Ikea during an emergency?

[Anonymous]

Ikea is built in a maze construction. THe exit signs are designs to make you have to walk around the entire store before you can exit. What happens in an emergency? I don't want anyone to be trapped in a corn maze of a store in for example a fire.

Does anyone know how Ikea manages to pass fire inspection codes?

[Anonymous]

There are exit signs (the red glowing ones) all over the place.

[Anonymous]

There are many exits from the lab rat maze other than "Start" and "End." In an emergency, just walk forward or back along the path and look for store personnel who will be redirecting shoppers to the nearest emergency exit.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but none point to actual exits. They point to an eventual exit, but first you have to walk all around the store.

[Anonymous]

There are shortcut doors to cut through the sections all over the place. Do you work in Ikea? You probably know all the exits then. Otherwise, it seems a bit irrational to have fears like this. I would fear being trampled in a shopping mall or Target, more than I would worry about a fire at Ikea.

[Anonymous]

In a fire, everyone would die, as they have lived, surrounded by cheap assembled flat-pack European-designed pine furniture.

There was such a fire in the UK, and I remember at the memorial service they read out the names of all those who died, interspersed with the names of the furniture lines that perished:

John
Malm
Bjorn
Trysill
Skogn
Peter

etc. Made it all the more poignant, somehow.

[Anonymous]

I think that during an emergency the workers would leave everyone in there to fend for themselves

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a fire, everyone would die, as they have lived, surrounded by cheap assembled flat-pack European-designed pine furniture.

There was such a fire in the UK, and I remember at the memorial service they read out the names of all those who died, interspersed with the names of the furniture lines that perished:

John
Malm
Bjorn
Trysill
Skogn
Peter

etc. Made it all the more poignant, somehow.

You're kind of an ass. but still hilarious. I like you. Let's be friends.

-OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a fire, everyone would die, as they have lived, surrounded by cheap assembled flat-pack European-designed pine furniture.

There was such a fire in the UK, and I remember at the memorial service they read out the names of all those who died, interspersed with the names of the furniture lines that perished:

John
Malm
Bjorn
Trysill
Skogn
Peter

etc. Made it all the more poignant, somehow.

Oh god. Any update on Hemnes? Please tell me Hemnes made it out?

[Anonymous]

Hemnes is in Himmål now, with Jäsus.

[Anonymous]

I thought this thread was going to suggest we take refugee there and I thought, "what a great idea". Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ikea is built in a maze construction. THe exit signs are designs to make you have to walk around the entire store before you can exit. What happens in an emergency? I don't want anyone to be trapped in a corn maze of a store in for example a fire.

Does anyone know how Ikea manages to pass fire inspection codes?

You mean like sprinklers, guiding lights toward the exits that probably come on when the fire alarm sounds, trained staff... You mean like that? PP is right, by the way. There are regular lit up exit signs all over the place. You're probably no further than 25 feet from an exit to the outside at any time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hemnes is in Himmål now, with Jäsus.

I think I have a crush on you

[Anonymous]

I hate Ikea. It is right up there with a visit to Chucky Cheese in my things not to do anymore list.

[Anonymous]

The only place worse to get out of than IKEA is Michaels. I swear they pump oxygen into the air like the casinos.