I’m getting married in a few weeks and my fiancée and I have a new place to fill up with furniture. We’ll be moving in together after the wedding, but we pretty much have an empty place in which to decorate. Fortunately for us Ikea just opened a store in Tampa. Ikea is the perfect place for yuppies like ourselves.
The store opened up last Wednesday and we finally made it on Saturday. Despite the fact the store was packed full of people it was fairly easy to maneuver through the aisles. The economy slowing down has affected everyone to a certain degree (myself included) but it’s difficult to feel too sorry for myself when I see all the shopping options that are available. I guess I’m not the only one; people camped out for days in front of the store in anticipation of the grand opening.
They slept on concrete, urban campers motivated by free chairs with a name few could pronounce and the possibility of a $250 gift card to their favorite electric blue and yellow furniture store.
It’s here! Finally here! Ikea!
“This store, it’s a way of life,” said Patti Flippo, resting in a camping chair next to her tent Tuesday morning. She and roommate Courtney Stone came from their apartment in Riverview two days before this morning’s grand opening.
I don’t think I’d go as far as to say the place is a way of life. That sounds a little too much like the Ikea Nesting Instinct…
Isn’t it amazing when white people love corporations? This reminds me of #82 of Stuff White People Like. #82 is about how white people hate corporations, especially Wal-Mart. However, there are always exceptions to the rule…
When engaging in a conversation about corporate evils it is important to NEVER, EVER mention Apple Computers, Target or Ikea in the same breath as the companies mentioned earlier. White people prefer to hate corporations that don’t make stuff that they like.
I thought Democrats were the party of the average guy? Here is a newsflash; Wal-Mart is the average guy’s store. It’s has everything that middle-class families need. Sure their stores can be dirty and you might have to fight for the last loaf of bread with some elderly midget with tourettes syndrome, but Wal-Mart’s prices are the best out there. It’s no surprise that 80% of people who have never shopped at Wal-Mart voted for John Kerry in the last election. These people file into IKEA stores and shop at Nordstrom’s and discuss how horrible it is to see the filthy peasants lined up outside the local Wal-Quaeda. What is this disease that makes people think things are always horrible? When the LA Times runs an editorial discussing how crazy this topic is, it’s time for a reality check.
One reason the Democrats may have a tin ear on this subject is demographic. Certainly most of the party’s urban liberal activists are far removed from the Wal-Mart phenomenon. The retailer has thrived mainly in small towns and exurbs, which is one reason a Zogby poll found that three-quarters of weekly Wal-Mart shoppers voted for President Bush in 2004, and why 8 out of 10 people who have never shopped at Wal-Mart voted for John Kerry. Denouncing the retailer may make sense if the goal is to woo primary activists, but it’s a disastrous way to reach out to the general electorate.
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