Dear IKEA in Oakland,

Filed under: House — joy at 8:15 am on Monday, January 28, 2008

1. For some reason, the people who go to your store are rude. I have noticed it every time I have visited. Maybe you could hand out a booklet or something informing your customers of the existence of other people and encouraging them to say things like “excuse me” while in your store. Thoughts?

2. I don’t understand why the shelves I bought there in the past have doubled from $20 to $40. Is it because they sell well and have a huge profit margin? In any case, they are still black particle board that I have to put together myself.

3. Speaking of that, why does particle board, foam, and cheap fabric = $349? Please explain.

4. All of your sofas look like thrift store finds.

5. Since you are charging five cents for plastic bags now, I helped myself to a liberal amount of the free twine you have out front. I figure it’s only fair.

Thanks,
Joy Lanzendorfer

P.S. Someone…um…”used” one of your display toilets upstairs. Maybe you need to put up a sign, or include a section about that in the booklet I suggested. In any case, ew.

1 Comment »

Comment by Krista

January 28, 2008 @ 8:53 am

Ew is right! I agree about most of thier furniture. In the past however, I have enjoyed thier office furniture.

As for as the rudness, I was in the south bay over the weekend and some of the people there are so hard. I miss San Jose for all of its conveniences and the absolute hands down best public transportation system I’ve experienced other than the Metro in Paris. But are all the tough and defensive exteriors really necessary?

I have noticed that with people in areas where living is hard, expensive and sometimes unsafe they often times put up a wall. I try to be kind. Sometimes they think its fake but most of the time I can get a smile.

It is very easy for you to make me smile (and giggle)!

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