Ikea coworker here! The reason why the rooms feel so real is because each room setting has a story in mind and every item in it has been thought of to fit that story! For example a condo for a young couple who both have highley demanding jobs and have a high liking for bougie things would be a story for a condo room setting
@@rycegabrielmajor9847 it's a great way to demonstrate what the products would look like in your house as well. it shows what it would look like in situe
Don't listen to his lie here, I too work at one. The real reason they feel so real is because each room is actually a room that we stole from a family. Walls and all. We roll in at night with saws and power tools and abscond into the night with the room.
I'm convinced that Joeseppi never actually made it out of IKEA store while recording this video, and he's currently living in this maze, releasing this video and putting cryptic message in it.
i ordered my blåhaj last week, he came 5 days early and since then he’s cured all my sadness in my life, helped me eat more and tidys my room, truly an incredible specimen.
Two things 1) There's a great story about guys who set up a warm, friendly sort of party on Christmas Eve in their local IKEA. They took the biggest flat there is with the coziest living room, and they would have board games set up there and invite people who were alone in IKEA on Christmas Eve to spend time with them. Because one of them had this sort of shower thought that whoever would be alone there on this day is just extremely lonely and wants to have at least some sort of social interaction, so they wanted to help these people. As far as the story went, staff quickly caught up on what was going on and there was zero interference and they were only asked to leave, like, five minutes before closing time, so they were allowed to stay there for as much as was humanly possible, because, I mean, the staff also wanted to go home on Christmas. 2) Not sure if they do it worldwide but they also served pork shoulders in IKEA Russia and these were delicious and cost like 4$ per knuckle which is an incredible meat to dollar ratio. And they even had frozen ones you could prepare at home.
Everybody gangsta until the lights turn off and the faceless employees say "The store is now closed, please exit the building" and you notice there is no exit
Useful fact : you can go to any ikea store and ask for any screws/attachments you've lost. They'll give 'em, free of charge. If, like me, you've lost ALL the screws of your bed while moving, they'll happily take the list of what you need and send it by mail to your adress, again, free of charge.
2:15 SCP-3008 is actually an infinite Ikea with faceless employees and food that stocks itself in the SCP universe. You could say if you lose one screw...you're _screwed._ Plot twist, the meatballs are made out of people who didn't find the exit. I believe that Lord Joeseppi is actually still in the IKEA, he just found the show room that looked identical to his room and started making the video and living there Love the irony how the world's largest Ikea isn't even in Sweden. It's specifically at the Mall of Asia. Mall of Asia is the world's fifth largest mall and is owned by SM Prime. They own other megamalls (or as they call them, SM Supermalls) in the Philippines like SM City North EDSA (13th largest), SM Megamall (15th largest), and SM Seaside City Cebu (16th largest). The Philippines sure loves to take things from the US like fast-food and malls and says "Hold my beer"
Looking at it historical wise, the Americans came here first (colonization), the Philippines adopted some American culture. You could say there is a bit cultural Stockholm Syndrome, pun intended.
For future reference: DJUNGELSKOG = jungle forest; BLÅHAJ (pronounced blaw-high) = blue shark. I speak every language in the world so I'm very familiar with Swedish. At a normal interview, they tell you "Please take a seat" while at an IKEA interview, they tell you *"Please make a seat."* The NJ couple that got married are from Newark, and they got married at the IKEA in Elizabeth right across from the notorious Newark Liberty International Airport. Knowing Newark and its violence...IKEA is the BEST place to get married there. And if either tries to leave each other, they won't be able to escape the other.
@@Arborvitar I like how you have a problem with them saying they speak all languages, not because it's impossible but because they "only" speak 200 of them
The Swedish ones did aswell. If i remember correctly it was an error in the meatproduct all over western and northen Europe. Its a common joke here in Sweden hahaha
@@johncenashi5117 same here about the joke part, idk if it was a wrongdoing here since we also have "frikandel" made of separation meat which also use to contain horse.
As a person who’ve been to Ikea Pasay multiple times, I can confirm that it’s the largest. There’s like 3 or 4 floors, and a basement for parking. And it’s brand new too (the ikea here opened on nov 25 last year, they’re celebrating their one-year anniversary). Also, Ikea is right next to SMX convention, which can be an amazing experience if there’s an anime convention going on (you can occasionally spot cosplayers shopping in Ikea lol).
Never thought a video about a furniture store could cause such a rollercoaster of emotions, video goes from funny to nostalgic, can perfectly relate to everything this man said, actually couldn't be any more on point!
9:15 In Australia there is (at least) 1 IKEA where in the warehouse there are wallpapers with blue sky and clouds, for all customers who forgot what the 'outside' looked like.
Joeseppi should definitely establish his own title as “Lord of talking about random yet somehow enjoyable things” I mean what other contenders are there?
When i was a child, me and my sister always tried to get as many as those ikea pencils as possible without getting caught, remember dumping like 30 of them onto the table while our parents could only watch in absolute disbelieve
I was 5-6 idk and accidentally stole some random green fabric pouch thing that goes onto things (i cant be bothered to find it) . Didn't get arrested and it's still in my bedroom to this day
I went to IKEA recently, and unfortunately the nearest one to me is in Milton Keynes. Nonetheless, I went there to check out some chairs for the living room. Upon entering, I walked towards the first flight of escalators when I noticed a noise that sounded like dance music. When I stepped aboard the escalator and slowly ascended the music got louder and louder. My eye-line breached the top of the first escalator and I was completely taken aback at the scene before me. Right there, next to the second escalator to the main floor, nestled between a few IKEA plants was a set of speakers, some music equipment, and at the helm an actual DJ. I shit you not, there was a DJ doing a full set at IKEA. As I stepped off the escalator he grabbed the mic and in that textbook DJ voice said “Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to IKEA”. I could barely contain myself. Only one thing crossed my mind at this point, which was ‘at what point do you give up on your life so much that you DJ at an IKEA in Milton Keynes at 4PM on a Sunday?’.
8:27 i remember going to one of these when i was 7 before they closed it down a couple years later. i jumped into the ball pit and they made me sit in the back and watch trolls with the other kids for 10 minutes. still pissed about that btw
OH MY GOD I ABSOLUTLY LOVED THE MONKE ON THE TITLE!!!!!!!!!!!! I REMEMBER TORTURING IT AND ONE DAY THROWED IT AT THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE AND IT WAS STUCK THERE FOR 4 DAYS!!111111!!1!!1!!!
My mom told me a story about this when she was younger there was this group of teenagers who played the ULTIMATE HIDE AND SEEK. They banned for life after that (also my favourite stuffed animal is the whale)
9:11 I used to play hide and seek with my brother from my parents in the section right before you leave. Most thrilling thing ever. Especially when you have to dodge the people looking for furniture.
this has to be the funniest video you made. Im a swede and i laughed all the time when you prounounced the swedish names wrong. And everything you said in the video is f.... true
I swear to God, but I just went to IKEA after 15 or 16 years ago(basically I was 4 or 5 years old). And Joeseppi makes a video literally the next day, I'm honestly happy. But also terrified if he knows what was I doing at IKEA. Edit: Sorry for not explaining better, it was yesterday I went to IKEA after 15 or 16 years ago.
I've been in the Philippines' IKEA store multiple times and I swear they have some kind of device that speeds up time. You enter and it's a bright sunny day and you exit in the dead of night while going through a labryinth of mythical proportions the entire time.
My 6th grade teacher actually saw darwin the monkey and got interviewed about it, when she told us about it we all burst in laughter cuz we all thought she was lying ( about the monkey and the interview ) and when she showed is proof all of our jaws dropped
I only went to IKEA maybe twice, and that was because my Dad wanted me to pick a new bedroom set for my room. The one thing I remember besides how enormous the place is is how I noticed everywhere smelled sweet and asked him if that smell was of lingonberries or souls that got lost in the place. He told me lost souls smell like lingonberries.
As a swedish person, I personally suffered every time you pronounced a word wrong :D Also, love this vid. Love IKEA. And if I find a bed in IKEA, I will lay on it, and I will not move until I get informed of a comfier bed :)
There is a scp called 3008 where if you go in you might not come out cuz the employees might chokeslam you against a basket full of djunkelskog when the store closes.
I actually was a intern at IKEA, everything he said is 100% true, except he forgot the part where in the staff cafeteria, you get high class meals and free drinks
@@agrusix282 I was part of a school internship program and when the semester ended, My internship at ikea had ended, ill never forget that sweet soft bed and apartment
Fun story: My parents once forgot me in an Ikea. I was too young to remember but they told me there was a misunderstanding, my mom went to a Toys r us with my brother and my dad went to another store while was just forgotten there. When they met up again after like 2 hours they realized that I was gone. They looked for me for like half an hour until they found me in a Smaland, just sleeping there lol. Edit: Now that I think about it there's a slight chance they just took the first child they found in Smaland and that the real me is still wandering in the Ikea, lost and afraid.
As a Swedish person, I can tell you the names are actually pretty self explanatory. For example, the djungelskog bear directly translates to jungle forest. Also blåhaj is just Blue shark.
@@elliotgiertta8933 as a russian person, its not "russian dolls" its matryoshka. as an indian person chicken tikka isnt actually indian, and tea isnt actually british either.
You forgot to mention the psychic healing properties of cuddling IKEA stuffed animals. They seem to instantly improve your mood anytime you're near them (the radius of effect varies from person to person. The general rule of thumb is if you can see the plush relatively well, you will feel at least a fraction of it's effect)
When you go to your new girlfriend's house and her stuffed animal collection seems like a group of rival love interests. Then it comes time to move them from the bed and her favourite one stays there, like it's an ex that she just can't let go of.
Scp 3008-999 are a sub class of entities and come in various variations of stuffed animal. Similiar to scp 999, upon touching or near proximity a feeling of bliss and absolute worry free pure happiness is experienced. Additional information regarding Scp 3008-999 is currently being researched but due to nature of scp 3008 has so far proved futile.
As a Swede this video is top tier and I cant even complain about the pronunciation, in fact I love it so much I think we should reconstruct the Swedish language according to you.
Pro tips: 1) If you're in a hurry, you can bypass the showroom and enter the shop directly, though the entrance is usually very low key or even hidden a little 2) You can also just go into the warehouse directly, if you know what you need and where to find it. Huge time saver. 3) If you want to browse the showroom, be prepared to get stuck behind super slow groups, people with strollers, or couples who between the 2 of them somehow manage to block a 4 meter wide aisle. For a much more relaxed experience, walk from end to start, against the traffic. People will see you coming and move out of the way, especially if you look a little to the side and pretend not to see them. You'll be like Moses parting the Red Sea.
This made me realise every piece of furniture in my room is from IKEA. My bed, my bedside table, my desk, my chair, my curtains, my pegs, my clothes hangers, my poster frames, my bed sheets, my blanket, my cork board, my rug, my towel, my lamp, my desk plant, my mini-organiser chest of drawers, my magazine files, my cubes on the wall and my laundry basket. There is nothing that's not IKEA. And my room is pretty small as well. I feel like an IKEA Stan at this point
As Swede I have to congratulate you on your pronounciation of Älmhult and Småland. Most english speakers would pronounce them like Almhult and Smaland but you actually got the Ä and Å pronounciations pretty close. At least different enough from just saying A. Kudos!
IKEA was one of the last shopping places I enjoyed with my mom before she passed away earlier this year. We bought loads of plastic cutlery, some ice cube trays for my grandmother, and these amazing pillows that have a cooling feature on one side. We dined in the cafeteria on meatballs and some other Swedish dish she got, swindled some of the fancy coffee, and ate the quaint little desserts they served. It was hot as balls when leaving the store since it was an August day in Texas, but the crisp apple and lingonberry soda we had bought after purchasing our spoils kept us cool. I miss her.
I had a stuffed Ikea animal of a Dalmatian when I was a kid. I called him "spotty". In my childhood I has serval surgery's and whenever I woke up in recovery he would be there. He is still with me to this day
Last year I went to IKEA for my birthday and was immediately attached to the sharks I found in a big bin (I didn’t find any of the other plushies) so I bought one And then learned on Reddit that the blahaj is a trans icon and my non-binary ass was drawn to it for a reason
I love how everytime Blåhajs are mentioned I can find people who know only the plush I feel less lonely, before discovering trans subreddits i didn't even know Ikea had plushes, and I felt dumb about that
