The latest everyday object to be menacing China with its unexpected explosive propensities comes in the form of a drinking glass which maimed its owner, causing the woman to sue IKEA for revenge.
The victim, a woman in Beijing, was about to drink out of an IKEA glass containing cooling “boiled” water when it spontaneously exploded in her face, making her lose consciousness and hospitalizing her – so bad was the incident that she broke a front tooth and needed four stitches in her lip.
Now the woman is pressing charges against IKEA and is demanding 1 million yuan ($158,000) as compensation; the court case however had to be rescheduled due to IKEA for some reason returning the court papers without providing a response, their customer relations manager claiming they “weren’t aware of the lawsuit” until near the appointed date.
The IKEA drinking glass that is still being sold despite the accident:
Apparently this isn’t the first time IKEA sold exploding glassware, as in 2013 their “Lyda” glasses had to be recalled after 10 people were wounded pouring hot water into them, causing them to explode.
Many online have shared their comments and personal experiences on the matter, including some doubts as to how fair it is to blame glass makers for some of the better known the material properties of glass:
“My family has also bought IKEA glasses, and they also exploded. Luckily, nobody got hurt.”
“I poured boiling water into an IKEA glass the other day to prepare instant noodles in it, and it instantly exploded.”
“Is this just a normal risk of using glass, or does it really have to do with IKEA? Do we have to throw out our glasses now?”
“In America, people can receive compensation [in court] as if they’re the emperor, and in China they cannot even serve court papers!”
“How is it even possible to ignore court papers?”
Yeah! I’ve missed news about exploding stuff in China!
Fun fact about glass.
Hot and Cold doesn’t mix and tend to shatter the glass.
So if she store her glass cup in a cold cupboard or even in the fridge, pouring hot water in it will cause it to explode.
Fun fact about thermal expansion.
It’s not limited to glass, but happens to all matter in the universe over subatomic levels.
Thermal expansion on a “subatomic” level is literally impossible.
Uh…. wrong. Overheated gases ionize and turn to plasma.
I see you don’t even know what subatomic means.
You haven’t exactly proven that you know what subatomic means either, or that you even understand what the flying f♥♥k you’re talking about shithead
I got some overheated electron clouds to sell.
It is common sense that if you pour hot water in a glass and the ambient temperature is cool enough, it can break. If the glass is thick enough, the outer layer is still cold as hot water makes contact with the inner layer creating thermal stress. I was taught about this when I was 10 yo….it has nothing to do with China. IKEA should know about it and put warning labels on them. Some glasses can sustain the thermal stress but cheaper ones (or the older glass containers) are not made to sustain such thermal stress.
That’s U.S.A. level idiocy.
On every glassware I ever bought there’s a warning label on the package to observe temperature differences and prewarm the glass if it’s to be used for hot liquids.
ESPECIALLY if it’s isolation glass with a vacuum or gas layer in between.
Ball canning jars (US made, good for hot temps in excess of 94c and rapid cooling) make your comment look retarded.
Its Ikea. The box is in Swedomalian. And the customer was Chinese.
Bro, don’t use cheap glass with vacuum lol Borosilicate glass is where it’s at.
hah chinese butt hurts crying about IKEA sending their bullshit lawsuit back when their court system is so biased towards favoring their own contries fucked up business.