Don’t Get Your Idanäs Mixed Up With Your Olderdalens

I work for a famous furniture store that hails from Sweden; we all know the one. In the warehouse section of the store, we have computer terminals for customers to type in the names or item codes of specific items so they can be located in the warehouse. One customer is using one and calls me over.

Customer: “Your computer is broken.”

Me: “Oh, no. Let me take a look at it.”

I take a look and it seems to be working fine.

Me: “I can’t see what the issue is here.”

Customer: “The wording is all off! I’m just looking for a bedside cabinet and I get all these crazy words! Like that! What the f*** is a KNARREVIK?!”

Me: “I see. Since this is a Swedish brand, all the items have Swedish names.”

Customer: “Well, that’s not very American!”

Me: “No, sir, that’s Swedish.”

He opened his mouth to retort but stopped when he realized he had nothing. He bought the KNARREVIK.