Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/12/21/ikea-to-teenagers-stop-hiding.html
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Make the risky, rebellious behaviour even riskier.
Yep, sure. That’ll drive the teenagers away, because that’s how teenage brains work.
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Come on, get with the program. You are supposed to hide to stay overnight at the Met, not a store!
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Kicks keep get’n harder to find.
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They should offer a stipend + room and board to college students to live in the IKEA “sets” and just go about their business, well most of their business…
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I definitely have seen this movie.
It has murderous robots yes?
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And with this announcement, and attached news story, a whole load of teenagers who had never heard of this until now all know about this newsworthy, officially disapproved-of trend.
Sleepover at Barbra Streisand’s place.
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I read this! It was a great premise but I found the execution underwhelming. Not bad, just could’ve been better.
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Surprised that they don’t have motion sensors that get set off at night.
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Glans water goblets
Now I know I have to read this book.
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Don’t you mean Target?
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Just noticed the similarity between Ikea and the Ghost Ship. Chills.
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Teens found with a set of allen keys will be charged with possession of weapons of mass destruction.
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Pretty much what i was thinking. When i worked retail all of the places i had worked had motion sensors, i don’t know why IKEA would not have a system like that in place.
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I had a good chuckle at it. As far as teen shenanigans go this is better than doing drugs, stealing stuff, jumping from highly dangerous places or breaking into somebody’s house on a dare.
I was the kind of teen that would totally do this but at a library or a museum instead.
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This is why junkyards have dogs.
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Does she have Ikea closets to hide in?
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I dunno, this sounds pretty reasonable all things considered:
A Swedish spokesman added: “Maybe needless to say that the fun in it is overrated. A long night of sitting still, only to then risk getting into trouble with the law.”
I think teens respond to threats of boredom pretty well. Stores this size are staffed at night, so it’s not like a From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler situation. Which, now that I think about it, probably got more kids arrested ten minutes after closing at the Met than Ikea has ever had “sleep over.”
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And they’ll sit around flipping water bottles.
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