Seems like the police did the seeking, lol
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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It's in the rules as the final round.
They just wanted to play too
Imagine you're shopping and you pull out a towel from the rack and there is just a whole stoner back behind there chilling. /shudders
Hey, I found a stoner tucked away in the men's jeans in Wal-Mart, 50% off.
Decided to take him home, and it's been a great decision! He takes care of the couch, he's always down to play some Smash, he'll even let me win.
All it cost me was watching one Pauly Shore movie a week. Tomorrow's Encino Man!
Don’t forget about “Phantom of the Mall”! One of Paulys early films!
I think I'd be more concerned if it was only part of a stoner.
Amputee stoner playing on hard mode, hiding in sets of drawers.
3000 is just counting the people they found.
The Langoliers. 8pm....
I mean it would be pretty bad for the staff and the customers who just want to buy shit
Might be decent exposure for the store though. It's pretty easy to see stuff at IKEA and be like yeah, I have been meaning to pick up a new wobbly stool. Better grab some weird candy too.
Remember when flash mobs where a thing?
I think I still have scars from all the cringe
In los angeles they became flash looting mobs.
Nature is amazing
Sounds like they weren't hiding well enough.
This is the real takeaway
September 2019
Ah, the before-times
They probably fucked up the place in process
If they were moving parts between shelves, there's a good chance someone bought an IKEA product that actually has everything included!
Why aren't there paid services for hide and seek? Like a bunch if furniture, walls, shelves and what not and put it in a big warehouse. Have people pay to participate and play whatever games they want in there. You can have massive organized events and everything. Imagine massive game of manhunt in there with electronic devices to show who's it.
Basically just another idea that fits into existing game zones places.
That actually sounds dope, especially if you have theme games where a professional seeker plays being a serial killer in a slasher flick or stuff like that
I've played hide and seek every single time I have been in an IKEA. We never got more than 20 people together though.
Now the question is were there any people in labcoats among the cops
How can 3,000 people possibly be hiding in there?
odds are you're going to see someone.
And how do you distinguish hide and seek participants with casual unwitting shoppers?
It was SCP-3008 Finally, they are free
Presumably casual shoppers aren't actively hiding themselves.
Wait we aren't? Guess I'm more of an amateur IKEA shopper then.
Unwitting shoppers are going to be doing some seeking, whether they mean to or not.
Open a closet, look under a bed - there's gonna be someone there.
All you need now is to lock the doors, turn off the lights, and tell everyone that the story is closing.
Get those white stretchy suits and pretend it's scp 3008
My exact thought
You can always tell who's never worked retail or service industry jobs.
Just have fun on the Internet by shitposting where nobody who knows you in real life would actually look.
"Cops"
MTFs understand that it's part of the job. But they still hate being called cops.
COP = Criminals On Patrol
Riot and fire hazard.
Abolish the police!
Abölsh thê pølis
Coming straightforth from Caimbridge! Mother fornicator!
Sounds annoying af for ikea employees. Fun at others expense is not fun.
If I was employed at that IKEA I would be participating
Good to know?
Image Transcription: Twitter Post and Replies
New York Post, @nypost
Cops shut down massive 3,000-person game of hide-and-seek at Ikea trib.al/bXJG1gr
[An image of the yellow IKEA logotype on a blue building.]
[Redacted]
There's no fun allowed on this planet on God I hate it here