Matt Thomas manages to show us the shocking scene inside the Boston area's one Ikea after the power went out this afternoon. Jean-Marie Lovett reports from the scene: Read more.
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By adamg - 5/27/18 - 7:59 pm
Our own eeka and family checked in this evening from Stoughton, where the checkout lines stretched to infinity and people were worrying they'd get out alive by 8 p.m. closing time today. With only four registers open (originally five, but the store shut one), she reports her wait, so far, has been about 70 minutes and that some people were getting trays of dinner and coming back to the line with them.
By adamg - 8/1/15 - 6:55 pm
Mark Logan reports the Stoughton IKEA was ordered evacuated around 6 p.m.
"Security issue" We've been instructed to get on our cars and leave.
By adamg - 11/13/06 - 9:19 am
Chris Monks never says "Dude!" so you know it's gotta be something that forces him to utter the word, and it is and the Stoughton IKEA is involved.
By adamg - 8/11/06 - 8:14 am
Mats, a native Swede, reports Ikea did an excellent job with its crayfish buffet:
... You'd think it would just be a bunch of Swedes and their better, American, halves who'd go to a Swedish-style crayfish party, but there were all kinds of people there. Lots of joking, of course, about how IKEA should have served alcohol, but having a bunch of drunken Swedes stumbling around, singing strange songs in an obscure language, is no way to elevate a company's status. ...
By adamg - 8/8/06 - 11:56 am
Go figure: Crayfish eating is as important to Swedes as to Louisianians. Decembercrat notes a two-day crayfish festival at everybody's favorite Swedish furniture store in Stoughton (today and tomorrow), although with a caveat about how smelly one's hands get after eating the things:
... Is IKEA prepared for the sheer number of Kryps and Kelig Grodas they'll have to take out of stock after they've been groped by smelly-fingered children and put back because ew, their parents don't want those smelly things in their house? ...
By adamg - 1/29/06 - 3:08 pm
At Living Reflections from a Dream, Amy posts a rather complete guide to shopping at Ikea, from when to go to strategies for getting the most out of your day inside the place:
By adamg - 1/16/06 - 8:07 pm
Sharon reports on Planning Livable Communities that she and her husband went down to the Stoughton Ikea today. Loved the merchandise, hated everything else:
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