SCANDAL AT IKEA BELGRADE: Gross Misconduct and Disgusting Hygiene Violations by Staff

As an art and memorabilia collector, I value care, cleanliness, and mutual respect. What I experienced at the IKEA store in Belgrade was an absolute disgrace to customer service and basic hygiene, leaving me completely disgusted.

 

The store is equipped with hundreds of cameras, and they have all my personal data via the IKEA Family card. Yet, this was not enough. After I properly and independently scanned every single item at the self-checkout, the employee monitoring the area aggressively interfered. With visibly dirty and greasy hands, he grabbed my scanned items to re-scan them, displaying blatant and insulting distrust.

 

To make matters worse, this worker literally shoved his dirty fingers inside the cups and glasses that my family and I are supposed to drink from! The storage box I bought to house my decades-old, valuable postcard collection was left smudged and feeling greasy, contaminated by his filthy hands.

 

This level of unhygienic behavior and audacity is unacceptable. The sense of disgust I feel looking at these items is indescribable—it feels like I bought them from the filthiest flea market rather than a store that brands itself as "clean and European." They completely ruined my day and the items I paid for.

 

I demand an immediate investigation by IKEA management, a review of the security cameras at the self-checkout, and a formal apology for this degrading treatment and destruction of property.