A desk sounds like exactly the type of thing that would just eventually get put together because I was bored one Tuesday. It might take a few months, but it would eventually happen
I've had wall mounts for my TVs, new in box, through three different houses. Finally mounted one of the two two weeks above when we moved into the third house. Who knows if the other one will ever happen
Imagine being alive for 600 years and you still think about and cringe at that time 456 years ago when you accidentally bit someone in the shoulder instead of the neck.