Ikea Experience - Part 1

I bought all my bedroom furniture from Ikea a week or two ago. Not the best experience I've ever had. The procedure goes like this:

1. You work out what products you want to buy.
2. You will be presented with a list of aisle and bin numbers (this is the last assistance you will get).
3. You will go through a large warehouse area and collect each item yourself. Yes, you a lone shopper must collect a flatpacked wooden bedframe (4 boxes), a bookcase (1 box), a chair (1 box) and a double-bed mattress from a warehouse, and put these on to a single trolley.
4. You will take these to the checkout to be scanned and paid for.
5. You will then take these to the home delivery counter to be re-checked.

Someone told me later that Ikea is really a 'family' store - it's designed for the whole family to help out.

Later that evening you will be assembling the bed. This will involve driving a 5mm long screw upwards through three pieces of metal that are constantly flexing. Brilliant design.