I will never, ever, ever do that again. Some Father's Day gift! I'd rather rebuild a 1970's Sturmey Archer 3 speed hub than do that again.