My Newly Realized Scandinavian Origins Don’t Improve My Views On IKEA

I’d always been told that my background was Scotch, English, Irish, German, and Bohemian. However, I did one of those DNA ancestry things to see if there might be anything else lurking and I discovered that these were only the most recent countries that my family came from. The big surprise turned out that my background is 83% Scandinavian…something that hadn’t ever even been mentioned in my family. Of course, I wondered if this would change my outlook on IKEA.

Personally, I’ve just never been thrilled by IKEA. I never saw what the big deal was. The furniture is all right, but nothing to get excited about. I certainly wouldn’t get excited about the food in their cafeteria.

However, would this view change by my newly discovered Scandinavian heritage? Would I suddenly view things differently, perhaps finding a new found love for IKEA?

Nope. My wife drug me to IKEA over this labor day weekend and I can report that I was just as bored as I always was. It’s furniture, nothing more. I looked at stuff like I usually do, but no genetic memories rose up to greet me. It was still just a warehouse full of stuff, tastefully arranged as it was. The cafeteria still grossed me out a bit. Nothing had changed.

So, what does it all mean? Am I missing some sort of Scandinavian gene that would enable me to get excited about IKEA? Maybe so, or maybe IKEA is just a scam that is run on the non-Scandinavian peoples of the world. I wouldn’t rule anything out at this point.