Doing my Ikea online prep before I go to the store this afternoon.
Not thrilled with shopping at Ikea. When I was younger it brought me joy. Now I feel like a big fat wasteful consumer.
Ah well, I will only buy a few really good deals, nothing big – like their disposable furniture. Good business model – make furniture that will hold together just long enough to be in fashion. Then it falls apart in time for the next ‘look’. And it’s cheap enough every time you buy it that you feel like a shopping superstar. “Look at this DEAL!”
That popular Ikea commercial is more accurate than they might have intended. The one with captain scandinavian standing on the corner, berating you for feeling bad about the lamp in with the trash when the woman buys a new one? “You feel bad for the lamp?! That’s because you’re crazy. The new lamp is much better.”
Nice attitude. Don’t try and find a new home for your “boring” old lamp. Just throw it out! Come on everybody! That’s why god made curbs! Get yourself some “unboring” furniture and throw the rest away! HAHAHAHAHA! Everybody now! All unfashionable furniture to the landfill!
I can’t wait until I don’t get paid like a chump. I look forward to having the sort of income where I don’t have to save up to buy from Ikea for household necessities. Oh baby… it’ll be all hemp shower curtains and natural dyes…
*gurgle*.
Fingers crossed that this new job falls for my “salary expectation”.
:runs off to check email…
It’s a mix here. Definitely first stop shopping for young couples and university students.
But it persists, it’s always packed here on weekends. And it’s very socially acceptable to have a house done in all Ikea.