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Published by Hannah Bleau on April 6, 2018

Hey millennials– this is kinda sorta why no one takes us seriously. This kind of crap right here.

Teens and young adults are currently alllllll about the “24 hour challenge.” It involves sneaking into stores or restaurants and basically camping out overnight. That’s the “challenge.” This is what they’re doing now.

Apparently short of actual adventures, teens and 20-somethings are sneaking into chain stores and restaurants, including McDonald’s,Walmart , Chuck E. Cheese’s and IKEA, staying all night and posting videos online as evidence. A YouTube search for 24-hour overnight challenges turns up 1.6 million results.

The good news? This ridiculous challenge will probably die off soon, because teens have decided that it’s pretty “boring.”

A closer examination of the phenomenon reveals something thrill-seekers didn’t expect—spending extended periods inside an empty chain store can be really, really dull.

Michael Manfre, who is 19, said he and his friends have done several overnight challenges since late 2016. For one, they stayed all night in a McDonald’s on the Jersey Shore, figuring it would be a blast to have the place to themselves. As employees closed up for the night, the friends hid in the colorful crawling tubes in the indoor playground.

“It looked weird to have older kids hanging out in the play area,” he said “but we pulled it off.”

So that’s what they’re doing. That’s the “thrill.” Hiding and not getting caught and spending all night in a place they’re not supposed to be. Needless to say, stores aren’t thrilled. This is really annoying and rude, ESPECIALLY to the employees who just want to go home at the end of the day. They shouldn’t have to worry about this utter nonsense.

“We appreciate that people are interested in IKEA and want to create fun experiences with us,” said a U.S. spokeswoman for Inter IKEA Systems BV. “We cannot guarantee safety in our stores after closing hours and that’s why we do not allow this kind of activity. ” McDonald’s declined to comment.

A Walmart Inc. spokesman said the company has been “dealing with this” for more than a year, with the teens “mainly hiding out in the toilet paper section, trying to meet their challenge.”

Here’s an example of this “challenge” in action.