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Off to isle 37 bin xxxx etc to pick up the first part. Come down to the last part on my list and there is not one on the shelf. So I ask for some help. Some kid about 12 tells me to head down to isle 14 to ask someone to check the stock. So I head the mile and a half or whatever it is down there. Of course there are 20 people lined up and only one very slow worker on a terminal. After about 10 minutes waiting I flag down an Ikea guy walking by. He gets on the other empty terminal to check the stock. Guess what, those other 20 people in line were kinda bummed but knew I took the initiative to get my own help and bypass their silly line and probably started hating Ikea even more themselves.
Of course as i kinda expected, they were out of the item I needed to complete the cabinet I wanted to put together. :(
Tell me, why the "eff" they could not have a rough stock estimate on the parts list the guy printed out for me in the office section? Even if it said only one in stock then I could of rushed over to claim it. Or if it said "none in stock" then I could of just left that place. But no, I spent a bunch of time picking out lights and waiting in line.
I had a bunch of crap in my cart and decided to abandon it and hit the road. Then I reconsidered and figured I could use a handful of things I had in the cart; sans the lights and other things meant to go with the cabinet I could not get.
So luckily the checkout line was not to long and was painless. Well that is until I am left with an awkward pile of items with no bag. I asked for a bag and was told they do not have bags, that "I had to buy one" what the hell! I had to play Houdini to carry the stuff out to my car.
So I was pretty bummed at Ikea to say the least and proceeded to bad mouth them for the next few days. That is until this morning when i opened up a kitchen draw and saw the plastic bags I had from the local grocery store. I typically use my own bags when I go to the store or I try not to use any bag at all when possible. But sometimes I forget and take the plastic cuz they are small, easy to store and at least they can be recycled to recoup some of the energy and resources that went into making them.
I have heard of places (countries?) that do not allow plastic bags and I know Trader Joes always gives incentives to bring your own bags (a chance to win $50 credit and your odds of winning the lottery are better) Maybe home of Ikea; Sweden is one of these countries? I dunno maybe I will research this whole bag deal like I did with the plastic bottles and figure it all out.
As mad as I was about juggling my crap out of Ikea, now i am glad and know to bring my own bag. As i sit and ponder all this while I look in my "bag" draw I think about all the freakin disposable Ikea bags there would be in this world had they not had the "no bag" policy they have.
Sometimes what is best for us hurts a little at first but we adapt and soon realize that it is for the best. In this case it is not only good for the environment but also the economy. A disposable bag is a resource and this world does not have unlimited resources. Plastic bags are a petroleum product and not only is it clear and evident that oil is extremely limited but that because of our dependency on it we have become dependent upon other countries to keep us happy little oil consumers.
Just think if all the grocery stores in America made you pay for your bags (and they were reusable). I wonder how many bags would be saved and taken off the endangered resource list. (there should be one).
off to write about "endangered resources"
