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About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.27 (20:06)
by 999_Springs
Ikea. UGH. The word itself just makes me shudder. Despite only ever having visited that horrible store once in April 2007, I have long since taken an absolute hatred to all things Ikea-related. What is worse is that they are slowly but surely invading my house, one item of furniture at a time, in all their two-dimensional flat-pack (or just flat) glory (or, rather, wretchedness), and their hideously awful designs. (In other words, my parents go shopping there.)

Now during that regrettable visit to that atrocious store, I decided, while touring it, to take one of their free pencils on display, and three of their free bits of paper also on display and available to shoppers, and walk around it while listing everything that I discovered about it, or just my thoughts in general as I spent some time wandering around. The present-day list only has a very small number of minor editions to it.
Click here:

1. Ikea has arrows and footprints on the floor. This means that Ikea is a store for people who cannot orientate themselves.
2. Ikea lets people sit on their chairs and sleep on their beds. This could lead to certain people coming who [might] urinate/defecate on the furniture, giving a bad impression of the shop. [Not that I've ever seen that happen, but, hypothetically...]
3. A picture of an Ikea mug in the catalogue shows a hole in the bottom of it. [That catalogue is now two years old, so that isn't really valid now; however, you can make a similar argument with those lightbulbs in their latest catalogue which are labelled as being wrapped in rice paper.]
4. Ikea sells all this 'cheap rubbish' but it does not sell digital cameras.
5. According to Wikipedia, a historic building had to be destroyed for an Ikea store to be created.
6. There is graffiti at Ikea's entrance. This gives a bad impression of the store.
7. Some places in Ikea smell awful.
8. Ikea can't spell 'hand cream'. (Hand creme!?)
9. Ikea has a 1.5-seater armchair. People do not come in halves.
10. Ikea has a 3.5-seater sofa. Ditto.
11. Ikea's idea of a 'Panel Curtain' is a piece of paper with holes cut in it. It is 3m by 0.6m and costs £14.99. [Apparently they've been reduced to £9.99, but that's irrelevant.]
12. Ikea's Allak Swivel Chairs make a certain bad sound when sat on.
13. Ikea's clocks don't work.
14. Some of Ikea's staff don't turn their computers off when they are not using them.
15. Neither their fridges nor their coffee-makers work.
16. In Room 28 of [that Ikea store that I visited], the microwave is placed directly on top of the fridge, which is wrong.
17. There is litter all over the floor, and a lot of it.
18. Ikea's kitchen furniture is badly shaped. And their beds too. (Circular beds!!?)
19. Ikea's Bathroom Series displays stuff from Tesco. That is just stupid.
20. Ikea thinks that 'accessories' is spelt with only one 'c'.
21. Ikea is obsessed with keeping things as flat as possible. This means that eventually Ikea will become 2-D.
22. Ikea does not [or, alternatively, "doesn't"] know how to use apostrophes.
23. Ikea is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY BORING.
24. Ikea has graffiti all over their toilet seats. Also, one of their toilet seats is made from metal.
25. Ikea has lightbulbs in very bad shapes ever, including 'flat' lightbulbs.
26. In a few areas there are HOLES in the floor.
27. Ikea's measuring tapes are prone to rips and tears and so are not accurate.
28. Ikea's sausages are hard and their bacon is somewhat salty and hard.
29. Ikea's plastic bags are heavily overpriced.
30. Ikea sells hot dogs for 50p each. This is a severe case of cruelty to animals. (Am I taking this too literally?)
31. Ikea's pencils sometimes break when dropped.
32. Ikea's queues are very slow.
33. Ikea's products mostly have unpronounceable names.
34. Ikea does not sell N-related products!

What are your experiences with Ikea? Discuss.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.27 (20:22)
by Ampersand
I... I can't tell if you're serious or not.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.27 (20:34)
by LittleViking
Ahhh, you fly boys crack me up.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.27 (21:36)
by lord_day
In all seriousness, we bought a big wardrobe from IKEA. After we finishing building it, we pulled off some sticker on it, to find that there was a pencil sized hole that some employee had just covered up with said sticker....

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.27 (22:00)
by SlappyMcGee
man u guys i fucking hate wednesdays. i hate how they are in the middle of my week, and also, ive been noticing lately that wednesdays have become more and more prominent, sometimes almost five times a month. in other words, everyone else likes hump day but me. so, i decided to take a pen from wednesday and also some paper because wednesday was nice enough to give me them and make a list of some shitty wednesday things.
Click Here!

1. Wednesday is not spelled how it sounds. This means that people who like Wednesdays disregard phonics.
2. Wednesday allows people to use the bathroom. People might defecate on Wednesday, and wouldn't Tuesday find that to be the Cat's Pajamas? But Wednesday does not care.
3. I once saw a photoshop which showed Superman fighting Spiderman on a Wednesday. This isn't really relevant anymore, but it could be compared to the current photo of Superman being wrapped in Wednesday's New York Times.
4. Wednesday does not sell digital cameras.
5. According to Wikipedia, the far better "EvanderHolyfielday" had to be destroyed to fit in Wednesday.
6. I saw some kids steal a chocolate bar on a Wednesday once. Therefore, Wednesday has low standards.
7. Some places on Wednesday smell awful. For instance, IKEA's.
8. Wednesday cannot spell "Ruminations". (wtf rumenations?)
9. Wednesday has a time called "Midday". Wtf, days do not come in mids.
10. "afternoon". See 9.
11. Wednesday is the day when I pay taxes. Sure, the taxes were much higher when I paid them on Tuesday, but that is irrelevant.
12. Birds are particularly chipper and loud on Wednesdays. Irritating.
13. Pieces of Paper with the word "Wednesday" written upon them do not automatically move forward with the week.
14. Humans use several billion watts of power on Wednesdays. Way to be eco friendly, cuntwads.
15. I wanted to make coffee on Wednesday, but I did not possess a functioning coffee maker. Explain that.
16. YOU CAN NOT PLACE A MICROWAVE ABOVE A FRIDGE.
17. Public places have garbage in them on Wednesdays.
18. Wednesday allows things of all shapes and sizes to exist during it.
19. Wednesday occasionally appears on Nazi-themed calendars. That's just stupid.
20. Wednesday does not have a firm grasp on English.
21. Wednesday has been getting longer since summer appeared. Therefore, Wednesday will eventually become year-long.
22. Wednes'day does not use the cool Twi'Lek apostrophe.
23. WEDNESDAY IS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERYV ERY VEYR VEYR VERY VERYV ERYV EVEYR VERY VERY BORING.
24. Wednesday's bathrooms are the worst.
25. Wednesday's opinions on interior lighting occasionally differ from my own.
26. Wednesday's ability to construct is questionable at best.
27. Wednesday might claim to just be a day, but I would never use their brand's measuring tape.
28. Wednesday sometimes offers cheap breakfast while you exist, but it sucks.
29. Wednesday knows nothing of our economy! It's still pricing things like it were last Friday.
30. Wednesday is called "Hump Day". Does this mean we should fuck eachother senseless all day? (Am I taking this too literally lols)
31. That pen I got from Wednesday ran out of ink at around #21
32. The minutes in Wednesday are so long, it's as if everyone is using them at the same time!
33. Wednesday occasionally prefers style over substance; an indefinable visual flair that appeals to someone who enjoys the abstract but would like to keep their home well kept; a glimpse of the future in the standardized now.
34. Image

thx lols.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.27 (22:22)
by Zilla
I love Ikea and everything it stands for in all its wonderful, Swedish glory.

I mean, great furniture, low prices and delicious food? Unheard of.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (01:11)
by T3chno
Seriously dude? IKEA is the shit. Don't tell me you haven't tried their Swedish cafe.

Gtfo troll.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (01:14)
by otters
I'm going to set up a counseling thread for people whose penises pencils have broken under sudden and violent physical stress.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (01:29)
by Atilla
IKEA do, in fact, know exactly how to spell cream: in many locations, labeling laws dictate that the term "cream" may only be used to describe the dairy product, and that salves and unguents must instead be labeled as "creme" or some other variation.

I mean, um, down with the evil faceless neo-fascist globalist capitalist istist oppressor. I demand home-grown organic furniture traditionally hand-carved with care from genuine pumpkin seeds.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (02:59)
by Skyling
I'm sorry, but most of these are silly and captious. You're not raising many valid points here.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (04:39)
by Ampersand
And you guys wonder why I gave him the custom title.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (04:43)
by jean-luc
The flatness you see all around Ikea is one of the reasons their products are so cheap. By flatpacking furniture they can ship it around the world far cheaper than anyone else.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (04:52)
by PALEMOON
999_Springs, you are incredibly good at this. I salute you.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (06:44)
by 乳头的早餐谷物
999_Springs wrote:2. Ikea lets people sit on their chairs and sleep on their beds. This could lead to certain people coming who [might] urinate/defecate on the furniture, giving a bad impression of the shop. [Not that I've ever seen that happen, but, hypothetically...]
I notice that this was the second thing that came to mind for you. Remind me to never let you near my furniture.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (09:37)
by a happy song
My bedroom is 90% Ikea furnished and it's lovely :3

You are good at this, though.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (11:17)
by blue_tetris
I shat a Walmart once, so what.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (11:58)
by Chase
IKEA is awesome, 'nuff said.

EDIT: Also, half your points are not valid as they do not occur in all IKEA stores as well as some occurring in other stores as well (Such as Tesco).

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (12:37)
by Donfuy
Zilla wrote:I love Ikea and everything it stands for in all its wonderful, Swedish glory.

I mean, great furniture, low prices and delicious food? Unheard of.

Delicious food?

HAHAHAHA, there's only three good things eatable on IKEA: coffee-flavoured cookies, berries soup and berries syrup -- the three of them are in the food shop.

The restaurant sucks so hard, have you tried the "hot-dog"? Or may I say, "Plastic sausages with bread". You can hear your teeth trying to rip off the plastic. Nothing like the suggestive image they show.



Aaah, but you gotta love that berry syrup.

The furniture is really good, stylish and somewhat easy to assemble. (I say somewhat because when you have gigantic amounts of IKEA furniture to assemble, like I had some months ago, after two beds and those... uhh... thingies with clothes (google translator: "closet", but I'm not that sure, does a closet have drawers?)... anyway, after two beds and about 13 closets, I think you're pretty tired of IKEA furniture, and you don't want to do the rest of the gigantic amount of IKEA furniture.

Meh, they perform pretty good after they're assembled.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (12:50)
by 乳头的早餐谷物
Donfuy wrote:those... uhh... thingies with clothes (google translator: "closet", but I'm not that sure, does a closet have drawers?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_of_drawers ?

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (14:04)
by 999_Springs
Zilla wrote:I mean, great furniture, low prices and delicious food? Unheard of.
If you think two-dimensional or circular beds etc are "great", then you surely haven't come across any furniture from any decent stores, which are... THREE-dimensional! As for the food? Visit a supermarket such as Marks & Spencer, for example, and that will change your opinion for the good.
Atilla wrote:I demand home-grown organic furniture traditionally hand-carved with care from genuine pumpkin seeds.
Agreed.
Skyline wrote:I'm sorry, but most of these are silly
Ikea IS silly, so these reflect the state of such a stupid store which thinks that it's a good idea to sell circular beds, flat lightbulbs, metal toilet seats, amongst other things.
jean-luc wrote:The flatness you see all around Ikea is one of the reasons their products are so cheap.
Yes. And not just their furniture, but some of their lightbulbs.

With regard to flatpacked furniture, it appears that the instructions that come with them provide only pictures with no verbal explanation, which, in fact, makes it difficult to understand. Perhaps this implies something about the illiteracy of their manufacturers.
PALEMOON wrote:999_Springs, you are incredibly good at this. I salute you.
Thank you.
ortsz wrote:I notice that this was the second thing that came to mind for you. Remind me to never let you near my furniture.
If you look at the list of points, #6 refers to the entrance, where I began my journey into the store. #1 and #2 were, in fact, inspired by a certain description of Ikea that somehow managed to appear in one of my school's magazines, some sixteen months before I visited the store. #3 to #5 were derived from preliminary research using the catalogue and the Internet.
atob wrote:My bedroom is 90% Ikea furnished and it's lovely
It must be the other 10% that brings it up!
atob wrote:You are good at this, though.
Thank you.
Chase wrote:Also, half your points are not valid as they do not occur in all IKEA stores
Which ones? I'm quite sure that the litter/holes/broken clocks/circular beds (and similar products) are ubiquitous, despite having only been to one Ikea store. I find it hard to imagine otherwise.
Donfuy wrote:The restaurant sucks so hard, have you tried the "hot-dog"? Or may I say, "Plastic sausages with bread". You can hear your teeth trying to rip off the plastic. Nothing like the suggestive image they show.
As I mentioned in #28, the ssausages are hard - but, perhaps you're saying that it's an understatement? Well at least sausages are present in their hot-dogs, which solves #30 (no dog, I see, in their hot dog).

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (17:47)
by T3chno
I'm truly sorry if IKEA is more postmodern than you, 999_Springs.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (19:07)
by 999_Springs
Flight wrote:I'm truly sorry if IKEA is more postmodern than you, 999_Springs.
Circular beds? Flat lightbulbs? Pieces of paper with holes in them as panel curtains? Almost-plastic sausages? Two-dimensional furniture? Holes in the floor? Postmodern?

Postmodernism. HUH. This stuff is just rubbish with no need for a fancy name.

(Incidentally, if you go to Google, type in "circular beds", press enter, and scroll down to the bottom of the resulting webpage, note what Google suggests for "Searches related to: ...")

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (19:20)
by noops
HOW ARE CIRCULAR BEDS A BAD THING I MEAN THEY'RE CIRCLES.

Also, I agree with Flight, it is post modern. I like almost everything you listed, bar the sausages. I'd love to have some circular beds, flat lightbulbs, circular beds, panel curtains, 2 dimensional furniture, and circular beds.

But that's just me, an artist.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (19:26)
by unoriginal name
999_Springs, I'm severely tempted to rant at you right now for your staggering close-mindedness. It's probably not worth it, though.

Re: About Ikea

Posted: 2009.06.28 (21:35)
by isaacx
I like Ikea, our family goes to one almost every other week. 'bout 90% of our house IS Ikea. There's some pretty good stuff.

If you haven't visited more than one store, that might be your problem, each and every store is completely different from the next.