Report from Canton, MI
I got this from a friend who just hit the new IKEA in Michigan:
It’s 10:15 and the parking lot is already full and there’s no handicapped parking. They stand in a space down the aisle in order to save me a spot in the main lot. It’s far far away from the entrance.
So we did Ikea. My teenage made remarks constantly. I thought it was like being a rat in a maze. It doubles back on itself and round and round. I bought a folding chair; my son bought an art thing. We spent $20.12 and left in about an hour and 15 minutes. By and large I think the store at Schaumberg is better arranged. Of course if this one had several thousand fewer people, it might have been a better
experience. Maybe in the fall before the Christmas rush starts.They carried a television news report yesterday saying restaurants in the area ran out of food over the weekend.
There’s alot of be said for following IKEA’s guide-line through the store. Having seen a floor plan it looks rather straightforeward to me, with several shortcuts cut through walls for those wanting to go quick, but if it’s crowded I could see how it could be more complicated.
But running out of food? Wow. Well bet the managers at those stores won’t let that happen again. IKEA on weekends will be this way for quite sometime, probably always this way when the out of towners invade. They need to get used to this now.
I’ll be heading myself the 24th just for a daytrip. It was to be a OHIKEA meetup for an article but I’ve talked to the reporter at the Columbus Dispatch to let him off the hook. No one has confirmed, let alone anyone from Central Ohio. I’m just going with family and a freind, just one full carload.
If you are going let me know, we can hook up.
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The Canton store is great! We just went again today, and it actually wasn’t that bad. I haven’t been on a weekend yet, so I can’t comment on that.