You sit down on your favourite office chair for another day at work from home, but just as you're getting comfortable, the world around you starts to turn and you fall to the ground. You've just experienced what 19 IKEA customers reported: their ODGER swivel chairs have been breaking, leading to five injuries in total.
IKEA Canada maintains an online list of products for which it has issued recalls. In every case, customers have the option to return affected products for a refund even without a receipt. Recall reasons range from changes to national or international product standards to, in the case of an espresso maker, a "risk of the product bursting during use."
IKEA's new recall is just the latest in a flood of recalls this year ranging from baby swings to pain medications to hummus. The Canadian consumer may be understandably tired of searching through their home practically every other week, but it's better than contracting norovirus from a nice smoothie.