Where with the legs? The journalist believed the reaction of sellers of furniture stores, laying down to sleep on sofas
Buying furniture is a tedious process. And maybe many of us would like to lie down for a while on the sofa in the store, but something is in the way. There are some unspoken rules, because of which we deny ourselves the pleasure of sleeping on the demonstration furniture. And Vice Australia journalist David Allegretti was not afraid of the anger of sales consultants, walked around furniture stores in Melbourne, lay on the beds there and told about his impressions and the reaction of the store staff.
The first in David's shopping raid was Forty Winks. David, along with photographer Cal Foster, found themselves alone in the store with three employees who looked at visitors like hawks at prey. The journalist lay down on a single bed, but two minutes later one of the employees ran up to him and told him to stop hooliganism.
I had to head for the exit. Before leaving the store, David decided to try his luck again and lay down on a double bed. Less than two minutes passed, and the journalist was yelled at and asked to leave the store. David pretended to be asleep, and then the salesman lightly slapped his hand. David didn't like such rudeness on the part of the staff, and he gave the store one star.
The next in line was the Great Dane store, where, according to David, even the smell of wealth was in the air. At first, the journalist's gaze fell on the sofa for $ 14,000, but it turned out to be not very comfortable, so the guy moved to the bed.
A few minutes later, an employee of the store approached the photographer and asked if everything was in order.
As a result, while the photographer and the consultant were having a nice conversation, David enjoyed peace for 20 minutes. For this, the store received four stars from the journalist.
The next in line is De Rucci, a bed linen store. David lay back down on the bed and pretended to be asleep. After a couple of minutes, one of the employees came up to him and asked if everything was okay. But he continued to sleep, and the store employee did not interfere.
So the journalist lay for about ten minutes. At this time, the photographer was communicating with the staff. In the end, the store employee gently shook David by the shoulder, thereby waking him up. The result is four stars.
Then David and Col went to Ralph Lauren. The bed in the store was behind a velvet rope. Of course, it was impossible to lie on it, but you can't stop David. Impressions from the "rest" were not the most pleasant: the sun shone in the eyes, and the mattress was hard.
After 17 minutes, a store employee approached David and, with a mixture of politeness and disgust on his face, told the journalist: "Sorry, but we have to sell it, so we need to keep the bed clean." David assured the seller that he took a shower that day, but the employee still insisted that the journalist go to a cafe and drink coffee. Three stars, Ralph Lauren.
Next — IKEA. David put on pajamas found in one of the departments, drank a cup of tea before "going to bed" and lay down in bed. According to him, the bed was wonderful, but there was a feeling that people were staring. Someone was photographing David, someone was just silently watching, and someone was laughing. "It's definitely going to Facebook," David kept hearing. After 45 minutes, the hype around the person sleeping in IKEA is over. By this time, four employees had passed by David, and no one said anything to him. And David fell asleep for real. So he slept for half an hour until a little girl woke him up. The journalist overheard a conversation between his photographer and a store employee.
"No, let him sleep until closing," the IKEA employee replied.
David learned an important lesson from his experiment: for the most part, people are kind and do not wish evil to anyone, but only if they do not work at Forty Winks.
Keywords: Shop | Furniture | Sleep | Experiment