article_snippet.sent: IKEA employees said the problem is difficult to manage, because so many Chinese shoppers do it .
article_snippet.sent: But long-suffering staff at IKEA said the problem has become widespread across China – with management vowing to clamp down on The practice.
article_snippet.sent: One anonymous IKEA assistant warned, however, it will be difficult to enforce the new rules.
article_snippet.sent: Workers at IKEA shops added: ‘There are too many people doing this, it’s not possible to stop it.’
article_snippet.sent: It is not the first time IKEA has had to deal with over-familiar customers in China.
article_snippet.sent: One Shanghai Xuhui store was inundated with pensioners who would spend One Shanghai Xuhui store time drinking the free coffee – and on the prowl for a new partner for One Shanghai Xuhui store children.
article_snippet.sent: The practice became so popular that telling people you were going to IKEA became a euphemism in China for ‘going to a matchmaking event’.