• Nightwatch Admin
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    3614 days ago

    Exactly. There’s nothing - almost nothing maybe - in larger stores or chains that is not designed to make you buy things. Even the way through, Ikea is obviously god emperor there but other follow closely.

      • @grue
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        2614 days ago

        It’s literally a single path with no branches (except for the shortcuts), Pinky.

        • @turnipjs
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          2314 days ago

          And after you’ve been a couple times you learn the shortcuts to the meat balls pretty well.

          • @SpaceNoodle
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            1014 days ago

            Oh man, I worked right by the new IKEA that got built and before long I could get through that thing in a minute flat

        • @GrabtharsHammer
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          1214 days ago

          It’s a spiritual maze, Brain. Are you done looking at the curtain rings yet?

          • @grue
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            *struggling to carry a huge armful of curtain rings*

            …what a savings!

        • Ephera
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          714 days ago

          Yeah, the one (and very likely only) time I went to IKEA, I bought almost nothing, because the whole store was just one big stampede, pressing through that singular path.

          • @shonn
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            514 days ago

            Never go on a weekend.

    • @[email protected]
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      1514 days ago

      At first, when Ikea finally came to where I live, I thought that was a cool way to keep traffic flowing and the stress level low. $600 later, after only planning to buy a couple pillows, I realized why the stores are layed out like that.