When I was younger, I always wondered how it’d be like to stay in Ikea for a day.
Ikea literally has all the necessities you need, from food to bedding, so you can’t go wrong with it. (I always imagined that if there was a zombie apocalypse, Ikea would be a great place to find refuge in.)
Unfortunately though, staying in Ikea overnight is illegal, so I’ll never be able to know how staying there for a day would be like.
Arrested for Trespassing
On Sunday (31 March), five teenagers trespassed into Ikea’s megastore located in Tampines. The five teenagers were aged between 16 and 18, and have since then been arrested.
They hid in Ikea beyond the store’s opening hours.
If you’re wondering why no one discovered them earlier, here’s Captain Obvious telling you why: Ikea’s megastore is huge. There are 4 levels in the store and numerous showrooms, which makes it easy for trespassers to hide in.
Should they be found guilty of wilful trespass, they could be fined up to $1,000 each.
Good luck saving your year’s worth of pocket money.
Now, while not much is revealed about why they did it, it seems like the M.O of the 24-hour Fort Challenge propagating YouTube.
24-hour Fort Challenge
The 24-hour Fort Challenge, also known as the 24-hour Overnight Challenge is a challenge where participants hide in a location or venue for 24-hours (which are most often stores).
They are required to stay hidden in the store after closing hours for as long as possible, or until they are found and kicked out by security. Yikes.
The challenge which was made viral by the YouTube channel MoreJStu, consisting of Justin Stuart and Andrew Scites. It was uploaded on 11 August 2016, and the video was titled ’24 Hour Toilet Paper Fort!’ The video currently has over 26 million views.
In the video, the two YouTubers come up with a plan to spend a night in Walmart, which was highly requested by their viewers. They come up with 4 possible forts made up of dog food, toilet paper, water bottles and diapers.
MoreJStu Fort Challenges
The Youtube channel has since then uploaded even more fort challenges. The locations range from cinemas, furniture stores and even freezers in supermarkets. The channel is popular for their fort challenges, and upload a new challenge every Friday.
My biggest question for them is, when will they get tired of coming up with different forts when you can just stay in your room all day? Less stress, and even if you do get caught, there’s no penalty (besides your mom going all rawr rawr at you).
And teens, there are much better things to do besides going to jail, like finding a hobby.
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