"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
08/10/2019 at 07:45 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
08/10/2019 at 07:45 • Filed to: None | 2
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My wife sent me to Ikea last week. If you’ve never been there, it’s a horrible place. It’s set up like the old grocery stores. You’re expected to enter in one place, then follow the path through the entire two-story gigantic store before going through checkout. They really don’t want you to just pop in and grab what you need. You think I’m joking? Look at this!
That’s not even the full store. You’re allowed to grab some items, but for others you have to note the item number, then go pull them from the warehouse yourself.if something is on an upper shelf, you have to order it and come back another day. They won’t run a forklift in here when customers are present.
There are other items that they will pull from the back warehouse after you pay for them. While they were pulling it, I had the joy of taking the stuff I’d already pulled out to the truck and moving it to the loading area. By the way, whoever thought a cart with four caster wheels was a good idea should be forced to spend an entire day maneuvering one around a parking lot in the Texas summer heat.four wheel casters are a bad idea.
With that being loaded, the next task was to move the truck to the loading area to pick up the other items. I was reminded that every entitled a-hole who can’t follow directions or understand a simple layout shops at IKEA.lets just block in two cars by parking in the red zone... I’ll only be a minute!
You’re supposed to drive down the one-way lane and back into one of the spaces. The sidewalk is covered and has barriers to keep your cart from rolling into the parking lot. That’s a great thing because, despite this part of Texas being flatter than Kansas, ikea managed to build in a slope so your four-wheel-steering funky cart does it’s best to roll away from you.
After you get loaded, you have to wait for all the terrible drivers to clear the road. White van lady waited ten minutes for the truck driver to load his truck then return his cart then move his truck, all despite the plethora of empty parking spaces she could have just backed into!
At least there was something, ummm, let’s just say “interesting “ to look at while I waited.
That’s the lesson for the day, boys and girls. If you have to buy from Ikea, just save yourself the hassle and order it online.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 07:53 |
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just use the shortcuts that are shown on the map?
MM54
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 07:57 |
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I’ve not been to an Ikea, I wouldn’t mind going just to look around, but it does sound like actually buying online would be a lot more pleasant.
MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 08:10 |
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If you didn’t get food from Ikea then did you really go to Ikea?
DutchieDC2R
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 08:18 |
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Man, American Ikea sounds so much worse than European Ikea. We have shortcuts through the stores, we can take home any and every item they have in stock the same day, no matter where its stored. Hell, even our drivers sound better, lol.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> pip bip - choose Corrour
08/10/2019 at 08:24 |
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Imagine not having a map and not knowing where to find the thing that you’re looking for while pushing an unwieldy cart and trying to not run over little Debbie whose parents are blocking the entire isle. Meanwhile, the signs are pointing the way to the area you think you need to go to, but none of them point through the shortcuts.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
08/10/2019 at 08:26 |
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I was planning to pick up a BBQ sandwich on the way home, so pictures of Swedish meatballs didn’t look appealing.
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 08:26 |
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oh well, minor detail
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> MM54
08/10/2019 at 08:31 |
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If you’re in a “shopping” mood, I’m sure it’s fine. I wanted to get in, grab what I neede, then get out. I had a five hour drive ahead of me.
shop-teacher
> DutchieDC2R
08/10/2019 at 08:38 |
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They have shortcuts in the American ones too.
The driver's though ... Yeah ... They're a big problem.
Jayvincent
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 08:52 |
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look familiar?
facw
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 08:53 |
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I actually don’t mind the Ikea experience, though I do wish their shipping costs were cheaper for online ordering.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 09:13 |
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That's quite a rant. My complaint with Ikea is that when you buy some permanent fixture, say, a cabinet, you return at some later point to expand your holdings and to they're not carrying the same style, or they've changed it. But the fries and meatballs in the caf are good.
Thomas Donohue
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 09:16 |
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Did you get the meatballs!?!?!??!
Azrek
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 10:10 |
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Thomas Donohue
08/10/2019 at 10:27 |
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Nope. Next stop was BBQ.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/10/2019 at 10:29 |
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That’s a problem with a lot of retail these days. We’re having trouble locating a replacement globe for one of our ceiling fans. I’m hoping we don’t have to buy a whole new fan just because of a broken globe.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> facw
08/10/2019 at 10:31 |
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My wife has sheltered me from the shipping costs. They wouldn’t pull the chair base I needed from an upper shelf, so my wife spared me another trip to the store and ordered it online.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Jayvincent
08/10/2019 at 10:32 |
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:)
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/10/2019 at 10:46 |
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Same. I have a ceiling fan I paid several hundred dollars for when I built my addition 12 years ago and all the workings are solid state and now, I can only access one fan speed. Something about the Mystery Switch and the Receiver.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
08/10/2019 at 11:14 |
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I just walked through Lowe’s one last time in hopes of finding the globe. No luck. If I can’t find it online, I may get a new fixture for $40 or a new fan for $50. Our economy is just strange.
punkgoose17
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/14/2019 at 14:04 |
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I find ebay is very helpful with odd specific replacement parts
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punkgoose17
> TheRealBicycleBuck
08/14/2019 at 14:08 |
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I clicked on your post because the Ikea maps reminded me of the video game Monaco. We always treat a trip to Ikea as an event.