A man’s endless search for his wife inside an IKEA store in Elizabeth, NJ took a devastating toll as he began rapidly balding after seven hours of wandering the store.
Donald Meyer accompanied his wife on what was promised to be an “in and out” shopping trip. The couple, in the market for a small breakfast nook table, entered the store at about 10 A.M. and lost contact just seconds after arguing over which shopping cart to take into the showroom.
That’s when Meyer’s hairline began to recede.
“He was sweating profusely and texting frantically,” said one shopper, who was startled to find Meyer muttering to himself inside a HENSVIK closet.
“Mommy, look, his forehead is growing!” one 4-year-old shopper exclaimed.
After 18 dropped calls and seven elevator rides, an exhausted Meyer noticed his growing six-inch high forehead in a MONGSTAD mirror.
Meyer cried into the mirror, “I just want to go home.”
Meyer ultimately gave up the search for his wife at 4:45 pm and ate meatballs, sharing a table with an Asian family from a neighboring town, whose members were also balding.
Mrs. Meyer could not be reached for comment.
