Don't get stuck on a toilet seat at Home Depot

[Invisible Fan]

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Nov 3, 12:32 PM EST

Man Sues After Using Glue-Covered Toilet

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Home Depot was sued by a shopper who claims he got stuck to a restroom toilet seat because a prankster had smeared it with glue.

Bob Dougherty, 57, accused employees of ignoring his cries for help for about 15 minutes because they thought he was kidding.

"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told The (Boulder) Daily Camera. "They just let me rot."

The lawsuit, filed Friday, said Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass surgery and thought he was having a heart attack when he got stuck at the Louisville store on the day before Halloween 2003. A store employee who heard him calling for help informed the head clerk by radio, but the head clerk "believed it to be a hoax," the lawsuit said.

Home Depot spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher said she could not comment on pending litigation.

The lawsuit said store officials called for an ambulance after about 15 minutes. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, and as they wheeled the "frightened and humiliated" Dougherty out of the store, he passed out.

The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions.

"This is not Home Depot's fault," he said. "But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."

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[Rule0001]

what exactly is this all ABOOT?

[slcrocket]

The guy was going to rot after fiteen minutes???

[RocketKid]

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[sabirk]

How do you not see the glue on the toilet seat :confused: , especially considering the amount of glue it would take to glue your behind to the seat. When I use a public stall to poo, I make damn sure the seat is clean before I sit. :p

[PhiSlammaJamma]

You gotta figure they'll have a camera shot of the "gluer" or the "co-conspirator" going into bathroom. But no way I go in and check on a naked man on the toilet. He woulda had to drink toilet water before I went in there.

[Saint Louis]

How do you not see the glue on the toilet seat :confused: , especially considering the amount of glue it would take to glue your behind to the seat. When I use a public stall to poo, I make damn sure the seat is clean before I sit. :p

No kidding. Didn't the person check the seat first. What if someone with bad aim had hosed it down. Yuk!

[kwik_e_mart]

But the person dropped his pants to test out the toilet!

[JuanValdez]

15 minutes isn't that long.

[twhy77]

15 minutes isn't that long.

If this thread didn't have a reply for 15 minutes I'd say it would be rotting.











Holy crap, this guy's a baby.

[pirc1]

15 minutes isn't that long.

It is if you think you will have a heart attack.

[mateo]

Reason #4534534636 that people who file frivolous lawsuits should be exiled to France.

[rrj_gamz]

That's pretty funny, although, if it were me, I'd be PO'd too...but to sue, give me a break...

[PhiSlammaJamma]

I can only remember being stuck one time in my life, cave, underwater, and it was kinda scary. I couldn't get out of the damn cave. I was literally stuck in place because my air hose got caught on something. It may have lasted like 10 minutes. But it felt like a lifetime.

[bnb]

He sits on a public toilet seat without looking.....and it's the stores fault. this man should not be allowed in a store that sells power tools.

He's lucky it was glue...

[Isabel]

I'm sure we've all spent a lot longer than 15 minutes on a toilet seat before. Who knows, he may have ended up being there that long even if no one had glued anything. ;)

Seriously, look before you sit. Wipe with a dry piece of toilet paper before you sit, also. Sometimes, in bad lighting conditions, it won't be as clean as you think it is. You don't want to pick up germs or staph infections.

[RocketsPimp]

Can I sue this guy for wasting 1 minute and 30 seconds of my life to read about his stupid story?

[bnb]

Can I sue this guy for wasting 1 minute and 30 seconds of my life to read about his stupid story?

CLASS ACTION!!!

I'm in!

(send my cheque to the tip jar).

[Rocketman95]

Some people need to bone up on their reading comprehension skills.

I'm not saying he should've sued, but those assholes who refused to help him should be fired, at the very least. If I'm stuck somewhere screaming for help for 15 minutes and I know they hear me, but aren't doing anything to help, I will be ****ing furious.

[bnb]

I will be ****ing furious.

i might be too. or i might laugh about it. i wouldn't be calling my lawyer. dude was humiliated by being wheeled out of Home Depot....but i guess details in an associated press article are going to make it better?? no wonder he has heart problems...dude's gotta chill.

[JuanValdez]

Some people need to bone up on their reading comprehension skills.

I'm not saying he should've sued, but those assholes who refused to help him should be fired, at the very least. If I'm stuck somewhere screaming for help for 15 minutes and I know they hear me, but aren't doing anything to help, I will be ****ing furious.

I'd agree on reading comprehension. He called out and an employee told the head clerk by radio. The head clerk did nothing initially because he thought it was a joke. He didn't hear the guy calling out himself. When he realized that it was for real, he called an ambulance. That sounds responsive to me, after an initial confusion which I grant is more than understandable. People don't get glued to public toilets very often. Fifteen minutes may be long to a guy glued to a toilet, and I can understand his being upset; but 15 minutes isn't very long for a response to a very unusual semi-emergency. The suit is frivolous, and I hope they don't bother with the trial.

[Rokkit]

From what Rich and Mark were saying about this, the guy was recovering from bypass surgery and passed out when he finally got some help/was being 'rescued'.

What a weird story.

But yeah, some of those Home Depot employees have a problem.

[pirc1]

If this guy wins in the court, expect many copycat toilet seat cases around the country! :D

[Austin70]

If I do take a crap in a public restroom, I look at the toilet seat to make sure that there is nothing on there at all, maybe he didn't care if he sat in piss or what.

[ChenZhen]

15 minutes isn't that long.

It all depends on how bad his poo smelled that day.

[swilkins]

I'm calling BS.

Get out the security cameras.

[SwoLy-D]

I'm calling BS.

Get out the security cameras.They record us in the restrooms? :( :eek: :(

[jello77]

i used to work carts at target as one of my first high school jobs, and part of my job was all the dirty work in the store. including cleaning the bathrooms. the sheer amount of strange ass weirdos i would see every day is ridiculous. when i cleaned the men's room (every hour) i wouldnt have to wait for everybody to leave, id just clean around and if some guy was using the toilet, i just wouldnt clean that particular stall. one time, some dude runs out of the stall when he hears my walky go off. he was sweaty, nervous, and hadn't flushed. he stared at me for a second, and then ran out of the bathroom. literally ran. that was just one instance. people are strange.

so if i was cleaning and some dude was yelling that he was stuck on the toilet, theres no way in hell you could make me go in there. id call someone, but ive seen too many strange things that theres no way in hell you could make me open up a stall with a dude screaming that hed been glued to the seat. there's a reason i could only stand that job for like two months.