Comments on: Theft at IKEA WC http://flatpackohio.com/2008/04/theft-at-our-ikea/ Formerly OHIKEA.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lori http://flatpackohio.com/2008/04/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1155 Lori Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:46:08 +0000 http://ohikea.com/2008/04/08/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1155 Hey Jen -- definitely don't listen to Andrew. You absolutely did the right thing and the hard thing. I am a bit of a confronter as well (yes, I spoke to a lady who was telling her 3 year old that he was "the effing stupidest kid in the world" and I regularly speak to people who don't put their carts back into the cart holders (this is a personal pet peeve - it makes me crazy). I think there is something missing in some folks about basic common sense and decency, and if no one else is going to call them on it, heck, I guess we have to. And, ANDREW.... while they may have been stealing inexpensive items (rich ladies! oh how that would BURN ME), theft like that costs ALL of us more money. Those items still cost the company money to resupply, and enough theft and suddenly, everything costs more. Rock on, Jen! Hey Jen — definitely don’t listen to Andrew. You absolutely did the right thing and the hard thing. I am a bit of a confronter as well (yes, I spoke to a lady who was telling her 3 year old that he was “the effing stupidest kid in the world” and I regularly speak to people who don’t put their carts back into the cart holders (this is a personal pet peeve - it makes me crazy). I think there is something missing in some folks about basic common sense and decency, and if no one else is going to call them on it, heck, I guess we have to.

And, ANDREW…. while they may have been stealing inexpensive items (rich ladies! oh how that would BURN ME), theft like that costs ALL of us more money. Those items still cost the company money to resupply, and enough theft and suddenly, everything costs more.

Rock on, Jen!

]]> By: Peggi http://flatpackohio.com/2008/04/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1154 Peggi Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:13:59 +0000 http://ohikea.com/2008/04/08/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1154 Jen, don't listen to Andrew. You are not a crybaby. Whether it's a cash register or plastic cutlery, it still didn't belong to them. Stealing is stealing. On of the great things about IKEA is that they keep their costs down. And they have to take into account the losses they incur when someone steals from them. Who pays for it in the end? We do. I like your site, by the way. I happened upon it last month - when you still called it OHIKEA. Why did you change it? Jen, don’t listen to Andrew. You are not a crybaby. Whether it’s a cash register or plastic cutlery, it still didn’t belong to them. Stealing is stealing. On of the great things about IKEA is that they keep their costs down. And they have to take into account the losses they incur when someone steals from them. Who pays for it in the end? We do.

I like your site, by the way. I happened upon it last month - when you still called it OHIKEA. Why did you change it?

]]> By: Jen http://flatpackohio.com/2008/04/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1139 Jen Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:58:50 +0000 http://ohikea.com/2008/04/08/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1139 Well it was the fact that the store hadn't even been open a stinking whole 20 minutes yet (not just for the day, but EVER) and these rich ladies were stealing already. (And by rich I mean I bet they had Lexus SUVs they drove to IKEA form their old Victorian manors in Maidera.) These aren't white plastic forks either, they are large handled multicolored kid friendly design that the store washes and reuses in the cafe. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30096906 Well it was the fact that the store hadn’t even been open a stinking whole 20 minutes yet (not just for the day, but EVER) and these rich ladies were stealing already. (And by rich I mean I bet they had Lexus SUVs they drove to IKEA form their old Victorian manors in Maidera.)

These aren’t white plastic forks either, they are large handled multicolored kid friendly design that the store washes and reuses in the cafe.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30096906

]]> By: Andrew http://flatpackohio.com/2008/04/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1137 Andrew Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:33:20 +0000 http://ohikea.com/2008/04/08/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1137 Wow, I'm shocked. Not at people stealing plastic tableware, but at the fact that you made such a big deal about it, going as far as to confront the people and then tattle on them. Get a life. You think you're going to change the world by reporting someone who steals a plastic fork or two - or a hundred - or were you just hoping for a coupon or award from the management? If they were stealing furniture or a cash register, then yes, report them, but you said it yourself. A bag of the ware costs less than two bucks. You really sound like a crybaby. I wouldn't want to shop next to you. Now get off your "I'm better than others" pedestal and let the employees take care of their customers. Wow, I’m shocked. Not at people stealing plastic tableware, but at the fact that you made such a big deal about it, going as far as to confront the people and then tattle on them. Get a life. You think you’re going to change the world by reporting someone who steals a plastic fork or two - or a hundred - or were you just hoping for a coupon or award from the management? If they were stealing furniture or a cash register, then yes, report them, but you said it yourself. A bag of the ware costs less than two bucks. You really sound like a crybaby. I wouldn’t want to shop next to you. Now get off your “I’m better than others” pedestal and let the employees take care of their customers.

]]> By: Eva http://flatpackohio.com/2008/04/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1015 Eva Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:48:15 +0000 http://ohikea.com/2008/04/08/theft-at-our-ikea/#comment-1015 YOU GO GIRL! I hope you embarassed the CRAP outta them! YOU GO GIRL!

I hope you embarassed the CRAP outta them!

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