"Insert Knob A in Hole B" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.
The story is unusually short, totalling just 350 words,[1] and arose from a televised panel discussion that Asimov took part in on 21 August 1957.
Asimov later admitted to some preparation prior to the interview, as he suspected that other panel members might make such a request.
[1] Two men on a remote space station receive all of their equipment from Earth unassembled, and must assemble it with only vague and confusing instructions ("composed by an idiot", one says); as a result, it often fails to work properly or at all.
They eagerly await the arrival of a sophisticated positronic robot that will repair existing equipment and assemble new ones.