Why does everyone looks so glum in Ikea?

[Boris Sprinkler]

Ikea Gentofte (one nearest to here), has smoking Cabins in the restaurant. Cool.

 

[Kanda]

Placed at the exit so you just have to walk the whole place, every inch before you can have one

Duh! Silly!

Walk in the Exit, have Hot Dog, walk out.

 

[Geri]

Placed at the exit so you just have to walk the whole place, every inch before you can have one

In Bristol the exit is next to the entrance so you can get one first if you liked.

 

[weepiper]

it's well cheap cos it breaks after a year

if you buy some decent furniture for a bit more it lasts you 5 years instead of one year

I have an IKEA chest of drawers in the kids' room that's 5 years old and has survived being used as a stepladder by two successive toddlers.

People in IKEA look miserable because it's a horrific no-natural-light slaughterhouse corporate experience though.

 

[spanglechick]

i like ikea. except for the sneaky items that cost 15p that compel me to buy them until i go through the checkout and i've spent £200

 

[Orang Utan]

Placed at the exit so you just have to walk the whole place, every inch before you can have one

Not at the one in Croydon - we ate before we shopped.


Ps I also got some new wine glasses and one supersize one - two glasses, one bottle!

 

[Looby]

I love Ikea but I've only been twice as there isn't one local yet. Last time I went it was after a party and I was shockingly hungover and by the time I left I thought I was going to pass out and had to lift a bookcase into my car on my own. I was in bristol and felt so shit I freaked out on the motorway on the way home and had to turn back and stay at a mates brothers house.

I had an Ikea catalogue through the door today with a leaflet about our new store 40 mins away and I'm very excited.

I will be waiting a couple of weeks before going though because it'll be mental in there. They've been teasing us for about 8 years so the excitement is reaching fever pitch.

 

[Thora]

I love Ikea! I wanted to go this week to get some new curtains but unfortunately I'm too ill

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

My friend was smiling last time she came out of IKEA after nicking a kitchen sink

 

[quimcunx]

were you burqua clad? I always smile at the burqua clad. Risk free flirtation ennit

I wish I had been, my apology might have seemed more sincere.

 

[Sootysoots]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FfZNvJnUaaQ

This lot seem ready for a riot. Perhaps the autonomous left should go to Ikea to recruit help in fukin shit up!

 

[kalidarkone]

Is this normal?

Because there is no natural sunlight apart from in the cafe. Seriously I feel like a trapped animal when I am there and all my instincts scream 'GET OUT' Not good marketing IMO they could get loads more money if they had windows!

 

[Pip]

i like ikea. except for the sneaky items that cost 15p that compel me to buy them until i go through the checkout and i've spent £200

I'm convinced that if Ikea opened a few smaller shops on the high street, fucking off all the big bulky furniture and just selling the things you get in the marketplace bit, they'd make a killing.

 

[Detroit City]

I had an Ikea catalogue through the door today with a leaflet about our new store 40 mins away and I'm very excited.

i'm so happy for you sparklefish

I will be waiting a couple of weeks before going though because it'll be mental in there. They've been teasing us for about 8 years so the excitement is reaching fever pitch.

you may want to wait like 3 or 4 months cause it'll be crazy busy during that time

 

[cesare]

Their bookcases are quality though.

Yep, I've got one that I bought about 10 years ago and it's been great.

Now I come to think of it, I haven't been to Ikea for at least 5 years and everything I bought then (mostly marketplace) is still going strong. It's always worth checking to make sure that all the screws and fixings are actually in the packaging before you leave - it's a pain having to go back if they're not (and they're often not).

 

[mattie]

They're glum because they can't find the fucking way out.

 

[gentlegreen]

They're glum because they can't find the fucking way out.

That's about it really - I genuinely worry about how they would evacuate the place in an emergency.

I only go every few years and have no complaints about the stuff I've bought - but then none of it has been furniture that has to support my vast bulk.

Doubtless in Tesco they think I'm a lot posher than I am, due to the vast number of blue tote bags I own.

 

[Detroit City]

That's about it really - I genuinely worry about how they would evacuate the place in an emergency.

in the event of fire the last place one wants to be is in a furniture store

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

in the event of fire the last place one wants to be is in a furniture store

or a fireworks factory

 

[moose]

That's another thing - WTF are those tealight things for?

It all becomes clear when you go to Sweden, where every cafe, restaurant and hotel is lit by tealights in winter

I love everything about IKEA. They were even nice when I had an explosive nosebleed which transformed a white sofa into something from The Shining. And the Ashton branch has fantastic views from the top of the car park. Sometimes we just go for that.

 

[El Jefe]

They were even nice when I had an explosive nosebleed which transformed a white sofa into something from The Shining.

sorry, but

 

[moose]

There was a poor child caught in the eruption, too

 

[El Jefe]

awesome

 

[mentalchik]

I have a cupboardy/chest of drawers thing from ikea that's about 15 years old and still going strong.....it's been moved from house to house about 6 times too !

 

[AnnaKarpik]

it's well cheap cos it breaks after a year

if you buy some decent furniture for a bit more it lasts you 5 years instead of one year

My Ikea dining table is still going strong after 16 years. The chairs fall apart every so often because the fixings come loose or dissolve or something but they are still good. So nerr!

 

[Kanda]

That's about it really - I genuinely worry about how they would evacuate the place in an emergency.

Really? How do you go anywhere without a panic attack??

Personally, I'd follow the fuck off huge green EXIT signs that are everywhere.

 

[Rollem]

i dont reckon everyone starts out looking glum. its a natural progression as they walk round the store, getting all number of ideas of how they want their home to look, all new, modern, unique and cool, then start picking up bits and bobs and writing down numbers and locations.....only to realise that lots of other people are picking up the same bits and bobs and writing down the same numbers and locations, meaning that their home perhaps wont be as unique as they first hoped

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

People in IKEA look miserable because it's a horrific no-natural-light slaughterhouse corporate experience though.

One of the perks of living in a cultural and economic backwater is that there are no IKEAs. Nada. Zilch.

 

[Pieface]

Last time I went to Ikea I laughed lots.

Me too - I find it hilarious. And Jefe showed my pants to the whole shop while picking me up to select my happy little soft toy crab thing I've only been to it about 3 times in my life though.

 

[Orang Utan]

Me too - I find it hilarious. And Jefe showed my pants to the whole shop while picking me up to select my happy little soft toy crab thing I've only been to it about 3 times in my life though.

I bumped into you in the carpark of Ikea once and I was laughing with my friend at her disastrous parking attempts
It was like this:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKR9tCiwvA