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Sometimes A Blue Ikea Toilet Seat Isn’t Actually What It Appears To Be

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It’s one of the universal truths that a trip to IKEA can never simply be a trip to IKEA. If you’re with your significant other, you’re bound to start bickering over the Malm collection. If you’re by yourself, you’re assuredly going to purchase way too many unnecessary, cheap kitchen utensils because no one was around to stop you. And if you’re with your family, you’re definitely going to escape to a quiet, fake living room in order to take a nap. The whole thing rarely involves the sort of lighthearted frolicking advertised in 500 Days of Summer.

And apparently, purchasing an IKEA toilet seat is even more of an emotional rollercoaster.

Recently, Twitter user Amber came home to discover her mother fuming after unpacking her newly-purchased IKEA toilet seat, only to discover that the item was bright blue instead of the advertised white. It wasn’t until Amber actually read the instructions that the two realized: the entire seat was covered with blue cling film.

Amber’s mom wasn’t the only person to experience this embarrassment — one person commented that they were just as confused when they opened their toilet seat, and actually went through the shameful process of attempting to return the toilet seat.

That deceptive cling film has duped pretty much everybody, at some point or other.

Damn you, cling film!

However, many commenters were more distracted by the £40 price tag on the toilet seat. For that price, shouldn’t the seat do the wiping for you?

Amber’s mom is just a sophisticated lady who wants a quality toilet seat, I suppose.

Let this debacle just serve as a friendly reminder that it’s important to read the instructions before getting pissed.