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"I see you every week in this mall. I don't like you shiftless layabouts. You're one of those fucking mallrat kids. You don't come to the mall to shop or work. You hang out and act like you fucking live here. Well, I have no respect for people with no shopping agenda. " -- Mallrats

I see no reason to suggest that this behaviour is somehow unique to the Chinese/IKEA combination.



I'd say there is a pretty substantial difference between teenagers doing this vs full-blown adults (with adult responsibilities and adult powers) doing this.


I see no reason to suggest that this behaviour is somehow unique to the Chinese/IKEA combination.

I see the article as a pretty decent reason, actually. Journalists are lazy -- if they could write this story about Dallas or Detroit, they would.


Detroit mallrats don't make as interesting of a read, but definitely the behavior here (sleeping in a store bed) is a whole new level.




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