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Think of the most epic group game you could possibly play and then multiply that by 100.
And then think of the most intense buzz kill you could ever experience and multiply that by 10,000.
That is what happened at an Ikea store in Glasgow, Scotland on August 31st.
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Five Scotland Yard officers stuck around the Ikea in Glasgow, Scotland in fierce apprehension that some 3,000 people who clicked "attending" on a Facebook event for a rousing game of hide-and-seek would actually show up and wreak havoc inside the store.
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</p><div id="4c85e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5K5VAR1568412352"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1171860670306050048" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Cops shut down massive 3,000-person game of hide-and-seek at Ikea https://t.co/1B74aqfSPg https://t.co/X6GcgzLJZq</div> — New York Post (@New York Post)<a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/statuses/1171860670306050048">1568228330.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f86ba" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0PXZEX1568412352"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1171875183759507456" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost @deray If IKEA was smart they would promote this as an after hours event.</div> — Hugh Murphy (@Hugh Murphy)<a href="https://twitter.com/chiguy61/statuses/1171875183759507456">1568231790.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f5fe8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="H9VZVX1568412352"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172191078335819776" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost How can anyone see this headline and still support the cops</div> — 🛡️Anna the Transarchist🛡️ (@🛡️Anna the Transarchist🛡️)<a href="https://twitter.com/Annaring0/statuses/1172191078335819776">1568307105.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="25c7a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="O7SAG81568412352"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172170159777308673" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost This is why people hate cops</div> — 🏳️🌈NubbiestButt🏳️🌈 (@🏳️🌈NubbiestButt🏳️🌈)<a href="https://twitter.com/RottieLyle/statuses/1172170159777308673">1568302118.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="e3a99" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4RO7831568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1171875197651054592" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost @deray Best use of an Ikea store that I’ve heard.</div> — Joe Shreffler (@Joe Shreffler)<a href="https://twitter.com/joeshreffler/statuses/1171875197651054592">1568231794.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<strong>Ultimately, no game took place. </strong>
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But police were on high alert, reportedly "stopping everyone who look[ed] like they [were] here for a game of hide and seek," said one customer, Lewis Phillips.
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But not for lack of trying—apparently, playing hide-and-seek in European Ikeas is something of a fashion.
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<a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90399077/ikea-politely-asks-that-you-stop-playing-giant-games-of-hide-and-seek-in-its-stores" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elise De Rijck, a blogger from Belgium, worked with her local Ikea to make a hide-and-seek game happen for her 30th birthday.</a>
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</p><div id="127c5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="10TJS61568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1171862476427792385" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost @HudsonRiverCroc but did they find them all?</div> — Cheryl Wigglebottom (@Cheryl Wigglebottom)<a href="https://twitter.com/senorasantos/statuses/1171862476427792385">1568228761.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="42cef" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="BSOFKG1568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172149433569382406" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@senorasantos @nypost @HudsonRiverCroc The ones they didn’t find are now IKEA Employees</div> — Nep-Leijon (@Nep-Leijon)<a href="https://twitter.com/ShippersDesigns/statuses/1172149433569382406">1568297177.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b89e6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1TMJWE1568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172194818983809024" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost In related news, a SWAT team was dispatched to a 4300-person game of Duck Duck Goose at a Home Depot.</div> — Jason Carter Glass (@Jason Carter Glass)<a href="https://twitter.com/Im_Jason_Glass/statuses/1172194818983809024">1568307997.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="958da" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="BROE3B1568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172107306215116801" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost They gonna find a skeleton in a vent 5 years later and it’s that last person they were never able to find</div> — disrespect breathing technice 11th form (@disrespect breathing technice 11th form)<a href="https://twitter.com/jxstgxd/statuses/1172107306215116801">1568287133.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="81a39" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1QHWBQ1568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172136151483854848" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost https://t.co/mdDNroH779</div> — Easy Mac 🏊🏾♂️ (@Easy Mac 🏊🏾♂️)<a href="https://twitter.com/im_still_hurt/statuses/1172136151483854848">1568294010.0</a></blockquote></div>
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However, this particular Ikea staff were not amused and <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/police-called-to-scottish-ikea-after-thousands-sign-up-for-hide-and-seek-1-4995212" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">phoned police once they became aware of the Facebook event.</a>
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In successful hide-and-seek games, players hide in every piece of furniture imaginable, from couch cushions to bed frames and from desk drawers to refrigerators.
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</p><div id="bf2eb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PDAFWD1568412353"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172136112254533632" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO no fun</div> — Blank (@Blank)<a href="https://twitter.com/HDB1698/statuses/1172136112254533632">1568294001.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="b409e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OXE93L1568412354"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1172159174827888640" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nypost There were actually 5,000 people participating, they were just better than the rest</div> — Skyguy628 (@Skyguy628)<a href="https://twitter.com/skyguy628/statuses/1172159174827888640">1568299499.0</a></blockquote></div>
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We think we can all agree when we say to Scotland Yard: Way to ruin the fun.
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Perhaps the trend of playing hide-and-seek in Ikea will make its way to the United States sooner rather than later.
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