Have you been ikead?

You know, ever since I've been playing Sims 2, I've noticed some commercialisation. Not to be thinking there's a conspiracy mind you, but the furniture that you purchase in the house, some of them are in Ikea! Thats right, Ikea. Talk about commercial advertising. :P

First time went to Ikea straight 3 days. Since 2 days ago, it's been shopping at Ikea, looking at small things to buy, like a white clock that fits just nice with the e-mac. And maybe a grey chair today.

I've also noticed some funky gender differences when they go to Ikea:

Ladies: when women go to Ikea, they stroll and take their time shopping. They will look at things, flicker with the switch, fiddle with the curtains, shake the items to see if it holds, basically just testing to see if it works, then move to the item on the right, and the cycle continues. As you can see, this might take a while.

Men: When men goes to Ikea, it's like a race track. I've seen a guy clear 3-4 sections in 2 mins. Just move pick up a set of candles on the way and zooms off to short cuts to the cashier. As you know, Ikea's freaking big, so their objective is to get through the all well known marketing scheme of letting you walk all over place before hitting the cashier track.

Please note that this is a generalisation, I've seen women who did the F1 track. Or guys who fiddles with stuff through every section.

On the other side of the Ikano Power station (warning for pple who doesn't like to be made tempted to apple :P ) I saw a dual processor G5, hooked to two sets of 30" Apple Display, one is that Cinema version and the other the standard one, split in both, iTunes on the right one, and Safari on the left. It's also hooked to a mixer, which is connected to a media keyboard and a bass guitar.

Nice :)