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Sawyer Kidder 2 years ago

Our world would be awesome

2points

Tee Witt 2 years ago

There will always be people like this who will find some way to insult people, me, it was because I was so small. It add to the variety of the planets inhabitants and later provides so good laughs.

1point

Karen Philpott 2 years ago

At conception

0points

Minh Le 2 years ago

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May 2 years ago

So many things wrong here - Jim should be able to support himself fully by being a high school maths teacher and Karen should have been banned from the store for her behaviour

51points

Eric Schultz Saindon 2 years ago

1000% this

0points

Pumpkin Queen 2 years ago

What bothers me the most is that the teacher isn't paid enough so he has to take a second job.

25points

Ellie Rosser 2 years ago

Son should ask her to shut up because the guy is another human being and she is out of order, not because he is the son's teacher!

22points

Lainie 2 years ago

I think that son knows his mother. Preaching about "the other human being" obviously wouldn't be a way to go. :(

1point

BORKADYMUSIC 2 years ago

Poor Jim, he’s just trying to do his job :(

11points

Lainie 2 years ago

His second work, which he had to take in order to survive.

1point

Samantha Lomb 2 years ago

That poor kid. I hope Jim didn't hold it against his student. And its quite likely he won't be speaking to mom when he grows up

9points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

I just feel more and more that service staff should be equipped with Tasers.

8points

De Gueb 2 years ago

Math teacher having to work another job to make ends meet.

7points

Raven Sheridan 2 years ago

The mother is not only a bully for her behaviour, but a coward, for not having the balls to show up to the teacher-parent night.

5points

Katinka Min 2 years ago

Why does a calculus teacher work at IKEA? What kind of a pittance are Americans paying their teachers???

4points

Lainie 2 years ago

You can already guess...

1point

bugsway Frisk 2 years ago (edited)

Oh good one! I can imagine how she treats her husband and child at home behind closed doors... Where is child protective services when you need them?

4points

Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

Pay. Our. Teachers. What. They. Are. Worth. And oh yeah, screw Karen. We all know what she is.

4points

Mayo 2 years ago

If thats my mom, I would've screamed at her, reminding her how degenerated she is until her ears fell to disability deaf.

4points

DeB. 2 years ago

This happened to my husband! He is a college professor. He also occasionally helps his dad out at his lumberyard by making a delivery or two a week. One afternoon he dropped off a load of lumber where the work order indicated and the homeowner comes out and starts berating my husband. She is furious, wanted the wood left on the other side of the driveway. He showed her the order that directed him to drop it where he did. She proceeds to call him an illiterate moron and other rude names. Her son pulls up and walk over and asks what are you doing here Dr. Miller? Her jaw dropped! I wish I had seen it!

2points

J Moore 2 years ago

"Calculus is hard. It's harder if your Mom's stupid." --John Wayne, probably

2points

SuperChicken 2 years ago

Burn, Karen! Burn in hell.

2points

Sofia Gonzalez 2 years ago

I hope she felt properly embarrassed

2points

Anne Edwards 2 years ago

We both know that she didn't. I'm pretty sure that she is still doing this everywhere she goes.

0points

Zophra 2 years ago

I like this quote: “Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” ― Edmund Burke

1point

Pamela Blue 2 years ago

Why does a high school teacher have to work evenings and weekends? What is wrong with this system that a teacher isn't paid a decent wage? Oh yes! I forgot - this is the good ol' US of A.

0points

Jaybird3939 2 years ago

That teachers have to work a 2nd job to make ends meet is disgusting.

0points

LynzCatastrophe 2 years ago (edited)

It's amazing the way some people devolve when they don't get their way over the tiniest, stupiesr thing and then think this kind of behavior is acceptable when they don't get their way. My toddler nephew can ge reasoned with when he's being a brat but I've met adults that throw worse tantrums than cannot be swayed unless they both get their way AND given a bonus for such "unfair treatment".

0points

Alma Muminovic 2 years ago

Well thats embarrassing for the poor kid but also It’s sad we pay teachers like crap that they are forced to take a second job.

0points

Paul Mitchell 2 years ago

Another Karen. I am sick of them. It's just a euphemism for a** hole.

0points

John Dilligaf 2 years ago

the other horrible thing about this story is the fact that a teacher is forced to work evenings and weekends to make ends meet.

0points

Douglas Mock 2 years ago

Disgusting racist POS Karen

0points

Courtney Lunsford 2 years ago

Since when does speaking with an accent mean you are dumb? Literally everyone speaks with an accent to someone else

-1point

RMT 2 years ago

You know this takes place in America. Either of those jobs, working at ikea or being a math teacher, in another country would pay you enough to have a living wage.

-1point

Mama Penguin 2 years ago

Jim should take the pillow and smash it on her face while repeatedly shouting that she was stupid and would never amount to anything.

-1point

PurpleDoople 2 years ago

Thanos should have snapped twice

-1point

Thalia Lovering 2 years ago

Poor kid

-1point

Legend_Trooper 2 years ago

Messed up.

-1point

Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

The real scandal is that a teacher has to work a second job to make enough to live.

-1point

Odd Ragnar Deng Lerstøl 2 years ago

The horror here is that a calculus teacher has to work at IKEA.

-1point

Mica Silvia 2 years ago

Good story bro

-2points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I work in the Smaländ area in Ikea, for those of you who don’t know Smaländ is a free service where you can drop your children off for an allotted amount of time while you shop around.

A few days ago I was signing in a parent for them to drop off their kids. We have 2 requirements that allow kids into Smaländ. 1.) They have to meet the height requirement 2.) They have to be fully potty trained, no pull-ups or diapers. After checking with her to see if her children met the requirements she responded rather defensively that her daughter was wearing a pull-up but was fully potty trained. After I kindly told her that her daughter would not be able to enter Smaländ today because it’s against the policy she grew furious. It then escalated to us calling the manager who calmly explained the policy once again and apologized for the inconvenience... BUT IT DIDN’T STOP THERE. This lady continued by yelling and pointing at my manger “don’t tell me you’re sorry for me, because if you were you would let my children in” in which my manger replies “oh no I’m not sorry for you at all I’m sorry for your children.” and she stormed off with her children.

gonegirl6 Report

Final score:

281points

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Sofia Gonzalez 2 years ago

Ha!🤣

54points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group An older gentleman in our baths department ranting about how "cheap" the furniture is, banging on things, etc. Tried to slam a drawer but it soft closed on him. Oops, your tantrum was foiled by quality furniture.

sleepypunk , Bonsoni.com Report

Final score:

221points

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T. 2 years ago

OMG this is so funny, mainly because although at home, this happened to me as well, when I wanted to slam a drawer when I was upset. Made me furious. Lol

108points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group This was my Ikea family meltdown. My then boyfriend and I were getting our own place just after college. Until then, we had both been using twin beds thanks to student living spaces and sharing a single twin was proving uncomfortable for two adult humans subjected to California summer temperatures. To fix this issue, off to Ikea we went.

Things start off ok. We start with lunch, admire the living room couches, move into kitchen wares. All so far enjoyable fantasy. And then we reach our destination, bedrooms. A sea of beds in a variety of price points greet us with brightly colored duvets. An experienced furniture purchaser I start scanning the price tags to narrow the options. I bring him to an attractive affordable model I think matches some of our bookcases. And this is where the trouble starts.

See up until now, I didn't realize exactly how bad this man's fear of decision making was. He stares at the bed incomprehensibly for literal minutes, refusing to talk about it. Eventually it is discovered that buying a bed means committing to delaying graduate school, never moving to the east coast, and having children with me. I don't understand that logic and request explanation which is slowly and tearfully given.

We spent three hours in that Ikea and left with nothing. About a month later we went back and again after several hours bought that exact bed. He never went to grad school or moved to the east coast. We also did not have children and broke up a few years later. He took the bed.

IMeanIDontEvenKnow , Rod Herrea Report

Final score:

193points

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Robert T 2 years ago

That last sentence! LOL

99points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group A guy came in and wanted something that we only had “in the air” so it would require a forklift to get the product down, which we don’t do with people in the store for fairly obvious safety reasons. I told him we could get it down right after the store closed for him but that was not an acceptable answer. He proceeded to lose his s**t on me demanding I bring out a forklift and take it down now. As this is happening, his wife and two small children walk up. I say, “well sir, just imagine that your children are in the aisle when the forklift comes out and an accident occurs, your children could be crushed by a falling pallet, the arms of the lift, or any other number of possibly fatal incidents.” His response, “I don’t give a s**t about that, I just want you to get my f*****g table.” I didn’t have to continue the conversation. His wife took care of it.

maskillzizillz , darkday Report

Final score:

191points

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Kona Pake 2 years ago

What’s a smart wife doing with a guy like that?

100points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group danielmark_n_3d said:
For the life of me, I do not understand the relationship nuking ability that Ikea seems to have. My partner and I have gone several times and have a riot each time. Even putting it together is not too much of a strain. So tell me- what the f**k are people doing there that does this?

Robestos86 replied:
Ikea is to relationships what wind is to fire, it destroys the small, it kindles the great.

danielmark_n_3d , Tzuhsun Hsu Report

Final score:

186points

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PandaForLife 2 years ago

lol, the last bit!!

59points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group shizzlingmanizzling said:
I used to work in IKEA in my student days, the Glasgow, Scotland store.

When it was newly opened an elderly Irish guy and his wife stopped me and asked where IKEA was, I explained that they were in IKEA and they couldn’t understand. They had arrived at the ferry port in Ireland that morning and decided that they’d go on a day trip to somewhere they hadn’t been before. When they arrived at the port in Scotland there was a dedicated ‘IKEA’ bus. They thought IKEA was an actual place in Scotland and didn’t realise it was a shop.

I walked away trying not to p**s myself laughing as I could hear them blaming each other for the mistake!

stevemachiner replied:
Jesus, this might have been my folks.

shizzlingmanizzling , Jeriel Lim Report

Final score:

168points

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

So innocent... especially compared with the other ones.

49points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I was working in the kitchen accessories department and this middle aged guy asked me where the cheap white plates are. So these are the lowest price plates that come in one color and are sold straight off the pallet. But they changed the color from white to light beige a month ago.

I explain this and this guy starts raising his voice at me, telling me he owns a restaurant and that I go back there and bring him more white plates. At this point I know I'm not dealing with a rational person here, but I go to the computer and check if there isn't in fact a pallet of the stuff just so he sees I've tried helping him. Even shown him the big fat zero on the screen. He gets red in the face and starts telling me how I'm personally responsible for the gas he spent driving here on his Audi A8. Asked me if I know how much gas an Audi A8 burns. He's yelling now, the whole floor is looking our way and I'm doing my best to not laugh but I realized I'm already smiling and that p****d him off even more. The convo went something like this:

"You're gonna pay for the gas I spent driving here."

"I doubt that sir."

"LISTEN HERE KID! I'M GONNA DRIVE BACK HOME, LOAD UP ALL THE F*****G WHITE PLATES INTO MY CAR AND DUMP THEM ALL IN FRONT OF YOUR F*****G STORE AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY ME EVERY LAST CENT FOR THE DAMAGES"

"That's a good idea."

I wasn't even trying to be rude I just really wanted this guy to do this, but then he asked for my manager, yelled at him basically repeating everything including his Audi A8 gas mileage, everything. He ended up buying the light beige plates.

zombie_physician , mt 23 Report

Final score:

146points

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Very Bored Panda 2 years ago

Oh dear lord

51points

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Two words. Black Friday. It was 9:55, we open at 10. We were almost done, all that we had left to do was put out some children's kitchen set. What we didn't realize was that it was 50% off. I only had two pallets left to put out when the store opens and the horde came.

They were crazy. Sprinting, pushing and shoving. They fought to get to these kitchens and when they noticed my pallets, they tore them open and took it. Eventually one woman started screaming and attacked the guy who took the last one off of the pallet, not noticing the the two full pallets. I had to pull her off him and security came. After about 10 minutes the chaos ended, and I cleaned up.

At the point an elderly couple came and asked if there were any kitchens left and I put one in their cart as my coworkers laughed at what had just occurred.

MindenMachine , Cara Faus Report

Final score:

143points

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Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago

Christians: takes a holiday (holy day) and turns it into a greedy orgy of materialism. Then say things like "Jesus is the reason for the season". while throwing a hissy fit because you said "happy holidays" - tHeY'rE wAginG wAr on cHrIStMaS!!!!!

90points

DynamicIcedTea , Brian's Furniture Report

#10

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I was on a lunch break and talking a walk through IKEA when I'm stopped by this middle aged man with his wife asking me where this particular table was. I replied that I had no idea and proceed to continue on my lunch break walk.

They man and woman then proceeded to hurl all kinds of abuse at me in front of multiple children about how horrible my service is, how I'm taking jobs away from honest working Australians and how I should be fired.

My deadpan reply was basically "That would bw problematic, because I don't even work here, sir."

I will never forget the deer in headlights expression they gave me for a split second. They then proceeded to mumble a "sorry" and ran off in search of their table.

I'm actually appalled by people's attitude when they think they have power over you. And then it's just funny when they realise they don't.

Final score:

143points

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Sofia Gonzalez 2 years ago

People are horrible

64points

EthanS1 , Eduardo Francisco Vazquez Murillo Report

#11

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Going to be buried, but my friend used to work at the Ikea across the street from the Mall of America. Some background, the MoA has an amusement park in the center, it's currently called Nickelodeon Universe, but for the first 15 years or so it was called Camp Snoopy. In 2006 the MoA lost the Snoopy franchise and re-branded to the generic "The Park at MoA" before they acquired the Nickelodeon sponsorship.

A few days after they change from Camp Snoopy happened my friend was working at the daycare at the Ikea. She heard a child ask their mother, "What happened to Snoopy?"

The mother responded without missing a beat, "Snoopy died."

Cue the child bawling her eyes out inconsolably, to the point where they wouldn't let the mother leave the child at the daycare.

As a bonus, my friends and I started and still refer to the amusement park as Snoopy Memorial Park.

Final score:

132points

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Panda Kicki 2 years ago

That was so cruel. Should the mum like to be told a loved one died as a joke? Poor kid 😔

58points

#12

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I hope someone was following us yesterday, because I went to IKEA in West Chester with my husband and mother-in-law (Note: this was not my idea.). We were looking for a reading chair for me. MIL kept suggesting very industrial-looking designs, with either very low arms or no arms at all. I was trying to explain that her suggestions did not make for comfortable reading. My MIL’s response was, “You read too much. You should read less.”

I was speechless. For about 2 minutes. Then I basically turned in to Gollum, and hiss-whispered, “What the hell is wrong with you?” She proudly answered, “A person who doesn’t read.”

Currer813 , Mike Boucher Report

Final score:

117points

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PandaForLife 2 years ago

Reading is fun…

65points

#13

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Former Uber driver here. I had a pickup request at an Ikea. For the record this was after you could specifically request SUVs was rolled out. So I pulled up to the pickup area in my Prius and this there was 2 people, mother and daughter, waiting for me. When I park I see they have an entire bedroom set. I ask them if they have a second car coming and she was like no I need you to load it up in your car. So I start folding my seats and she said "No! My mother needs to come too!" I told her "I can't do that I don't have room for everything." That was when she threatened to email Uber over refusing to help her.

Like b***h I can take your mom or your furniture not both. request an SUV or pay Ikea $50 to deliver it for you. Quit being cheap. It's not my fault you went to Ikea without a car or a game plan for getting it back.

ansteve1 , Joe Goldberg Report

Final score:

108points

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Emberlee Tatum 2 years ago

Do they not have Depth Perception or Spacial Awareness? 😂

29points

#14

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I work in customer service in a UK store. We get so many meltdowns...it's really hard to choose. I've had so many things thrown at me I've lost count. My best one might be the gentleman who demanded to speak to Ingvar Kamprad about his waiting time at the collection point. When I stupidly offered the department manager he said he'd settle for someone Swedish. Unfortunately we couldn't help him. He took his things and left screaming that he'd write to sweden. I've not heard anything back yet. :/

YohannaLPDJ , Elliott Brown Report

Final score:

97points

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Very Bored Panda 2 years ago

He asked to speak to the founder of IKEA..... Seriously?

47points

#15

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Obligatory not an IKEA employee.

Was at an IKEA one day getting a dresser. Was walking through the small item section (between the showrooms and the warehouse, for stuff like plates and such), saw this guy looking in this bin for shower curtain rods (or maybe just regular curtain rods, can't remember). The bin was empty, but there was a nearby shopping cart with one in it. It was clearly someone's shopping cart that they had left sitting while they went to get something else.

The guy took the curtain rod from the cart and was leaving when the guy came back and caught him. The guy refused to give the curtain rod back to the original person and a physical altercation ensued. Yes, two grown men fought over a cheap IKEA curtain rod until security/employees came and broke it up.

Altephor1 , Joe Goldberg Report

Final score:

95points

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Bob D. Lin Quint 2 years ago

Was the rod used in combat as it should have been?

72points

#16

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I am not am employee, but as a customer I had a pretty intense experience.

My wife and I had gone through the showrooms and were just about to enter the area where you pick up your boxed furniture kits. There weren't any of the flat sleds, so everyone was waiting around for more to be loaded. I was there for a good 20 minutes and I was second in line.

Right around the 20 minute mark one sled comes down the conveyor and a guy from the back of the line walks up and says to the guy ahead of me:

"I guess your getting the next one."

Of course the guy in front of me was like, "Hey man, I've been waiting and this cart is mine."

The other guy then proceeded to pull a knife, grab the guy in front of my by the collar and hold the blade to his neck while saying "I'm pretty sure you're getting the next one.

So yeah, I almost saw a guy get stabbed over a fight for a shopping cart in IKEA.

almightywhacko , XoMEoX Report

Final score:

90points

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Gaby Almodovar 2 years ago

I would call the police.

44points

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#17

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I did a stint doing early-morning (5am start) replenishment at IKEA one summer.

I was stocking a bin in the warehouse at opening time, so I had a view of the duy going over to open the gate at the front of the store to release the hordes right at 9:00. The time comes he flips the switch, the gate starts rising and as soon as it's high enough this woman ducks under it and begins all but running across the store. That's when I realize her kids, who looked like they were about 3-5 frantically chasing her flat out just to try and keep up. Made me kind of sad.

Leningrad_optical , Powhusku Report

Final score:

87points

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Robert T 2 years ago

Maybe she was trying to get away from them...

49points

#18

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I once overheard a young woman talking to her man in the furniture section. She was sobbing uncontrollably, talking about how if she doesn't have all the best, fanciest, most expensive furniture, she'd be ashamed to have her friends over and that would trigger her panic attacks. Dude was calmly trying to compromise with her because he didn't want to spend enough money to buy an entire house just on furniture. But she was having none of it. She started hyperventilating and had to lie down because she was going to faint. Dude was just looking around at people with this apologetic look while he tried to maneuver her into a chair.

All I could think was, "Wow. Poor bastard."

thudly , Bogdan Migulski Report

Final score:

87points

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Otter 2 years ago

Why is it that sane people can never find someone to love, and crazy and abusive whackdoodles never have any trouble?

83points

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#19

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group My favourite has got to be the family of five ranging from maybe 15 - 50, incredibly vocal middle eastern family that had almost zero English skills between the them. I had the unfortunate task of informing them through a translator that the bunk bed they had ordered was in stock, but was in the air in the self serve area and not currently available so they could come and pick it up after close. We'll that wasn't good enough for them and all five of them threw themselves onto the ground and just flat out began wailing. To keep this in perspective. They had ordered this bed at 2055. The store closes at 2100. They had to wait an extra 10 minutes maybe 15 minutes to get their product. When they see that wailing doesn't seem to be working for them, they begin to take items of other people's trolleys and taking them outside to their car all while yelling at the top of their lungs. At this point security are with them trying to calm them down. 10 minutes into this, the bunk bed has been brought down and is ready to hand out. Even after being informed that their order is ready, this family carries on for another 30 minutes and security was forced to call the police. 10 minutes later, the police walked through the door and the family immediately stopped everything they were doing and just simply walked out of the store and left. It was an interesting sight for us and a pretty terrible experience for all the other customers there at the time.

Pranxta , Mia & Steve Mestdagh Report

Final score:

82points

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Panda Kicki 2 years ago

Why didnt you call the police earlier, like when they took other people stuff to their car?

65points

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#20

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I used to work at IKEA and have so many stories from there. I think a memorable one wasn't a family fighting, but it was 2 women fighting over my service. I was helping one customer and it was a super busy weekend, so I'm sure all the employees were pretty busy. As I was helping her, another woman came up and interrupted us. They started arguing and one of them called the other woman a cow.

TA704 , Pingz Man Report

Final score:

79points

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Rench 2 years ago

Moo....

26points

#21

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group The first one was during the breakfast at IKEA which is only 1 euro. So I work at IKEA food and saw a woman flipping to another older woman about taking the last slice of Cheese. Which will always be refilled in a matter of seconds. The slice is only 1 of the 7 things included with the 1 euro breakfast. She then totally lost it and was shouting at the older woman, calling here a racist and that she was going to beat here up outside, "come fight me b***h" after that already insane reaction she continued with here rage and started at the 3 managers that came to de-escalate the situation. In the meanwhile the older lady was all in tears and brought to safety in the co-workers restaurant in the back. It really made me angry at the time that you can't really do the thing you want with your IKEA clothes on.

ganget , Kevin Doncaster Report

Final score:

68points

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Steve Fischer 2 years ago

Is that you Karen?

12points

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#22

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Not a meltdown, or an employee, BUT -- I was in an IKEA when a random lady grabbed my hand, pulled me over to the bookshelf section, and told me all about the number of books she hoped to fit on one, color scheme of her bedroom, etc. it was pretty weird but I gave her my best advice on bookshelves and made it back to my boyfriend, who was about 20 feet away looking at me with "should I come save you?" eyes. IKEA is a weird place man

leahd26 , Tricia Report

Final score:

67points

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Sofia Gonzalez 2 years ago

She was just excited about books!

22points

#23

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Not an employee, but my extended family and I went to the Mayfest Celebration at our local IKEA. Endless meatballs and a Princess Cake for all!

We did not pack extra clothes for my infant daughter, who proceeded to have the biggest poop explosion ever right in the middle of it all. Up the back and in the hair level of poop.

Poor husband ran through the store in a hysterical panic, thinking of his poor naked baby. We ended up grabbing a few bibs and a blanket, with some strange looks from the staff.

We survived, and still laugh about our child being carried around like the infant Jesus swaddled in an IKEA blanket and nothing else.

skynolongerblue , Happy Krissy Report

Final score:

66points

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Memere 2 years ago (edited)

Tip for parents of infants: NEVER leave the house without at least 2 sets of clothing for the baby, carried with you at all times. And stash an extra 2 sets in the car.

78points

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#24

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Obligatory not an employee, but IKEA broke up a couple my parents knew.

I believe it was around the time IKEA first came to the US, my parents went to one with their friend and her boyfriend. The boyfriend did not realize what he was in for, and my parents basically watched all the life drain out of him as his girlfriend dragged him through furniture. There may as well have been giant flashing signs saying COMMITMENT everywhere, this dude was not ready for it. They were bickering hard by the end and broke up shortly afterwards.

TelemarketingEnigma Report

Final score:

60points

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Robert T 2 years ago

I think we are all feeling the strain by the time we get to last few sections before the exit.

18points

#25

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Not a family but relevant I think. I work in the bistro area and I once had a customer scream and threaten a coworker when he was told he couldn't get a cup for water. We only have one cup in the bistro, it cost one dollar and is counted as inventory so we can't give them out for free. When my coworker told the guy this he flipped out said IKEA is pure s**t and we are operating illegally by not providing him water (we aren't there's a water fountain to the right). He begins to call my coworker a piece of s**t approaches me and ask for a cup I tell him the same thing which only angers him further. Once I point out the water fountain nearby he says he won't use it because he isn't a 'peasant' and says he'll come back to deal with me and my coworker for trying to profit off his dehydration. Needless to say I never saw him again and my coworker and I shared a good laugh.

kinc2044 , Jellaluna Report

Final score:

58points

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Sofia Gonzalez 2 years ago

All of us are idiots! Either having our dehydration profited on or being peasants!

23points

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#26

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group mandatory not me, but my buddy works at Ikea.

a man and a woman, in their mid-20s come to the store. they look like the average people who'd you see stepping out of 2-seater high-end BMW, with attitude to match.

they ask my buddy for help and ask a lot of questions about couple of pieces. they end up wanting them, so my buddy gives the the warehouse codes for the items.

the man is like '?????'. they're apparently new to ikea, so my buddy explains the items are to be self-assembled at home. the guy gets real angry and starts lashing out about this kind of shit being below his paygrade.

my buddy suggests they use their installation service. the guy is first like 'okay, finally some service', until he learns it costs extra to have them assembled by the service.

the guy goes into a rage and yells 'I'M NOT PAYING! I'M NOT PAYING! I'M NOT PAYING!' and causes a huge scene. The lady comps him. he throws the sheet of paper at my buddy (but it's not crumbled so it kinda just floats away) and marches out, promising not to ever step that s**t store again.

[deleted] , b0jangles Report

Final score:

58points

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Otter 2 years ago

I assume that if they were shopping at Ikea, they didn't actually have the money to pay for the lifestyle they were trying to flaunt.

57points

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#27

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I used to work at the entrance (greet people and give directions and information) at an IKEA in Austria. That ikea is open till 9pm during the week. At 8:45pm a young austrian guy(its relevant for the story) comes up to me to ask me where he could find a kitchen item and if i could look it up on my computer. While talking to him, 3 people approached my desk, extremely stressed, shopping cart chock-full, one of them interrupted the young man I was talking to and said to me:"You! Where is the checkout!!??" The young man, slighty annoyed still politely told the group to wait a second. After he was gone, the man of the group winked to me and said:"what a nervous and rude boy,". I told him that I think its ruder to interrupt (I know, I usually dont). He then said sth to me like "now you are rude" but wanted to leave, when suddenly his wife completely loses it. Called me ALL insults the German language has, red faced, tense body, fists, I thought shes going to attack me. The woman then accused me of being a "racist b***h" because she was (I think) Egyptian and the young man was Austrian. Her husband had to drag her out of there to the elevator, she screamed at me the entire time. I think she screamed at me for 10 minutes. My hands were shaking when I picked up my phone to call my manager to warn him that there might be a complaint later...

kathide1 , AKX_ Report

Final score:

55points

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Very Bored Panda 2 years ago

No words

25points

#28

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Not an IKEA employee but I was at the IKEA in Wembley in London and basically ended up wandering through the shop behind a mother and daughter. The mother was probably about 80 and the daughter about 50.

They were bickering with each other the entire time and in the worst possible place (the section with the stacks of wine glasses in the aisle), the mother said something and walked off... and the daughter grabbed her by the hair and dragged her backwards. They both fell into the big display of wine glasses and smashed the s**t out of it. Didn't seem like they got cut up but I moved out of there quickly as they were still fighting so didn't see the end result!

KtEire , Salvation Army USA West Report

Final score:

53points

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Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago

Two words: elder abuse.

8points

#29

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group I'm not an employee, but I once saw a kid tantrum cause his family moved past the kid room with the slide equipped bunk bed. He followed up by breaking a display television. It was too much of a scene for me so I continued on to the end to buy some cinnamon rolls.

okaytran , mliu92 Report

Final score:

43points

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molly beaird 2 years ago

the cinnamon roles there are worth the bad experiences

19points

#30

30 Of The Funniest And Wildest IKEA Moments As Shared On This Online Group Ikea employee here.

Was organizing some products as I noticed an elderly couple (approximately 60s) walking past me. The man stops and comments on a rug, saying it’s nice. The wife replies “That won’t fit in our home.”

The guy immediately growls back: “oh come on we both know what this is about. You think I’m stupid! I’ll show you stupid.”

He then grabs the rug and angrily stomps off. The lady just kept walking as if nothing had happened.

TVjoker , Deidre Woollard Report

Final score:

42points

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Becky Klebe 2 years ago

60s is elderly? Damn.

68points

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Here's my happy story about IKEA. We are the last to squeeze in one of those massive lifts that hold about 50 people (it feels like). The doors close and my adult daughter (who's normally pretty quiet in public) turns round and says, "Now, I've gathered you all here today..." One of the funniest experiences of everybody's life that day I think.

24points

Zedrapazia 2 years ago

I don't remember where it was, but Ikea once had an issue with some guy who used the direction markers (that should lead you out of Ikea) to create a labyrinth with them so the customers wouldn't get out of the store anymore.

15points

juice 2 years ago

i remember that story! unfortunately though, it was satire (from There Is News). here's the link https://thereisnews.com/man-arrested-for-put-fake-arrow-decals-on-the-floor-of-walmart-and-create-a-labyrinth-with-no-exit9999/

5points

Jamie 2 years ago

My favorite IKEA memory was watching a couple get into a screaming match, then watching the husband storm off in a fit of anger. Only he couldn't just stomp off and go outside. He had to stomp his way back through the whole path of the store, since it's laid out like a maze with dotted lines to follow. Hilarious.

9points

Peter Weir 2 years ago

i love ikea...i sit and watch people fight and push, and then go and have a inexpensive lunch or breakfast...then pick up a few items and patiently stand in line listening and watching the Karens complain over the lack of items or the prices ..people are useless these days, but Ikea is still amazing

6points

Buren 2 years ago

Hey, how do you guys get out from there? I am still at the kid's section.

6points

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

You need to use the Wizard's Key to unlock the second door on the right, collect the Dragon's Eye and use it on the goblin so he'll give you the magic map which makes the exit appear.

10points

BG SVH 2 years ago

Loved this article. I used to work at IKEA and I can confirm that a small percentage of shoppers is absolutely off their rockets. I used to work customer services and I have seen full falling on the ground crying meltdowns. I have been spit at, I have had coffee thrown into my face, I have been yelled at soooo many times. And it was soooo funny seeing seemingly normal people loose their s@#$t over a lamp or some plates.

4points

Gabrielle Daylano 2 years ago (edited)

I once went to Ikea and they called the owner of a car over the speaker. I thought maybe they parked wrong or something. When we where done we walk outside and we see why the owner of that car was called. Next to ikea was a constructionside and they had accendently ( I hope) dropt this huge steel pole on his car. The pole was as big as a tree and dropt horizontal on the car. The car was totalled. Imagine you hear your car being called on the speaker and you come to find your car like that.

3points

Daniel Atkins 2 years ago

They named this wrong it should be called IKEA Theater.

3points

Seabeast 2 years ago

How about a soap opera called Ikea Heights? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9gkYw35Vws

3points

april jenkins 2 years ago

well, IdonKEA.

2points

Seabeast 2 years ago

I love Ikea and have never seen anything like these crazy scenes while shopping there. I guess it's different if you work there, though.

1point

Cathy Jo Baker 2 years ago

I've never set foot in an IKEA. I don't think I'm missing much!

1point

Seabeast 2 years ago

These are rare occurences. I've shopped at Ikea many times over the years and never seen anything like what's described above.

0points

Meami 2 years ago

One time we took some colleagues who were new to the area to IKEA in Seattle. We parked and told them we would meet back at the exit in a couple of hours. They were stunned. They said, "can't we meet sooner?" We pointed out that 2 hours was a short amount of time to get through IKEA unless you didn't look at anything!

0points

Homer Jay 2 years ago

Do not want to be that guy but ikea is thet corporate that makes half of the products deliberatly bad and the orther one ok so you can not really complain bout them

0points

John Baker 2 years ago

Never been to an IKEA, never will.

0points

Albino 2 years ago (edited)

I must have some something wrong in life. Relationship survive IKEA shopping and several thousand € IKEA furniture assembly. Yet I'm single again, for probably inferior reason.

0points

Glirpy 2 years ago

I have a few Ikea bookshelves. They are fine when you put them together and leave them in the room. However, I can tell by the construction that they would not last a move to another house unless you treat them like glassware. Also definitely cannot be taken apart and put back together.

0points

Cheryl Low 2 years ago

I have a great story me and a friend were I. Ikea by the mattresses and there was a middle eastern family looking at beds and on of the boys was jumping o the mattress. And I noticed his shes were on the floor next to me so I kicked one just a lit, but didn't notice that it was caught on the wheel of my shopping basket until we got to the elevator. We were laughing so much you could the mother yelling at the boy about were his she was. So I took the shoe and put it on top of the shelf right by the elevator. And we left. Maybe next time they will think before jumping.

0points

Freder 2 years ago

Terrible company with disposable items

-1point

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

24points

Zedrapazia 2 years ago

15points

juice 2 years ago

5points

Jamie 2 years ago

9points

Peter Weir 2 years ago

6points

Buren 2 years ago

Hey, how do you guys get out from there? I am still at the kid's section.

6points

Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago

You need to use the Wizard's Key to unlock the second door on the right, collect the Dragon's Eye and use it on the goblin so he'll give you the magic map which makes the exit appear.

10points

BG SVH 2 years ago

4points

Gabrielle Daylano 2 years ago (edited)

3points

Daniel Atkins 2 years ago

They named this wrong it should be called IKEA Theater.

3points

Seabeast 2 years ago

How about a soap opera called Ikea Heights? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9gkYw35Vws

3points

april jenkins 2 years ago

well, IdonKEA.

2points

Seabeast 2 years ago

I love Ikea and have never seen anything like these crazy scenes while shopping there. I guess it's different if you work there, though.

1point

Cathy Jo Baker 2 years ago

I've never set foot in an IKEA. I don't think I'm missing much!

1point

Seabeast 2 years ago

These are rare occurences. I've shopped at Ikea many times over the years and never seen anything like what's described above.

0points