Public toilets.. Use paper. Funny article

[liriodendron]

Here's another reason to use paper on public toilet seats. It could really save your life if you're at a Home Depot!<a href="http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20051102%2F2058876764.htm&amp;sc=1120" target="_blank" target="_blank">
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[babygap5]

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[liriodendron]

<div id="article"><h1>Man Sues After Using Glue-Covered Toilet</h1>

The Associated Press
Thursday, November 3, 2005; 12:32 PM</font><div id="article_">

<nitf>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.</nitf>

<nitf>Bob Dougherty, 57, accused employees of ignoring his cries for help for about 15 minutes because they thought he was kidding.</nitf><table align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="238"><t><tr><td width="10">

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

<nitf>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.</nitf>

<nitf>Home Depot spokeswoman Kathryn Gallagher said she could not comment on pending litigation.</nitf>

<nitf>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.</nitf>

<nitf>The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions.</nitf>

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

[liriodendron]

BOULDER, COLO. -- Hardware retailer Home Depot finds itself in a
sticky situation, sued by a man who said the chain's Louisville, Colo.,
store ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank -- and
was glued to a toilet seat.



Bob Dougherty, 57, of Nederland, Colo., said he became stuck
to a bathroom toilet seat on which somebody had smeared glue on Oct.
30, 2003 and felt "tremendous panic" when he realized he was stuck.



"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty said. "They just let me rot."



His lawsuit, filed Friday, said he was recovering from heart
bypass surgery at the time and thought he was having a heart attack. A
store employee who heard him calling for help told the head clerk via
radio, but the head clerk "believed it to be a hoax," the lawsuit said.



The lawsuit said after about 15 minutes, store officials called for an ambulance.



Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat and while wheeling a "frightened and humiliated" Dougherty out of the store, he passed out.



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

[kate1966]

[img]smileys/smilies_03.gif[/img]Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How horrible and humiliating for that poor man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would have been so terrible for the poor thing...people are so inconsideate and stupid sometimes.....

[sillygirl]

I work about a mile down the road from that Home Depot store. I can't belive that happened! This is the first I heard of it.

[shiva]

LOL! Wow! We no longer have to worry about the possible germs we pick up in public bathrooms, we also have to worry about getting our asses glued to the pot??? Good thing I hoover!

[liriodendron]

I don't put down TP usually..... I put down PT!!! (That's paper
towels). I put down so many of those that is has blocked up those
powerful commercial toilets.[img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]



This has been on all the late night shows last night but apparently the guy got stuck about a year ago. He's just sueing HD now.

[SimplyMe]

Aww, poor guy. I'm a bad emet, I don't paper my seats. I know, horrible. I used to do the "hover" but it's really bad for your bladder and I"m too damn lazy to tp the seat lol.

[s0ccer_princess]

Aww, poor guy. I'm a bad emet, I don't paper my seats. I know, horrible. I used to do the "hover" but it's really bad for your bladder and I"m too damn lazy to tp the seat lol.

I don't either, following the reasoning: The germs are only gonna touch my butt, not inside me, therefore it's not like i'm licking the seat, or wiping my hands on it. [img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]Edited by: s0ccer_princess