The Way i Go

We’re not sure how to break this to you. So we’ll just say it: People in China go to Ikea just to hang out. And sleep on the beds.

When dealing with the most extreme and bizarre practices of foreign cultures, it’s often best not to judge. Grotesquely stretching women’s necks with a series of metal rings? Outsiders wouldn’t understand. Setting old people adrift on ice floes to die? It’s just their way. Chinese people using the Beijing Ikea like it’s some theme park, spending hours and hours there hanging out like common homeless people, but ostensibly for pleasure? It’s not something we could or would desire to understand, no. Nevertheless, the LAT reports:

“It’s the only big store in Beijing where a security guard doesn’t stop you from taking a picture,” said Jing Bo, 30, who was looking for promising backdrops for a photograph of his girlfriend.

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