THE STORE I CURRENTLY HATE.

My dad says Ikea is just a swedish Walmart. I told him before he went it was really cool, I was hoodwinked by all the media that pumped it up so much. The reason I currently hate Ikea is not because the product but because they seriously don't know how to run a business in America. The reason I went to Ikea was because I wanted some sheer curtains and because I kept bribing Grace that if she got potty trained she could go in the play place. Its gotta be at least 25 miles away from my house. I easily could've gotten sheer curtains at the Target 3 miles away but I didn't. I got in my big gas guzzling SUV and drove all the way across town to get it there. (this applies to the story later) So I put Grace in the play place where they don't let kids wear pull ups. While Grace is there a kid pees in the ball pit and they close it, that was the whole reason she wanted to go in there! Hello, parents are going to say their kids are potty trained to get out of shopping in the nightmare store with them! Let them wear dang pull ups! Anyway you have to go through all the upstairs to get ideas on how to use the stuff thats all in swedish. Then go through the dowstairs maze to buy curtains or smaller things. The restaurant is upstairs but you have to buy everything downstairs. So if you want to eat with the stuff you got upstairs you have to bring all your stuff in the restaurant then go shop more downstairs and then wait in the longest lines to be able to check out. Unless you've been there its hard to understand. Its not the brightest idea. Anyways I got Grace out of the play place to eat meaning I had to go through the whole downstairs maze and lines to check out with 2 kids. See they act like they are family friendly with the play place and cute family restrooms but then they make you bag all of your merchandise regardless of how many kids you brought. Grace was way past nap time and totally freaking out while Elsie was wiggling around on the dirty floor cuz she wouldn't let me hold her. You think I'd learn after having 4 kids thats its not a good idea to ever leave home with more than 1 child 3 and under but no Ikea tricked me with there fancy play place. Luckily I don't really let the naughty kids bug me I just hope they'll be annoying enough to get the cashiers to HURRY UP and get me out of their store. BUT NO... Ikea thinks for some reason they are going to get Americans to be environmentally friendly. Remember the SUV thing, ya we have a long ways to go. So Im trying TO BAG MY OWN stuff but theres no freaking bags! Remember I'm now holding a wiggly baby that doesn't want to be held and have a screaming 3 year old. I look at the lady and say in the nicest voice I can fake, where are your bags? I can't believe she then said, you need to bring your own bags we will no longer be supplying bags. I NEED BAGS!! So the hidden stash then comes out and she says, we are being environmentally friendly and Sept. 1st we will no longer have bags. WHAT ABOUT CUSTOMER FRIENDLY!!! So I now hate Ikea. Probably won't go back. Unless the kids get older, or I need cheap pillows or they give away something free or I need some good swedish foods.....