Just to correct you, Sofas were £45 – still as said – not worth dying for.

I was stupid enough to be there, queued up from about 8pm, waited in line, freezing cold – and let me tell you, needing a piss while standing virtually still in that cold is one of the most unpleasant experiences i have had, but not as bad as what was to follow.

The worst thing is that we (the public queuing up) could see it happening 30 minutes before it happened – how did Ikea – who surely have learned from the incident last year in Saudi Arabia – would have had a consultant on crowd control at the opening – did nothing to prevent this from happening. Instead they decided to approach those who did not have a hope in hell of getting the limited (total of 350) discount sofas and telling them so in that fashion.

I am (yes, still!) a fan of ikea, it provides reasonable quality and furniture at an obtainable price, but dear God, Ikea, sort it out.

I like this blog and have bookmarked it to visit in the near future.

Later