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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.”


I can't believe the old fart is suing over this! If he was that humiliated, you would think the last thing he'd want is to bring it up in court.

I hope Home Depot accuses him of gluing himself to the seat for the money. :p

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I can't believe the old fart is suing over this! If he was that humiliated, you would think the last thing he'd want is to bring it up in court.

I hope Home Depot accuses him of gluing himself to the seat for the money. :p

LOL! What a dumbass!

It would be really funny if Home Depot actually does accuse him of that. :p

Hoilet Tumor goes unappreciated.

Can you imagine walking into the bathroom and hearing a man shout behind the stall, "Help me! I'm stuck!"

I'd pretend I didn't hear anything either.

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I can't believe the old fart is suing over this! If he was that humiliated, you would think the last thing he'd want is to bring it up in court.

I hope Home Depot accuses him of gluing himself to the seat for the money. :p
This is why you apply a triple layer of toilet paper to the seat before you sit down on it, fools! Nonetheless, the man responsible should be kicked in the groin 2.57 times for fucking around with other peoples toilets. You can mess with a lot of things, but public toilets should remain sacred from that sort of crap.

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I can't believe the old fart is suing over this! If he was that humiliated, you would think the last thing he'd want is to bring it up in court.

I hope Home Depot accuses him of gluing himself to the seat for the money. :p

He may not want to bring it up in court, but the more desirable option of crippling them for life with a crowbar just wouldnt be worth the jail sentence.

Someone better get to the bottom of this...

Great idea, convincing businesses that public restrooms are liabilities.

This is why you apply a triple layer of toilet paper to the seat before you sit down on it, fools! Nonetheless, the man responsible should be kicked in the groin 2.57 times for fucking around with other peoples toilets. You can mess with a lot of things, but public toilets should remain sacred from that sort of crap.

WHich reminds me:

FYI, I've never even BEEN to Boulder, Colorado. ;)

Someone better get to the bottom of this...
I think that this stinks of some kind of criminal internal conspiracy. It might even go all the way up to Home Depot's No. 2 man.

I think that this stinks of some kind of criminal internal conspiracy. It might even go all the way up to Home Depot's No. 2 man.

So, you're saying something is going to hit the fan? Maybe this case will crack wide open? Years from now, if someone takes the fall for this, they'll point to this incident as the moment that wrecked 'em.

"Toilet Humor goes unappreciated."

Ahhh. You're so full of shit! :D

So, you're saying something is going to hit the fan? Maybe this case will crack wide open? Years from now, if someone takes the fall for this, they'll point to this incident as the moment that wrecked 'em.

True enough. They'll be flush with anticipation. Nevertheless, this will probably stall in the courts.

"Toilet Humor goes unappreciated."

Ahhh. You're so full of shit! :D

No more so than that toilet. :)

Great thread title. :D

Some people really do face incredible challenges in their lives.
Goes without saying that I'd prefer not to be in such a situation ;)
Teehee...his wife trained him so well to sit down when...you know, and that's what he gets in return. 'Tis a funny world. :D

Can you imagine walking into the bathroom and hearing a man shout behind the stall, "Help me! I'm stuck!"

I'd pretend I didn't hear anything either.

So would I, but I ignore such pleas anyways.

Really, 15 minutes isn't bad. Frustrating, annoying, yes..But.."left to rot"? Bloody idiot. I say he should be reglued.

This is why you apply a triple layer of toilet paper to the seat before you sit down on it, fools! Nonetheless, the man responsible should be kicked in the groin 2.57 times for fucking around with other peoples toilets. You can mess with a lot of things, but public toilets should remain sacred from that sort of crap.

hold on isn't a tolit already full of that to begin with. and how do you kick someone .57 of a time in the groin or did you mean 2.57 million times

Piekrom']hold on isn't a tolit already full of that to begin with. and how do you kick someone .57 of a time in the groin or did you mean 2.57 million times
If you don't know how to kick someone in the groin 2.57 times, I don't know if you really want to know how it is managed. But I'll tell you anyway, because it might inflict you with suffering.
First you kick them normally, then you put an ice skate on you kicking foot and kick them again, severing one of the testicles (this qualifies as 1.07 kicks). Then you kick them normally again, but since only half of their set is left, it only counts for .5
Aren't you happy that I told you?

If you don't know how to kick someone in the groin 2.57 times, I don't know if you really want to know how it is managed. But I'll tell you anyway, because it might inflict you with suffering.
First you kick them normally, then you put an ice skate on you kicking foot and kick them again, severing one of the testicles (this qualifies as 1.07 kicks). Then you kick them normally again, but since only half of their set is left, it only counts for .5
Aren't you happy that I told you?
you sir, are a silly sausage, the kicking with the skate is probably 2.57 at least on it's own

you sir, are a silly sausage, the kicking with the skate is probably 2.57 at least on it's own
No, its in the rules. Bleeding adds .02 to the kicking, and severing something is worht another .05, thuse 1.07 for a severed testicle.
And I am not a sausage, I am a masterfully prepared Wiener Schnitzel with some Kartoffelsalat.

I could almost agree with the guy.

what a shitty situation. i hope the asshole that ignored him gets canned. buttheads like that are why customer service stinks....

Some people really do face incredible challenges in their lives.
Goes without saying that I'd prefer not to be in such a situation ;)
Teehee...his wife trained him so well to sit down when...you know, and that's what he gets in return. 'Tis a funny world. :D
How do you know he was or wasnt peeing?
So it was you Aaha i found the villian

How do you know he was or wasnt peeing?
So it was you Aaha i found the villian
The world shall never know how I knew this... it will remain a mystery forever.
Muahahaha. Haha. Ha!
...and from now on I'll make sure to always check the stickyness of the toilet seat before sitting down ;)

The world shall never know how I knew this... it will remain a mystery forever.
Muahahaha. Haha. Ha!
...and from now on I'll make sure to always check the stickyness of the toilet seat before sitting down ;)

Sure you should, there´s more to stick than glue :D

The world shall never know how I knew this... it will remain a mystery forever.
Muahahaha. Haha. Ha!
...and from now on I'll make sure to always check the stickyness of the toilet seat before sitting down ;)
Wise move Pretty sick shit goes on sown south*.

*Many meanings.

That's offal!!

Sure you should, there´s more to stick than glue :D

There certainly seems to be:

http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2005/11/03/256917.html

GREENSBURG, Pa. - A man claims his ex-girlfriend owes him more than $30,000 for gluing his genitals to his abdomen five years ago. "This was not just some petty domestic squabble," attorney Grey Pratt told a Westmoreland County jury Wednesday.

His client, Kenneth Slaby of Pittsburgh, is suing Gail O'Toole of Murrysville. His lawsuit claims the two broke up in 1999 after dating for 10 months and Slaby began dating someone else.

Slaby contends that O'Toole invited him over to her home on May 7, 2000, where he fell asleep. He woke up to find that O'Toole had used Super Glue to stick his genitals to his abdomen, glued his buttocks together and spelled out a profanity on his back in nail polish.

Slaby said O'Toole told him it was payback for their breakup, and he had to walk a mile to a gas station to call for help. He pressed charges and O'Toole pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and served six months' probation.

O'Toole's attorney, Chuck Evans, said it was a consensual act and Slaby wasn't permanently damaged.

"This is a case that should have been left in the bedroom," he said.

"This is a case that should have been left in the bedroom," he said.
...as harlesburg said:
Pretty sick shit goes on sown south. :D

There certainly seems to be:

http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2005/11/03/256917.html

"This is a case that should have been left in the bedroom," he said.[/I]

ROFLMAO :D

I always knew you had an alias...but is the nail polish not a bit hmmm, abgeschmackt :D

WHich reminds me:

FYI, I've never even BEEN to Boulder, Colorado. ;)


I WAS wondering.

It seems to have your signature on it.

Can you account for your whereabouts that day?

well, whoever is dumb enough to actually SIT DOWN on public toilets' seats probably deserves it.

well, whoever is dumb enough to actually SIT DOWN on public toilets' seats probably deserves it.
Yeah.. What I do is I kinda squat and brace myself against the cubicle walls so that I'm a few inches above the bowl. It's the only way.

well, whoever is dumb enough to actually SIT DOWN on public toilets' seats probably deserves it.

This is the guy is probably the reason you cant use a clean public restroom anywhere. An adult that actually sits right on a public toilet? My first concern was never glue- it would be the diseases left by the last scum bag.

Yeah.. What I do is I kinda squat and brace myself against the cubicle walls so that I'm a few inches above the bowl. It's the only way.
Thanks for sharing :p