> Timpe, Jim <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Nothing personal, but I can take or leave Ikea. The local store
> (south of
> Seattle 20 minutes or so) is laid out like a labyrinth, and it's
> always
> crawling with yuppies. I'm too old and crusty I guess..........
>
Labyrinth is right, the one I have visited in Oz is set up that way too
(probably
a "universal" design). I think the reason is so that you have to pass every
display
area even if you are only looking for one item. In one visit I found it easier
to exit
the shop and go back in through the entrance rather than backtrack through the
shop.
Wayne Harridge
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge
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