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SINGAPORE, June 24 \u2014 A grandmother\u2019s defence of her grandson eating at an Ikea showroom dining table in Singapore has sparked a surprisingly heated online debate across the republic.<\/p>\n
The incident unfolded at Ikea Tampines after photos surfaced online showing a young boy tucking into a meal while seated at one of the retailer\u2019s showroom dining sets.<\/p>\n
According to the Facebook user who shared the images on the Complaint Singapore page, the photos were taken at around 11.20am on June 21.<\/p>\n
The poster claimed they told the elderly woman that eating in the showroom was not allowed, only to be met with a dismissive response.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a kid,\u201d the grandmother allegedly replied.<\/p>\n
That four-word response may have done more damage than the snack itself.<\/p>\n
Before long, social media users piled into the comments, with many arguing that the issue was less about the child and more about respect for shared public spaces.<\/p>\n
\u201cIkea is a good place to witness people at their worst behaviour, especially during weekends,\u201d one commenter wrote, blaming unruly shoppers and children for turning the Swedish furniture giant into an obstacle course.<\/p>\n
Others complained about people treating showroom displays like private living rooms, with one netizen saying every display set seemed to have someone \u201cchoping<\/em>\u201d the space.<\/p>\n Several urged shoppers to alert Ikea staff rather than confront fellow customers directly.<\/p>\n The viral post eventually caught Ikea\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n Responding to media organisation AsiaOne\u2019s queries, the furniture retailer said customers are encouraged to make themselves feel at home while exploring its room settings \u2014 but not quite that<\/em> at home.<\/p>\n \u201cTo ensure a comfortable and enjoyable shopping experience for everyone\u201d, Ikea said customers should enjoy their food in designated dining areas such as its restaurant.<\/p>\n The company added that eating in showroom spaces could create hygiene and food safety concerns while also disrupting the shopping experience for others.<\/p>\n Ikea added that its staff are available to guide customers whenever necessary.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n SINGAPORE, June 24 \u2014 A grandmother\u2019s defence of her grandson eating at an Ikea showroom dining table in Singapore has sparked a surprisingly heated online…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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