Glued to toilet, man sues Home Depot
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DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Home Depot is defending a lawsuit filed by a man who claims one of the chain's stores ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank and was glued to a toilet seat.
Bob Dougherty, 57, of nearby Nederland, said he became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat last year after somebody smeared glue on it.
"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told The Daily Camera, of Boulder. "They just let me rot."
His lawsuit, filed Friday, said Dougherty 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 informed the head clerk via 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.
According to the lawsuit, store officials called for an ambulance after about 15 minutes. Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat.
Dougherty, "frightened and humiliated," passed out as he was being wheeled out of the store, court papers said.
The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions.
"This is not Home Depot's fault," Dougherty said. "But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."
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Humiliating? My sense of humor has pretty much evaporated these days, but even I'd find this funny if it happened to me.. Ok, maybe the next day I'd think it was funny... but suiing?
and this is the perfect example of why stores shouldn't offer public restrooms to customers
