IKEA

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 07:32PM #1

Was up in IKEA today for the 1st time, had to get a few bits. So in i go looking around and when looking about i lost my bearings as to where i was and where i had come from, couldnt remember which way was which.

So walking on the track thingy and i started kinda getting pissed off and mildly freakin out a bit as i dont know how to get out. Then people infront of ya stopping in the middle of the track thing stopping in front of ya, i verbally abused some auld fella?? Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

29-01-2011 07:34PM

i was there today for the first time, big but lovely stuff

29-01-2011 07:37PM

i met someone from adverts.ie there once to sell them something. i got lost in the car park.

Sergeant · 29-01-2011 07:45PM

I once met a man who swore he enjoyed the hot dogs in Ikea. I'd never seen insanity so close.

knird evol · 29-01-2011 07:48PM

Once inside the door you should have left a trail of bread crumbs as you went. Find your way back out of the forest shop no problem.

squod · 29-01-2011 07:50PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Was up in IKEA today for the 1st time, had to get a few bits. So in i go looking around and when looking about i lost my bearings as to where i was and where i had come from, couldnt remember which way was which.

So walking on the track thingy and i started kinda getting pissed off and mildly freakin out a bit as i dont know how to get out. Then people infront of ya stopping in the middle of the track thing stopping in front of ya, i verbally abused some auld fella?? Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

Go back in summer when all the yummie mummies are wearing a lot less.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 29-01-2011 07:54PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Was up in IKEA today for the 1st time, had to get a few bits. So in i go looking around and when looking about i lost my bearings as to where i was and where i had come from, couldnt remember which way was which.

So walking on the track thingy and i started kinda getting pissed off and mildly freakin out a bit as i dont know how to get out. Then people infront of ya stopping in the middle of the track thing stopping in front of ya, i verbally abused some auld fella?? Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

Seriously... there are arrows on the floor directing you which way to go. It's not that difficult. They couldn't possibly make it any simpler for people.

Woodies? Ikea? they're completely different.

Ikea is awesome...

cormie · 29-01-2011 07:59PM

You have to take IKEA at a leisurely place. You could go in thinking you'll be done within 20 minutes and not come out until two hours later and this is going in the "exit" door to simply pick up a short list of things in the warehouse section for customers.

The arrows you follow will take you through every little department, if you see a door that's off the beaten track, take it, it's probably a short cut

mickdw · 29-01-2011 08:01PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Was up in IKEA today for the 1st time, had to get a few bits. So in i go looking around and when looking about i lost my bearings as to where i was and where i had come from, couldnt remember which way was which.

So walking on the track thingy and i started kinda getting pissed off and mildly freakin out a bit as i dont know how to get out. Then people infront of ya stopping in the middle of the track thing stopping in front of ya, i verbally abused some auld fella?? Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

Jeez, poor sense of direction, freakin out when lost & being abusive to members of the public does not a good taxi driver make:D

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 08:11PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

Seriously... there are arrows on the floor directing you which way to go. It's not that difficult. They couldn't possibly make it any simpler for people.

Woodies? Ikea? they're completely different.

Ikea is awesome...

Theres arrows on the floor to get ya into all the nooks and cranny to buy thier stuff for the ''ooohh look at that'', atleast in Woodies if ya want out ya can very easily.

@Mickdw, your gonna have to try alot harder!

Celly Smunt · 29-01-2011 08:12PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Theres arrows on the floor to get ya into all the nooks and cranny to buy thier stuff for the ''ooohh look at that'', atleast in Woodies if ya want out ya can very easily.

@Mickdw, your gonna have to try alot harder!

ask an attendant for the closest exit?

FortuneChip · 29-01-2011 08:17PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Well if you got claustrophilia, you'd be in your element, no?

Sanjuro · 29-01-2011 08:18PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

I'll bet you are.

mickdw · 29-01-2011 08:18PM

I Was VB wrote: »

@Mickdw, your gonna have to try alot harder!

Im only messing. Ive never been to Ikea so cannot comment but you did kinda walk into it (if not out)

Cheap Thrills! · 29-01-2011 08:21PM

OP, I had the exact same experience there once. I don't do leisurely shopping. I'm a go into the shop, get the thing and leave type of person.

I became enraged at being trapped and fed around zillions of little departments with doddering gobsh!tes blocking the path out....oh God...I only went for a mat and they were trying to brainwash me into furnishing a house...

I don't forgive them....I'm still traumatised.

I never returned since.

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 08:26PM

mickdw wrote: »

Im only messing. Ive never been to Ikea so cannot comment but you did kinda walk into it (if not out)

Never go there, they're all Nazis!!

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was, as a teen, directly involved in the pro-Nazi New Swedish Movement (Nysvenska Rörelsen) until at least 1948

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikea

Sanjuro · 29-01-2011 08:28PM

Well if you're going to quote, don't do it selectively-

Kamprad devotes two chapters to his time in Nysvenska Rörelsen in his book, Leading By Design: The IKEA Story and, in a 1994 letter to IKEA employees, called his affiliation with the organization the "greatest mistake of his life."

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 08:30PM

Sanjuro wrote: »

Well if you're going to quote, don't do it selectively-

I'm trying for a job with the Daily Mail!

:pac:

LordSutch · 29-01-2011 08:37PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

Whats woodies got to do with Ikea? two completly different stores competing for totally different customers, maybe you should compare Woodies to B&Q, now there's a shocking comparrisson, with B&Q streets ahead. I used to shop in the IKEA near Croydon, ended up furnishing the whole house, Sunday mornings assembling tables,chairs, beds, wardrobes, you name it > brilliant, Yeah, OK, its not top end stuff, but its certainly not Woodies

Lumen · 29-01-2011 08:39PM

Much experience of Ikea over the years.

Option 1: Browse online, go in the exit, pick up the stuff from the warehouse.
Option 2: go on a Friday evening.

Under no circumstances ever think "ah, it's Sunday morning. What shall I do today? I know, go to Ikea". There lies madness.

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 08:41PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Whats woodies got to do with Ikea? two completly different stores competing for totally different customers, maybe you should compare Woodies to B&Q, now there's a shocking comparrisson, with B&Q streets ahead. I used to shop in the B&Q near Croydon, ended up furnishing the whole house, Sunday mornings assembling tables,chairs, beds, wardrobes, you name it > brilliant, Yeah, OK, its not top end stuff, but its certainly not Woodies

Was in Ikea for a new computer table and a lamp and such, all stuff i can get in Woodies. For beds and stuff like it i can go to bargintown.

therewillbe · 29-01-2011 08:41PM

There are a few doors that go between the different sections.If you know what your after then you can skip a few sections.It is quite easy the second time round.As for the Hotdogs:)

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 29-01-2011 08:43PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Theres arrows on the floor to get ya into all the nooks and cranny to buy thier stuff for the ''ooohh look at that'', atleast in Woodies if ya want out ya can very easily.

@Mickdw, your gonna have to try alot harder!

How is your inability to say no, their fault? Were you held at gun point to purchase their goods? Were you forced to drive out to their store and enter it? No, that was your choice. Take some responsibility.

Woodies is an over priced hole.

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

OP, I had the exact same experience there once. I don't do leisurely shopping. I'm a go into the shop, get the thing and leave type of person.

I became enraged at being trapped and fed around zillions of little departments with doddering gobsh!tes blocking the path out....oh God...I only went for a mat and they were trying to brainwash me into furnishing a house...

I don't forgive them....I'm still traumatised.

I never returned since.

Brainwashed? What? You might want to visit the CP forum for that theory.

It's layed out so you can actually see what their products are like. It's an excellent idea. Is there anything on display that's not for sale? I'm unaware of any.

If you only went for a mat and came out with more than that then that's your problem. Understand marketing

therewillbe · 29-01-2011 08:44PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Never go there, they're all Nazis!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikea

Actually they were Fascists and NOT Nazis.

ballsymchugh · 29-01-2011 08:46PM

bluewolf wrote: »

i was there today for the first time, big but lovely stuff

i was there for the first time today too. went up to buy some lights, but then you have to buy their light bulbs too. feck that, i only want to go to ikea once or twice, but not for friggin light bulbs.:mad:

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 29-01-2011 08:46PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Was in Ikea for a new computer table and a lamp and such, all stuff i can get in Woodies. For beds and stuff like it i can go to bargintown.

Is there a point somewhere in this post???

Woodies products = over priced crap. Ikea has a much larger selection, much cheaper, better quality and you can build the computer desk to your liking.

knird evol · 29-01-2011 08:49PM

Sadly in our streets and towns this is an increasing phenomena.
This is yet another tragic case of Furniture and Accessories Shop RAGE It's only a matter of time before there is a fatality

According to leading expert Doctor Von Nostrund - "These people enter ze shop. But then, hold on, how do I get out. They snap. Just like that. We need to isolate these people and experiment on them"

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 08:50PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

How is your inability to say no, their fault? Were you held at gun point to purchase their goods? Were you forced to drive out to their store and enter it? No, that was your choice. Take some responsibility.

Well excuse my innocence i assumed it was the same as most of the shops i've ever been to where there is aisles and not a maze to get around it. I followed the Exit signs out but they just lead you around the place to look at other Swedish ****e.

Your right it was my choice to go there, and its my choice never to go back to the kip again!

Cheap Thrills! · 29-01-2011 08:51PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

Brainwashed? What? You might want to visit the CP forum for that theory.

It's layed out so you can actually see what their products are like. It's an excellent idea. Is there anything on display that's not for sale? I'm unaware of any.

If you only went for a mat and came out with more than that then that's your problem. Understand marketing

I didn't come out with more than that because I'm not easily marketed to...
:pac::pac::pac:Woodies, Woodies, Woodies! Theres no better buy in DIY...

Erm....yeh....what was I on about!?

Oh yeh, I dislike being physically forced to look at everything in the shop when I only want to enter, get the one thing, pay and leave. Wheras Ikea think if they force people through a one way channel of retail hell they'll get hypnotised by the pretty colours and buy sh!t they dont need.

GAH :mad: I SPIT ON THEM!!!

I do understand marketing. suckers of Satans c0ck as Bill Hicks rightly said.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 29-01-2011 08:54PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Well excuse my innocence i assumed it was the same as most of the shops i've ever been to where there is aisles and not a maze to get around it. I followed the Exit signs out but they just lead you around the place to look at other Swedish ****e.

Your right it was my choice to go there, and its my choice never to go back to the kip again!

Good. My shopping trip will be more enjoyable when the shop lacks people who insult other shoppers for no reason.

Assumptions... surely you are old enough to understand how bad assumptions can be? Probably best to do a slight bit of research before you sent out on a new venture. Without trying, you can learn what Ikea is about. It has had quite a lot of publicity in the past.

"swedish shíte"? Wouldn't be biased, would we? It's far from shíte, that's for sure.

Stinicker · 29-01-2011 08:59PM

Stopped into Ikea before Christmas enroute home to Kerry from Belfast, holy jebus it was nearly three hours later before all the troops were rounded up and what to be a quick gawk intending to buy nothing say the most weirdest of things bought! I was into IKEA's in Germany before so knew the drill but the rest of us were new to it and straight away they got lost somewhere up stairs.

Tip: Bring walkie talkies, and watch the episode of Fr. Ted when they got lost in the Lingerie Department and get ready for the long haul if you take a Female in there!

IKEA

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