--- title: Ikea: Comedian Builds ‘Relationship Saving Station’ in Store description: The latest stunt by a comedian known for placing phony products in public places is aimed at saving relationships imperiled by an Ikea trip canonical: https://time.com/4734517/obvious-plant-ikea-prank-relationship-saving-station/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-11T14:57:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:42.666Z og:title: A Prankster Built a ‘Relationship Saving Station’ in an Ikea og:description: "Yell at this tiny horse instead of each other." og:url: https://time.com/4734517/obvious-plant-ikea-prank-relationship-saving-station/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Prankster Built a ‘Relationship Saving Station’ in an Ikea twitter:description: "Yell at this tiny horse instead of each other." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Prankster Built a 'Relationship Saving Station' in an Ikea  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 11, 2017 2:57 PM CUT  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 11, 2017 2:57 PM CUT It is a truth universally acknowledged that a trip into the furniture-filled depths of [Ikea](http://time.com/money/4734520/ikea-iceland-houses/ "undefined") can test any relationship. The latest stunt by a comedian known for [placing phony products in public places](https://www.fastcompany.com/3044923/meet-the-rascal-whos-planting-phony-signs-and-products-in-public-and-making-our-daily-lives- "undefined") is aimed at saving those imperiled relationships. “I installed a ‘Relationship Saving Station’ at Ikea to help keep couples from fighting,” Jeff Wysaski said on his Facebook page, [Obvious Plant](https://www.facebook.com/obviousplant/posts/1446962518687835 "undefined"). Wysaski’s station contains “five quick ways to ease tension with a loved one,” including a picture of a puppy in a teacup, a tiny horse, milk carton hats, a container of bubbles and a jar labeled with a photo of Elsa from _Frozen._ “Yell at this tiny horse instead of each other. Go ahead, get it all out,” says one of Wysaki’s [signs](https://www.facebook.com/obviousplant/photos/pcb.1446962518687835/1446962195354534/?type=3&theater "undefined"). “Blow your anger into these bubbles and watch it slowly float away. Adios, angry thoughts,” reads [another](https://www.facebook.com/obviousplant/photos/pcb.1446962518687835/1446962128687874/?type=3&theater "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/obviousplant%5F/status/851483962316734466) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4734517/obvious-plant-ikea-prank-relationship-saving-station/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4734517/obvious-plant-ikea-prank-relationship-saving-station/"},"headline":"A Prankster Built a 'Relationship Saving Station' in an Ikea","datePublished":"2017-04-11T14:57:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:42.666Z","description":"\"Yell at this tiny horse instead of each other.\"","url":"https://time.com/4734517/obvious-plant-ikea-prank-relationship-saving-station/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","viral","relationships","Ikea","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4734517/obvious-plant-ikea-prank-relationship-saving-station/","name":"A Prankster Built a 'Relationship Saving Station' in an Ikea"}}]}] ```