Why do men do things the hard way when women want to do them the easy way?

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This has always preplexed me and today is just the kicker! Earlier in the week, we had our new washer and dryer delivered. They weren't able to hook up the dryer because we did not have the right kind of vent. Apparently with the new dryers you can't use that accordian-style venting. So last night we went out and bought the new stuff. We get up to put it in today and realize it's not going to fit where the vent goes to the outside. So, we're brainstorming and decide the best thing to do is to put a new vent hole in the cement block wall and just move the vent. I thought my husband was going to go to his work and get the tool he needs to do this, but then I hear all this drilling going on down there. So I run down and ask if he's already measuredit - which I know he hasn't. And he of course says "No" and looks at me like I'm an idiot. Well, the piping we have is in 2 foot sections and we figured that putting the new vent at 4 feet would work out great. So, in order for this to work, you need to really put the pipes together - because it has an angled peice that adds about 6 inches, so we're really talking 4 1/2 feet up the wall from where the dryer hooks up to the venting. So he's decided that if it's not the right lenght, he'll cut what we have to the right size - I so see stitches in this whole scenario. Then I'm thinking that I hope it's in the right place across on the wall because that's really going to suck if it' a few inches to the left or right of where we need it. Why is it that he can't take a few minutes to measure and get it right instead of just throwing it together then finding out that he wasted hours doing the wrong thing - which isn't fixable!