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ikea's secret agenda
13 years ago
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you need a shelving unit. you go to ikea to get one
first they fill you up on meatballs so you are full and content with life.
you happily stroll through the artfully arranged fake rooms. even though you only came for shelves, they make you want to throw out all of your furniture and redo all the rooms in your house like these rooms. you pick out another bit of furniture (a table with legs that have built in shelves! oh boy!) that will go nicely with your new shelving unit.
then you get to the market place. you get a cart because they're right there, and you know you'll need it to carry the shelves. now you have an empty cart that you're wheeling through a maze of neat inexpensive things. somehow you decide that you should get new glassware or aren't those candlesticks pretty and they're only a few bucks each might as well get them while you're here. wow rugs are cheap, you get one for your new space that you're planning, because it's really going to go great with your newly organized room (thanks to the shelving unit).
at the end of the marketplace you see plants! oh boy plants! what a fantastic finishing touch to your new space! you get one even though the one you bought last time you were at ikea died in a few weeks
then you get to the flat pack furniture! this is what you came for! you find your row like a boss and go down it looking for the number your sweet new shelves will be in.
but there's nothing there. they must be sold out. every other section is overflowing with boxes of furniture, except for the one you want. the one you came for.
now you have a cart full of things you got to go along with the thing you needed. side dishes, but no entree. well, they're already in your cart, and if you DONT buy them, your trip will have been for nothing. so you buy all that other stuff and decide to come back another time to get what you need.
and repeat
first they fill you up on meatballs so you are full and content with life.
you happily stroll through the artfully arranged fake rooms. even though you only came for shelves, they make you want to throw out all of your furniture and redo all the rooms in your house like these rooms. you pick out another bit of furniture (a table with legs that have built in shelves! oh boy!) that will go nicely with your new shelving unit.
then you get to the market place. you get a cart because they're right there, and you know you'll need it to carry the shelves. now you have an empty cart that you're wheeling through a maze of neat inexpensive things. somehow you decide that you should get new glassware or aren't those candlesticks pretty and they're only a few bucks each might as well get them while you're here. wow rugs are cheap, you get one for your new space that you're planning, because it's really going to go great with your newly organized room (thanks to the shelving unit).
at the end of the marketplace you see plants! oh boy plants! what a fantastic finishing touch to your new space! you get one even though the one you bought last time you were at ikea died in a few weeks
then you get to the flat pack furniture! this is what you came for! you find your row like a boss and go down it looking for the number your sweet new shelves will be in.
but there's nothing there. they must be sold out. every other section is overflowing with boxes of furniture, except for the one you want. the one you came for.
now you have a cart full of things you got to go along with the thing you needed. side dishes, but no entree. well, they're already in your cart, and if you DONT buy them, your trip will have been for nothing. so you buy all that other stuff and decide to come back another time to get what you need.
and repeat
I have very little self control, it's terrible. you did a good job though!
20 dollars man! Even college students can afford that!
Everyone needs them. You have to have somewhere to put all the ramen packets.
one thing I hate about going there alone is there's no one to watch the cart while I go get ice cream at the end
But I'd have to say, nothing beats what a Walmart Supercenter does to you.
You go in to buy lightbulbs and walk out with slippers, tires, a bike, half the clearence rack, a beach towel even though its winter, alcohol, milk and eggs, a frozen pizza, and nailpolish :E
I have the same problem with big box stores like Cosco and BJa. OF COURSE we need a metric ton of toilet paper!! It's cheaper that way! *sighs*
my poor wallet :(
That and their jars. The jars are handy.
but it's never all
Lots of people will also go there (almost every) day just to have breakfast. I believe you can have breakfast for 1 or 2 euro there, or something, which is apparantly worth the drive for some.
Another thing I found interesting is that apparantly the IKEAs in the US have pretty much the same furniture for sale as the ones in Europe, exept that the US versions are all a few sizes bigger. Makes sense since generally, from what I've seen, the average US house has more space than a European house. IKEA here is mostly popular among starters and students, it's pretty often you visit a house and EVERYTHING is from IKEA. I'm not even a big fan and I have only been there twice the last several years, but looking around in my room I see 15 pieces of furniture, of which 11 come from IKEA... so yeah.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=IKEA&hl=en&ll=47.886881,8.723145&spn=10.258389,14.128418&sll=48.253941,6.789551&sspn=10.185864,14.128418&t=h&hq=IKEA&z=6
WTF, Italy? That can't be right.
it usually turns into an all day affair for me to, if you count getting come and putting everything together
very interesting about the smaller sizes!