Like some other reviews I believe it can with a corner smashed in. It was a corner that after assembled nobody can see but still when you buy something new you don't expect it to come damaged. Box was fine and so was everything else so this would be a factory issue. I put it together myself in less than two hours, with help it would have been easier. Directions aren't too bad, although if you aren't good with furniture assembly you won't be able to read them, they're worse than IKEA if you know what theirs are like. Arrived wider than I had expected, read the dimensions but it didn't translate.  Love the look after assembly and finish of the desk overall. Seems sturdy and the drawers are VERY deep.