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: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : outdeep November 04, 2005, 07:07:21 PM Man glued to toilet seat, sues store
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051104/od_nm/glue_dc LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Colorado man who had a panic attack when he found he was glued to a toilet seat in a Home Depot restroom has sued the home improvement giant for negligence, saying staff ignored his plight. Retired electrical engineer Bob Dougherty, 57, said on Thursday he was stuck in the stall with his pants down for about 20 minutes and that two years after the 2003 incident he was suffering from post-traumatic stress, which has triggered diabetes and heart complications. "I have these nightmares every night where I am locked in this dark room, with no windows, no doors, no fresh air, no route for escape. I wake up in these cold sweats," Dougherty said. Spokesmen for Home Depot Inc. could not immediately be reached for comment. Dougherty said in a lawsuit filed last week in Boulder, Colorado, that he thought he was having a heart attack when he realized his buttocks and legs were stuck to the toilet seat in the Home Depot restroom in Louisville, Colorado. He explained his plight to an employee who came into the restroom but other Home Depot staffers thought it was a hoax and he had to wait until someone else came in to again summon help. Dougherty is claiming unspecified damages for help with medical and psychiatric bills, for humiliation and for the diabetes he said he has developed as a result of the stress. "Home Depot not only ignored my plight, they refused my plight," he said. Dougherty said he suspected the glue had been placed there as a prank by three teens seen earlier in the store. : Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : al Hartman November 05, 2005, 01:48:09 AM Thanks, Dave. Suddenly everything seems so clear!!! al : Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : outdeep November 05, 2005, 07:14:55 PM Well, that was his story and he's sticking to it. ;D
: Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : moonflower2 November 06, 2005, 02:13:04 AM Well, that was his story and he's sticking to it. ;D Yeah, same thing happened to me, but I was stuck there for a longer time because no one believed me. : Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : marden November 06, 2005, 08:24:28 AM I saw this story the other day. And I thought just not being able to get the door unlocked was bad.
: Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : moonflower2 November 06, 2005, 09:04:45 AM I saw this story the other day. And I thought just not being able to get the door unlocked was bad. Well, it makes you wonder if Candid Camera had anything to do with it, when the seat with the glue on it has an aligator in the sewer. ;) : Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : glossyibis November 21, 2005, 09:48:03 AM what a TACKY subject. don't get me wrong , I am not coming UNGLUED over this, BUT there is something ODIOUS about the whole SITuation. The whole thing is a CRACK up, dont get STUCK to it, just put it BEHIND you. ;D
: Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : vernecarty November 21, 2005, 05:42:23 PM what a TACKY subject. don't get me wrong , I am not coming UNGLUED over this, BUT there is something ODIOUS about the whole SITuation. The whole thing is a CRACK up, dont get STUCK to it, just put it BEHIND you. ;D I had no idea you were so attached to puns... Verne : Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : Joe Sperling November 22, 2005, 01:53:23 AM I'm trying to get a handle on what you're saying here. Water you talking about? Because
my face feels flushed, and it seems everything is going down the drain in this discussion. I mean great SCOTT, let's put a lid on this, because I'm plumb tired of the whole thing. --Joe : Re: Man glued to toilet seat, sues store : al Hartman November 22, 2005, 03:10:01 AM Thomas Crapper is virtually spinning in his grave... :o ;D |