[Chefelf]

Customer glued to toilet seat sues Home Depot
Man claims workers ignored cries for help after he was victimized by prank

Updated: 12:06 p.m. ET Nov. 3, 2005

BOULDER, Colo. - 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.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9911744/

Thanks to J m HofMarN for this one!

[Kirby]

*makes note to buy superglue*

What?

But really, 15 minutes isn't that long. At least not long enough to sue.

This post has been edited by Kirby: 05 November 2005 - 04:43 PM

[Otal Nimrodi]

Honestly, what would you think if something like that had happened? "Help, I'm on a toilet, and can't get up!"

[J m HofMarN]

Here here, Chefelf spent 45 minutes in a home depot and he didnt sue anyone...


YET.

[Otal Nimrodi]

Yes, but was he on a toilet?

[Revan-47]

I super glued my cats head to a ceiling fan and turned it on for 15 min.

Edit: THIS IS MY 666TH POST!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHHHHH ALRIGHT YEAHHHHHHHHHH

PARTY AT MY HOUSE, AND I EVEN SAID SOMETHING EVIL IN THE POST. WHERE IS THE THREAD FOR 666?

This post has been edited by Revan-47: 06 November 2005 - 04:05 PM

[Mirithorn]

Why did he sit on it in the first place?

[Revan-47]

dont they let people try the toilets out? i thought they did

[barend]

firstly, what kind of store ignores any kind of yelling from within any part of the store.

secondly... who takes a dump in a hardware store?

EDIT: thirdly, who changed my avatar? and fourthly, why did they stretch it wide?

This post has been edited by barend: 06 November 2005 - 05:34 PM

[Otal Nimrodi]

I assumed you did. Most likely while drunk. You tend not to remember things afterward.

This post has been edited by Otal Nimrodi: 06 November 2005 - 05:36 PM

[barend]

even drunk i wouldn't allow a stretched version...

[Mirithorn]

I can't see the difference.

EDIT: Whoa, now I can. What exactly is that a picture of?

This post has been edited by Mirithorn: 06 November 2005 - 06:10 PM

[barend]

'what' ?

i see a photo of me shot through a red lense of my sunglasses.

[SimeSublime]

It's because you use an avatar saved on Chefelfs boards. This happend when he updated last year. Host your avatar offsite and it should be fine.

[J m HofMarN]

Revan- That's a horrible thing to do, and I almost wish you'd done it to the wrong cat so that after fatcat was done taking her vengeance on you I could run you through.