Asking for Help: A Lesson Learned at IKEA

Fluent Fiction - Swedish: Asking for Help: A Lesson Learned at IKEA Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/asking-for-help-a-lesson-learned-at-ikea Story Transcript:Sv: Det var en hektisk lördag på IKEA och Elsa, som var på jakt efter en ny säng, var lättad när hon äntligen hittade den.En: It was a busy Saturday at IKEA and Elsa, who was looking for a new bed, was relieved when she finally found it.Sv: Hon räknade ut vilka kartonger hon behövde och skyndade sig fram till kassan för att betala.En: She worked out which boxes she needed and hurried to the till to pay.Sv: När hon väl var hemma med kartongerna insåg hon att instruktionerna saknades.En: Once she got home with the boxes, she realized the instructions were missing.Sv: Elsa suckade, men tänkte att det inte var så svårt att montera en säng - det var ju bara träbitar och skruvar.En: Elsa sighed, but thought that it wasn't that difficult to assemble a bed - it was just pieces of wood and screws.Sv: Efter några timmar av frustrerande försök att sätta ihop sängen gav Elsa upp och gick till köket för en kopp te.En: After a few hours of frustratingly trying to put the bed together, Elsa gave up and went to the kitchen for a cup of tea.Sv: Men då såg hon att köksbordet också saknade instruktioner!En: But then she saw that the kitchen table also lacked instructions!Sv: Elsa slog sig ner vid bordet och började fundera.En: Elsa sat down at the table and began to think.Sv: Hon bestämde sig för att använda den kunskap hon hade från att ha sett möbler monteras tidigare.En: She decided to use the knowledge she had from watching furniture being assembled in the past.Sv: Hon plockade ihop skruvar, muttrar och träbitar och började montera.En: She collected screws, nuts and pieces of wood and began to assemble.Sv: Det var långt ifrån lätt, men så småningom började hon se former ta form.En: It was far from easy, but eventually she began to see shapes take shape.Sv: Elsa log stolt när hon till slut lyckades montera sängen.En: Elsa smiled proudly when she finally managed to assemble the bed.Sv: Nu var det bara bordet kvar.En: Now only the table remained.Sv: Men när Elsa började arbeta med bordet insåg hon snabbt att det var mycket mer komplicerat än sängen.En: But when Elsa started working on the table, she quickly realized that it was much more complicated than the bed.Sv: Hon kämpade och svor när hon försökte få in rätt delar på rätt ställen.En: She struggled and swore as she tried to get the right parts in the right places.Sv: Till slut insåg hon att det var omöjligt att sätta ihop bordet utan instruktioner.En: Finally, she realized that it was impossible to assemble the table without instructions.Sv: Elsa ringde till IKEA och förklarade situationen.En: Elsa called IKEA and explained the situation.Sv: Person som svarade ombedde henne att komma tillbaka till varuhuset och att en Expedit skulle hjälpa henne.En: Person who answered asked her to come back to the store and for an Expedit to assist her.Sv: Tillbaka på IKEA fick Elsa träffa en expedit som förklarade hur bordet skulle monteras.En: Back at IKEA, Elsa got to meet a clerk who explained how the table should be assembled.Sv: Med hjälp av instruktionerna visade expediten varje steg, och snart var bordet monterat.En: Using the instructions, the clerk showed each step, and soon the table was assembled.Sv: Elsa var mycket tacksam och tänkte att hon borde ha bett om hjälp från...

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