Customers and Shopping: Chill out, Cathy

Chill out, Cathy

By creepystalkerguy - 14/10/2009 18:19 - United States

Today, a woman yelled at me to stop following her around the store. We were in IKEA. The only way to get through the store is to follow the arrows through a one-way path. Apparently, no one informed her of this. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/01/2011 19:34 - United States

Today, I was shopping at Walmart, when a large lady and her friend blocked the aisle I was trying to go down. After saying, "Excuse me," twice and being ignored, I pushed my way through. After getting past, I looked back and noticed she was glaring at me while signing to her friend. FML

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Get back to work

By MissIsabel - 03/11/2010 10:43 - France

Today, I went to Ikea with my family. I was wearing a yellow polo that vaguely looked like the ones the Ikea employees were wearing. Two dozen people came up to me, complaining that I was staring at furniture instead of helping customers. FML

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By Not So Smart - 23/07/2010 23:47 - Canada

Today, I went to the mall. While shopping in a store, a woman bumped into me numerous times. Getting annoyed, I turned to her and loudly exclaimed, "Are you blind?!" Turns out she was. FML

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By anonymous - 01/02/2016 06:07 - Canada

Today, I saw an elderly woman struggling to reach the top shelf in my local grocery store, so I went over and asked if she needed help. She then accused me of flirting with her and had me escorted from the property. FML

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It is though

By Timv86 - 16/02/2010 08:18 - Australia

Today, I went to the shops with my little sister. We had to walk through the lingerie section of the store to get to another part. My sister then yelled at the top of her voice, "Stop following me, you freak." I had security escort me out of the store, and got many dirty looks. She thought it was hilarious. FML

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By Eliza - 04/04/2012 03:40 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I noticed a strange lady following me around in the mall. After a while I began to get creeped out, so I confronted her. Apparently she has to make sure everything she buys is better than what I buy. After a long silence she said, "What? You never noticed me before?" FML

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By PainStressLife - 11/11/2013 05:17 - United States - Dublin

Today, I went to an over-crowded grocery store. As I reached the front of a long line, I noticed that a cart had been abandoned in everybody's way. Trying to be helpful, I moved it to the side. An enormous woman then shoved me and yelled at me for "pushing her property around." FML

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By fuck you walmart - 26/04/2013 22:03 - United States

Today, at work, I was screamed at and slapped by a woman for supposedly violating her 2nd Amendment rights. In reality, I'd simply turned her away from the 10 items or less line because she had well over the allowed number of items. I've no fucking idea what's wrong with some people. FML

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By KatieElizabeth - 27/10/2013 04:57 - United States - San Francisco

Today, at work, I had a customer accuse me of taking the giftcard I had issued her for her return, after spending 15 minutes trying to fix her screwed up transaction. She began to yell, and follow me around the store. Security had to intervene and I had to be locked in an office until she left. FML

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Nice try

By Ellie - 06/07/2022 00:01

Today, I was ringing up a lady’s items; two shoeboxes. Per policy, I’m supposed to open them. She heavily insisted I didn’t. I ignored her and found other merchandise inside. She then went on a rant on how "people should mind their own fucking business" and stormed out of the store without buying. FML

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Wednesday 14 October 2009 23:28

IKEA A one-way maze you can still get lost in.

pleasetryagain 0

Wednesday 14 October 2009 23:21

Why didn't YOU inform her of this? Weren't there other people "following" her as well?

Comments

Emperor_Jim 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:09

What a shallow, clueless bitch. Of course, everyone is out to stalk you. You're just so amazing that everyone's going to spend all their free time and risk getting arrested so they can follow you around.

gothic_cat_lady 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:10

it is magical

luckyducky123 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:12

One way? No. If you know the store enough you can just go through it like any other store. Take short cuts go in the opposite way of the arrows, so no, it's not the ONLY way to get through IKEA.

Roflsauruz 12

Friday 15 June 2012 17:51

Yeah, and I've never seen an Ikea that works (as I imagined here) like a Haunted House at an amusement park, anyway........where staff eagerly push you along in a squished-up line of like 100 some-odd people............ Nope, not when I've been there. 'Twas not like that at all. :B ................

perdix 29

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:23

OP. you are an idiot. If you want to stalk in IKEA, hide in a PAX/KOMPLEMENT or ELGA wardrobe and ********** as the pretty women walk by. How hard can that be? I've never been caught doing that, er, I mean, NO ONE has ever been caught doing that.

TempestM 0

Tuesday 28 December 2010 13:11

nah from wher I come from IKEA is only one has one way to go... one entrance an one exit. I asked the people hu walked ther if those were the only exits.. because i kno the ikea well I usually just go out through the entrance but u not supposed too

blackie123 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:34

omg, thats just her being stupid, not an FML if anything, she should be the one on here "today i thought a guy was stalking me, but then i realised i was stupid"

misspeg 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:43

hahaha that lady is a ******* dumbass!

noype 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:46

You can actually get through more than one way. There is a main pathway through the display area of the store (it's set up like most furniture stores, with demo living rooms, bedrooms etc) that is marked with arrows, but you can cut through displays to get through quicker. I would assume it's designed that way both to keep people form getting lost, but mainly to force people to see everything they're selling.

kaelendra 0

Thursday 15 October 2009 0:47

there are some shortcuts in all ikeas but hey if she's dumb enough not to realize what was going on that won't be her only issue in life.

imagineapc 11

Thursday 15 October 2009 1:09

Um.. this is not your FML. This is her FML. Such as: Today, I yelled at someone to stop following me throughout the store. We were in IKEA, and I didn't realize everyone has to follow the arrows to get through the store. FML.