Anonymous wrote:

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

Me too! When the zombie apocalypse comes, we'll head over to IKEA, bring some like-minded families and stand our ground.

This is honestly not a good idea

1) It would be a really challenging building to 'clean out'
2) They are usually not near any large centers of food
3) There are actually tons of entrances/exits but very few smaller 'secure' areas.

FWIW I have always thought a hotel is the right way to go. Every room is safe zone so if one is compromised you can move on. And usually in bustling population centers so you have places to make strategic food runs. You need some type of equipment to move from room to room via balcony though.

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

I’m fine with that. It’s actually the current advice to staff in the event of a school shooting.

I guess sorry to all who will be annoyed this is being bumped but this henmes resting in himmel made me LOL for real, something that doesn't happen on the internet very often! Hopefully it will bring joy and mirth to another! Praise Jäsus!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
'Relax' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

I’m bummed that no one thought my Hotel California deference was funny.

With all deference, I did think your reference was funny.

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

Me too! When the zombie apocalypse comes, we'll head over to IKEA, bring some like-minded families and stand our ground.

Why are we talking about death in a thread about IKEA? We should be celebrating life and have joy!

Anonymous wrote:Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
'Relax' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

I’m bummed that no one thought my Hotel California deference was funny.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain who or what resurrects this thread once every 3 or 4 yrs???

This one was resurrected by a recent topic: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/836700.page

In the new topic, someone raised a question about emergency exits and someone else linked to this thread. Several people went from the new thread to this old thread via the link and someone decided to respond.

Guilty as charged. I am the op from the other thread who questioned possible fire concerns. I was completely unaware that this thread existed, by got a kick out of reading it. I take comfort in knowing that I am not the only one who had the fire concerns. Sorry, but IKEA just strikes me as a death trap.

I didn’t start this thread but absolutely thought the same thing while shopping there.

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
'Relax' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

Just follow the smell of food. The closer you get to the smell, the closer you get to the exit/entrance. In event of ?- stop, drop, and roll roll roll

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain who or what resurrects this thread once every 3 or 4 yrs???

This one was resurrected by a recent topic: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/836700.page

In the new topic, someone raised a question about emergency exits and someone else linked to this thread. Several people went from the new thread to this old thread via the link and someone decided to respond.

Guilty as charged. I am the op from the other thread who questioned possible fire concerns. I was completely unaware that this thread existed, by got a kick out of reading it. I take comfort in knowing that I am not the only one who had the fire concerns. Sorry, but IKEA just strikes me as a death trap.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain who or what resurrects this thread once every 3 or 4 yrs???

Doesn't matter who-- we should be eternally grateful for a little mirth in our dull miserable lives of consumerism, sketchy parenting, and wasting time.

Amen. Praise Jäsus.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain who or what resurrects this thread once every 3 or 4 yrs???

Doesn't matter who-- we should be eternally grateful for a little mirth in our dull miserable lives of consumerism, sketchy parenting, and wasting time.

Anonymous wrote:Everything I like is unsafe.

I gave up vaping marijuana. I’m keeping ikea

I could live in an Ikea and Walmart in an emergency. Food and furniture.

Actually, nothing like Walmart.

I could also live in a Costco in case of an emergency.