Skip to page content Find a Store | VideoslSkiinglBloglTravellBookslGift VoucherslDuke of Edinburgh's AwardlShop by BrandlSign up to our emails Home Fishing Fishing Chairs, Beds and TablesA mother who weighs 18 stone was left 'humiliated' after an Argos repairman said she broke her daughter's sofa due to her size. Kelly Wells, 38, asked the retailer to fix the arm of her electric reclining sofa at her home in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, near Glasgow, after it broke. However, an engineer for the retailer refused to fix it after blaming the fault on her mother, Christine Douglas, 62. Christine Douglas was left in floods of tears after an Argos repairman said she was the reason her daughter's sofa broke In the report, the repair man said: 'In my opinion this [the broken arm] is caused by local conditions as customer is very large sitting at this side. '(The technician) inspected fault reported but in my opinion this is not from a manu defect and due to heavy wear on this.

With arm being broke this is what is preventing recliner to come out.' Ms Douglas, who lives with Mrs Wells and her husband Martin, was left in floods of tears over the incident and said she was 'humiliated'. She told the Daily Record: 'I'm trying to lose weight. I've never even sat on that sofa. The engineer never asked me any questions and was only in for about 15 minutes. In the report, the repair man said: 'In my opinion this [the broken arm] is caused by local conditions as customer is very large sitting at this side' 'As soon as he walked through the door, he thought he could blame me and take away any liability from Argos.' The family said the sofa is only used by Mr Wells, who weighs 11st. They added they hired an independent assessor who said the broken arm was due to a manufacturing issue. An Argos spokesperson said: 'The remarks made in the customer's report are unacceptable and we're investigating the issue with our supplier. The requested URL /gb/en/products/sofas-armchairs/sofa-beds-chair-beds/lycksele-l%c3%b6v%c3%a5s-chair-bed-ransta-white-spr-49840086/ was not found.

Hospital bosses tell parents to buy blow-up Argos beds so they can stay with sick children ANRGY parents have hit out at a hospital who told them they needed to buy blow-up beds from Argos if they wanted to sleep near their sick children. Parents were told they needed to buy blow-up beds to sleep near their sick children[ROSS PARRY] One mother said she spent the "longest week" of her life as she had to rest in an "uncomfortable" chair while her baby was treated for gastroenteritis. Chloe Parkinson, 20, claimed she was refused a bed to use herself in her daughter's room and told she could bring in an inflatable one instead. Other parents have also said they were asked to bring in blow-up beds by members of staff at Doncaster Royal Infirmary, South Yorkshire. They have called on hospital bosses to improve resources for parents with sick children as the sofas they are meant to sleep on only fits one person. Ms Parkinson said: "The chair was so uncomfortable, you couldn't sleep properly in it.

"When your child is ill you need your energy to look after them, but because of not sleeping properly I felt tired all the time.emperor 200 gaming chair for sale Chloe Parkinson said she spent the longest week of her life sleeping in an uncomfortable bed [ROSS PARRY]costco desk chair mat We were sleeping in it for eight days, and it was a nightmare. cape cod chair nzIt felt like the longest week of my liferecliner chairs for sale gumtree "We were sleeping in it for eight days, and it was a nightmare. used office chairs brampton

It felt like the longest week of my life. "We spoke to the staff and asked them for a bed because someone had two but they said they couldn't give us another one."where to buy chiavari chairs wholesale Ms Parkinson took turns with her partner Luke Reynolds, 19, sleeping in a chair after they vowed to stay by three-month-old Scarlett Reynolds's side.used chairs for sale in karachi She said staff told them they could not give them another bed and after a week advised they buy a blow-up mattress.cheapest office chairs mumbai Ms Parkinson said: "They said we could go to Argos to buy one but we had already spent so much money.chair covers rental windsor ontario

"I thought I'm not going to buy one but luckily someone in the family had a spare." Other parents also revealed on social networking site Facebook that they had been advised the same thing by hospital staff. Mother Debi Gregory said: "I was there last week with my baby son and we were told we could bring a blow up bed in. "My sister stayed with me while my husband was home with our other two children and she slept on two waiting room chairs pushed together." While Briar Rose added: "Parents should be given a proper bed. "They need to be well rested to cope with the stress and worry over their sick child and to have the stamina that this takes." Parents have called on Doncaster Royal Infirmary bosses to improve resources [ROSS PARRY] At a recent meeting governors at the Doncaster and Bassetlaw hospital trust raised concerns over parents having to sleep on an airbed on the floor. Some parents have suggested setting up a "Friends of Doncaster Children's Hospital" group to raise funds for extra beds.