What was interesting about this was hearing the history of manufacturing and outsourcing in the furniture industry. Also, illegal logging and the evolution from solid wood to lighter furniture. And they spent a bit of time paving the way to saying ikea's furniture is much lighter than furniture used to be when it was solid wood - being the reason dressers were toppling on children. Such BS. What's changed is litigation and responsibility.
Before IKEA was a company, there were furniture items falling on children. My own brother climbed an 18th century wardrobe and luckily was thrown clear when it toppled. And that item was neither cheap nor light. Deadly Dressers? More accurate to say deadly irresponsible parents. Let's recount their actions: 1) Ignored instructions and warnings about securing the item to the wall 2) left their children unsupervised 3) took no responsibility for their own negligence. I was irritated by their self righteous attitudes. What's next? Spill hot coffee in their laps and sue McDonalds? Oh. No. That's been done.
These parents need a nanny state to do their thinking for them. The rest of us read instructions and if we care enough, will take the steps to protect our children.
Before IKEA was a company, there were furniture items falling on children. My own brother climbed an 18th century wardrobe and luckily was thrown clear when it toppled. And that item was neither cheap nor light. Deadly Dressers? More accurate to say deadly irresponsible parents. Let's recount their actions: 1) Ignored instructions and warnings about securing the item to the wall 2) left their children unsupervised 3) took no responsibility for their own negligence. I was irritated by their self righteous attitudes. What's next? Spill hot coffee in their laps and sue McDonalds? Oh. No. That's been done.
These parents need a nanny state to do their thinking for them. The rest of us read instructions and if we care enough, will take the steps to protect our children.