The last time I went to IKEA, it was a crazy madhouse. Most things in China are a crazy madhouse, and you get used to it, but IKEA on a Saturday really tops it all. People are packed in, shunted along the zig-zagging track they lay out for you, smashing into each other with their carts and purchases. There's people crawling all over everything, sitting on the chairs and couches, and sleeping--I kid you not--in the beds. They hang out and play with their kids in the kids' section, and they relax and chat in the living rooms. They have their hands all over everything and yet nothing in their bags or carts.
The LA Times confirms today how ridiculous this is. IKEA barely turns a profit in Beijing because everybody comes to look and touch and play but not to buy. Even if you don't read the whole article, at least look at the picture. It's hilarious. And SO TYPICAL.
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