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rockmasterflex t1_j6lbakn wrote

IKEA calls all their employees coworkers. That’s what you, the customer, are supposed to call them too

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notqualitystreet t1_j6lmugj wrote

Wait I’m calling the IKEA employees ‘coworker’? Please don’t hurt me for this I’m high

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superlillydogmom t1_j6ndmpa wrote

Bc you have to get the furniture from a ware house and put together yourself. So you are a co-worker too!

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rockmasterflex t1_j6lpboy wrote

Yea that is what corporate wants you to call their employees in the store. Absolutely hilarious

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karibear909 t1_j6me55i wrote

So does that mean we can hang out in the break room too?

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rockmasterflex t1_j6n3tji wrote

No! They have signs posted that those are coworker spaces only!

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BoltgunOnHisHip t1_j6nxwpf wrote

Kinda like the Mormons trying to get people to refer to them as "latter day saints."

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needabiggerhammer t1_j6nkke8 wrote

Is it a translation/culture thing? Like makes sense in Swedish but not so much in American English?

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