Glued to a Toilet Seat... I'm Suing!! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

maleficent · 11-03-2005, 05:20 AM

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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."

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

JStrider · 11-03-2005, 05:57 AM

... if i gotta sit in a public facility i always run a bit of tp around the seat to catch in drips that may be on the seat... this guy shoulda done the same...

but damn thats pretty funny...he was there for 15 minutes... thats not very long...

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"They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told The Daily Camera, of Boulder. "They just let me rot."

makes it sound like he was there over night or something...

f6twister · 11-03-2005, 06:33 AM

In todays society, the lawsuit is not a suprise. Home Depot will most likely settle out of court just to get this over with and another frivolous lawsuit will prevail. I wonder why he didn't name the maker of the seat for not having a warning notice that applying glue to the seat will make it sticky.

little_tippler · 11-03-2005, 06:38 AM

I don't usually sit on the toilet seat in a public facility if I can help it, and if I must I always wipe with some toilet paper first, then place some on the seat before sitting on it.

I do think though that the guy is right to be upset for no-one helping him in his distress, also because he had just had major surgery. Maybe if his motives for suing were not the pay-out, it would be a more worthy suit.

Redlemon · 11-03-2005, 06:50 AM

Practical jokes should not include physical harm. And ignoring a person who is crying for help for 15 minutes is completely unacceptable. I agree with him.

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Originally Posted by little_tippler

Maybe if his motives for suing were not the pay-out, it would be a more worthy suit.

What other way can you fight back against a corporation? The only "stick" is money.

BigBen · 11-03-2005, 07:04 AM

Would this guy also sue if he was denied access to an employees only restroom? Probably.

Sometimes, the company just can't win.

If Home Depot (and by that I mean one of its employees, on duty) was to have smeared the glue, then go ahead and sue. But for not coming to get you for 15 minutes? Suck it up, Buttercup.

greeneyes · 11-03-2005, 07:23 AM

That's complete bullshit to just let him sit there... I don't care if the head cashier DID think it was a hoax.

By god if that happened to me, I'd sue, too!

guthmund · 11-03-2005, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Redlemon

What other way can you fight back against a corporation? The only "stick" is money.

Fight back against what?

I sympathize with the guy for having to sit on a public toilet for all of 15 minutes and then wheeled out, ass stuck to seat, but I have to wonder exactly how Home Depot is at fault. Home Depot must pay for this guy's 'embarassment?'

Jinn · 11-03-2005, 07:36 AM

While I'd certainly be pissed, and I agree that practical jokes should never include physical harm, Home Depot is NOT at fault. I really doubt that anyone's job description includes helping patrons in their bathroom duties. If I were a cashier and I heard "help" from the bathroom I'd probably think it was someone playing a practical joke on ME. Honestly tell me that as a cashier at a business if you heard "uuuunnnn hellllp!!" from the bathroom you'd immediately stop checking people go out and see what was going on? Or would you wait a few minutes? 5 ? 10? They called the ambulance after 15, so that means the cashier waited less..

greeneyes · 11-03-2005, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JinnKai

While I'd certainly be pissed, and I agree that practical jokes should never include physical harm, Home Depot is NOT at fault. I really doubt that anyone's job description includes helping patrons in their bathroom duties. If I were a cashier and I heard "help" from the bathroom I'd probably think it was someone playing a practical joke on ME. Honestly tell me that as a cashier at a business if you heard "uuuunnnn hellllp!!" from the bathroom you'd immediately stop checking people go out and see what was going on? Or would you wait a few minutes? 5 ? 10? They called the ambulance after 15, so that means the cashier waited less..

Absolutely I would have helped! I'm not saying I would have gone into the stall and tried to pull him off, but I would have asked what was going on and then let the customer know I was calling an ambulance.

And if it did turn out to be a hoax, at least I know I did my job. What is the harm in doing due diligence just in case something really was going on? It's not as if the head cashier would have been fired for taking action. In fact, I think she should be fired for her inaction... she just sounds lazy to me.

Jinn · 11-03-2005, 07:47 AM

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It's not as if the head cashier would have been fired for taking action.

You overestimate most employers, especially minimum wage ones, I think.

maleficent · 11-03-2005, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by guthmund

but I have to wonder exactly how Home Depot is at fault. Home Depot must pay for this guy's 'embarassment?'

He says in the article

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"This is not Home Depot's fault," Dougherty said. "But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."

I suppose suing a minimum wage employee wouldn't get you far, so you gotta go after the biggest purse.

denim · 11-03-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Redlemon

What other way can you fight back against a corporation? The only "stick" is money.

A better solution would be to find the asshole who put glue there and do something appropriate with him. I'm not so sure this is Home Depot's lookout, other than perhaps that it's a good idea to inspect the public bathrooms every so often. Even then, once an hour is probably plenty. Every 30 minutes would be wonderful.

This guy... I dunno. I can't imagine sitting on a public toilet w/o looking at it first. Given his medical condition, could he have been more careful? Should he have had someone with him to help him out? If this was in a handicapped stall, does that make it worse? And to whom? I do see this as at least largely his own fault, for not doing due dilligence and inspecting the toilet seat before plopping down on it. It's kinda like women who complain a guy left the seat up, so it's the guy's fault that the woman fell in. Right.

What do you think HD should have done? Cameras? Microphones? I could see a pull-chain, perhaps. We've got those in our handicapped stalls at work. They even got used once. But if someone in a regular stall had a problem, and heart attacks aren't uncommon when straining on the pot, they'd be fucked.

Just because HD has cash is not, to me, enough of a reason to sue them for something which is quite arguably beyond their control. Honestly, the guy should have been watching out for his own ass.

5757 · 11-03-2005, 09:16 AM

I highly doubt that this man will win. 15 minutes is a very short time. I could understand if employees walked in the bathroom, talked to the man and then left him there. If I was an employee working that paticular day and an old man called out to me, wanting me to help free him from the toilet, I wouldn't have believed it! "I'm glued! Help me!" -Ha! I would have been laughing my ass off thinking he had lost his marbles. Too bad they can't catch the punks that did it. The Home Depot is not at fault. I doubt this case will last long.

canuckguy · 11-03-2005, 10:50 AM

glue? I'd be pissed off too. What type of glue was it? Could he have lost major amounts of skin in getting free, its possible? Gee sounds like a fun prank. What ever happend to vasline or honey? I don't think it is sue worthy, but if your HD and you have public washrooms you have to keep them safe. Still pretty hard to stop something like this, can be on patrol 24/7.

Anyway doubt he wins anything after saying "This is not Home Depot's fault,". good one buddy, way to lose the case even before it starts!

guthmund · 11-03-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by maleficent

I suppose suing a minimum wage employee wouldn't get you far, so you gotta go after the biggest purse.

Yeah, I seen that... I guess I just don't understand how he can blame Home Depot for this. It just seems a bit silly.

Legally, what kind of case can he have?

Siege · 11-03-2005, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by greeneyes

That's complete bullshit to just let him sit there... I don't care if the head cashier DID think it was a hoax.

This is the part that might win this (ridiculous and quite humourous) case. The fact that they knew about it and didn't check.

[threadjack] You almost had me BigBen. I was curious as to why I saw my colours in a thread I never saw until today. And then I saw that my gray is different

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rsl12 · 11-04-2005, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by greeneyes

And if it did turn out to be a hoax, at least I know I did my job. What is the harm in doing due diligence just in case something really was going on?

Ok, let's say you're the home depot employee. And let's say it's your typical home depot restroom--not a stall--a locked room with a single toilet. And as you pass by, you hear, "help help! i'm having a heart attack!" What do you do? Most likely, you run to the phone, call 911, or get a key to the restroom and open it up. Hoax or not, you had better do something, for the reasons you describe.

Now, let's change the situation a bit. As you pass by the bathroom door, you hear instead, "help help! i'm glued to the toilet seat and I don't know what to do!" Now what do you do? If I were in that situation, I'd think it was a hoax. I'd probably talk to the guy try to feel out the situation (figuratively). In any case, it's *NOT* an emergency, in any way, shape or form. Being glued to the toilet seat may really suck, but your airway, breathing, and circulation are not subject to any additional threat of compromise, whether or not you have had major surgery recently! If that were me on the toilet seat, I'd be telling the employee, "Man, I swear I'm not joking. Please help me," but would be very surprised if they immediately believed me or did anything without a little time passing. If I had had that major surgery recently, I'd probably be telling myself to stay calm and not to panic, because 1) there would be nothing to do but wait, and 2) my heart would probably be better off without the additional stress of panicing.

Finally, who's to blame for all this? THE IDIOT WHO PUT GLUE ON THE TOILET SEAT!! Why not put blame where blame is due?

Siege · 11-04-2005, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by rsl12

Finally, who's to blame for all this? THE IDIOT WHO PUT GLUE ON THE TOILET SEAT!! Why not put blame where blame is due?

I think that's the general consensus here. However, lots of frivolous lawsuits have ended in a corporation shelling out.

Can anyone say "HOLY SHIT, YOU MEAN THIS COFFEE IS HOT?!?"

Redlemon · 11-04-2005, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Siege

Can anyone say "HOLY SHIT, YOU MEAN THIS COFFEE IS HOT?!?"

As Snopes mentions,

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For example, the "woman scalded by hot coffee" suit, which at first blush looked like the height of frivolity proved to be a perfectly legitimate action taken against a corporation that knew, thanks to a string of similar scaldings it had quietly been paying off, that its coffee was not just hot, but dangerously hot. The Consumer Attorneys of California provides a good description of this case).

The enclosed link is long but well worth the read.

pan6467 · 11-04-2005, 10:22 AM

All I can say is if it happened to me, I'd be pissed as Hell being on there for 15 minutes while employees thought it was a joke. Even if 15 minutes doesn't seem long, it does when you are in a bad situation.

And then to add insult by wheeling him out through the store's main doors (that was the version I heard) and not at least threw the more private back doors, that seems a bit much also.

I think Home Depot's employees handled it very badly, and as being on the clock the company should have some policy for aiding customers that are in embarassing situations without adding to their pain. It's obvious noone at Home Depot cared about this man's pain.

Would I sue? Depends I would talk to Home Depot and express my displeasure with the way this was handled and expect some form of appology (and not necessarily monetary), and from their reaction and how they treated the situation.

If they treated it poorly, blew me off and acted like it was no big deal, then by all means I'd get a damned good lawyer and go after them, for all I could.

However, if they listened and agreed that this was handled poorly and appologized saying that policy would change and this was not the way they do business, then I'd walk away. Because all someone can do is admit to a mistake, appologize and try to make sure something like that doesn't happen again.

As for public bathrooms, sometimes you just have to go, it's an emergency, now I agree always wipe the toilet seat first, and flush it, and if the company has those paper seat covers use them. Maybe even practice that squat where you don't really have to touch the seat.

maleficent · 11-04-2005, 10:26 AM

i remember a story at least a decade or two ago... about a woman who was on a flight to somewhere (back in the day when flying was a little glamorous) she got up to use the restroom, some mechanical difficulties happened and she basically got her hind quarters stuck in the toilet and she wasn't coming out...

the story I read was that in order to keep this woman calm thru the rest of the flight tehy just kept giving her alcohol... and when the plane landed.. maintenace was called to remove her butt from the toilet... Now THAT would be embarassing... Ah the good old days when all it took was booze to keep someone from suiing...

kutulu · 11-04-2005, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Redlemon

As Snopes mentions,

The enclosed link is long but well worth the read.

Don't let the facts get in the way of looking down on people for suing. Don't you know that there is NEVER a time that a company should be held liable for its actions?

pattycakes · 11-06-2005, 06:29 AM

i know you all are saying i would wipe the seat first... and i mostly agree with you... but once in a great while when you finally get tot he stall and you unbutton your pants its a race to get t hem down before it cmes flying out!

Jackebear · 11-07-2005, 12:53 AM

Hmmmm..."This is not Home Depot's fault, But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."

I'm no lawyer but didn't he just screw himself by saying that. I should think that one of Home Depot's lawyers or even his own, would be able to explain to him that since you couldn't keep your mouth shut, you just lost a lawsuit.

Not at fault means no lawsuit...doesn't it? What do you think?

Zyr · 11-07-2005, 01:56 AM

They called the ambulance after 15 minutes. To me that says they probably heard him, and came to see what the problem was after about 5-10, and tried to resolve the problem themselves, before calling. Not that unreasonable.

As for thinking it was a hoax, I would not be surprised if the clerk would have been told off for wasting time, if it were a prank. I think it's another case, where something unfortunate has happened, and the person has overreacted.

Charlatan · 11-07-2005, 07:47 AM

Just saw the guy on TV (was it Good Morning America?) and he came across as a nut bar. Plus he had a mug in his hand from www.gotglue.com.

He was advertising for a glue company. Yeah, he's not doing this for the cash grab. It's all about the humiliaiton.

guthmund · 11-08-2005, 10:02 AM

Apparently, this isn't Bob's first time with the glue and the toilet and the humiliation

Link a dink

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The Boulder County man who's become nationally known as the guy glued to a Home Depot toilet seat reported a similar incident more than a year ago, according to Nederland's former director of operations.

On Monday, Ron Trzepacz said from his New York home that Dougherty came to him in the summer of 2004 with the same allegation: that his rear had been glued to a toilet seat.

In the 2004 incident, Dougherty, 57, said he was able to pull himself from the seat in the town's visitors center bathroom, Trzepacz told the Rocky Mountain News.

His verbal complaint made it no further than Trzepacz, who said he personally inspected the bathroom and found no adhesive residue and "no indication that anything had been on the toilet seat."

No police report was ever filed and no medical professionals were called to the site, said Trzepacz, who worked for the town for 13 years.

Dougherty - who is well-known in the small mountain town that hosts a festival dedicated to a dead frozen man - and his lawyer, Mark Cohen, could not be reached for comment. The two were in New York on Monday for a live appearance on the Today Show.

In an interview with Today's Katie Couric, Dougherty said he was glued to a toilet seat in the Louisville Home Depot for 20 to 25 minutes in October 2003 before help arrived.

Dougherty claims in a civil lawsuit, filed late last month, that store employees ignored his calls for help and failed to maintain the bathrooms by not stocking paper toilet seat covers.

He's suing for $3 million.

On Oct. 30, 2003, Dougherty said he had a "sour stomach" and rushed to a bathroom stall in the Home Depot. He reached for a paper cover for the seat but found none, the suit said.

Needing to use the restroom urgently, Dougherty sat down anyway.

When he attempted to stand up, he couldn't.

"His buttocks and legs burned from attempting to get up, and he realized that he was glued to the toilet seat," the lawsuit said.

Dougherty's suit said he began to panic and thought he was having a heart attack before hearing a store employee enter the restroom.

He reported calling out to the man, who reported the predicament to the head clerk.

But the lawsuit said the clerk did nothing because she "believed it to be a hoax."

About 15 minutes later, another store employee and a friend of Dougherty's arrived in the restroom. They called an ambulance.

But to Dougherty's horror, medical personnel weren't able to loosen him from the seat.

Instead, emergency workers unbolted "the whole toilet seat and lifted it up with me in it out of the stall and then laid me on a stretcher," Dougherty said on the Today Show. "About that point, I had passed out, and the ambulance crew had jumped on top of me and had a difficult time finding a pulse and - and very little shallow breathing, if they could find that."

Dougherty said the events of the day have caused him pain, humiliation and financial loss.

It's nice to see his hard work paying off finally

rsl12 · 11-08-2005, 10:11 AM

heh...I guess he's being stalked by some freaky girl with a fetish!!

Poppinjay · 11-08-2005, 10:18 AM

Well, my opinion certainly has gone back and forth on this while reading the thread. Psychologists could spend a conference discussing this guy alone.

maleficent · 11-11-2005, 09:09 AM

Man glued to toilet sticks to story

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DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A man who sued Home Depot claiming that a prank left him glued to a restroom toilet seat has passed a lie detector test, a newspaper reported.

The questions covered allegations that he made previous a similar claim in another town, according to a story in The Rocky Mountain News.

Bob Dougherty answered 20 questions in the polygraph test, including four related to a former Nederland town official's allegation that Dougherty made similar claims there, the newspaper story said.

Dougherty, 57, offered to take the test to dispel doubts about his story. The test, administered Wednesday, was paid for by television station KDVR.

Ron Trzepacz, former director of operations in Nederland, where Dougherty lives, said that Dougherty claimed in 2004 that he was glued to a toilet seat in the town's visitor center but pulled himself free.

Dougherty has denied that and has said he did not know Trzepacz.

Dougherty's lawsuit, filed October 28, claims that officials at the Home Depot in Louisville, Colorado, called for an ambulance after he had been stuck for about 15 minutes.

Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, which separated from his skin, leaving abrasions, according to the suit.

The lawsuit also claims Dougherty was recovering from heart bypass surgery and thought he was having a heart attack when he got stuck.

The lawsuit claims he suffered pain, humiliation and financial losses and seeks $3 million in damages.

Ok - so he passed the lie detector test.. the headline of the story just cracked me up.. I love it when the headline writers have a sense of humor

denim · 11-11-2005, 09:16 AM

Honestly, I don't care if he passed a polygraph test. The things aren't infallible. I just hope he gets tossed out of court on his (abraded or not) ass.

11-03-2005, 06:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
f6twister Addict	In todays society, the lawsuit is not a suprise. Home Depot will most likely settle out of court just to get this over with and another frivolous lawsuit will prevail. I wonder why he didn't name the maker of the seat for not having a warning notice that applying glue to the seat will make it sticky. __________________ A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. Calvin

11-03-2005, 06:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	I don't usually sit on the toilet seat in a public facility if I can help it, and if I must I always wipe with some toilet paper first, then place some on the seat before sitting on it. I do think though that the guy is right to be upset for no-one helping him in his distress, also because he had just had major surgery. Maybe if his motives for suing were not the pay-out, it would be a more worthy suit. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918

11-03-2005, 07:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	Would this guy also sue if he was denied access to an employees only restroom? Probably. Sometimes, the company just can't win. If Home Depot (and by that I mean one of its employees, on duty) was to have smeared the glue, then go ahead and sue. But for not coming to get you for 15 minutes? Suck it up, Buttercup. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.

11-03-2005, 07:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
greeneyes Insane Location: Charlotte, NC	That's complete bullshit to just let him sit there... I don't care if the head cashier DID think it was a hoax. By god if that happened to me, I'd sue, too! __________________ Put the blame on me So you don't feel a thing Go on and save yourself Take it out on me

11-03-2005, 07:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	While I'd certainly be pissed, and I agree that practical jokes should never include physical harm, Home Depot is NOT at fault. I really doubt that anyone's job description includes helping patrons in their bathroom duties. If I were a cashier and I heard "help" from the bathroom I'd probably think it was someone playing a practical joke on ME. Honestly tell me that as a cashier at a business if you heard "uuuunnnn hellllp!!" from the bathroom you'd immediately stop checking people go out and see what was going on? Or would you wait a few minutes? 5 ? 10? They called the ambulance after 15, so that means the cashier waited less.. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

11-03-2005, 09:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
5757 Insane Location: Vegas!!	I highly doubt that this man will win. 15 minutes is a very short time. I could understand if employees walked in the bathroom, talked to the man and then left him there. If I was an employee working that paticular day and an old man called out to me, wanting me to help free him from the toilet, I wouldn't have believed it! "I'm glued! Help me!" -Ha! I would have been laughing my ass off thinking he had lost his marbles. Too bad they can't catch the punks that did it. The Home Depot is not at fault. I doubt this case will last long. __________________ Hey! Wait! I've got a new complaint, Forever in debt to ((your)) priceless advice. - Nirvana

11-03-2005, 10:50 AM	#15 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	glue? I'd be pissed off too. What type of glue was it? Could he have lost major amounts of skin in getting free, its possible? Gee sounds like a fun prank. What ever happend to vasline or honey? I don't think it is sue worthy, but if your HD and you have public washrooms you have to keep them safe. Still pretty hard to stop something like this, can be on patrol 24/7. Anyway doubt he wins anything after saying "This is not Home Depot's fault,". good one buddy, way to lose the case even before it starts!

11-04-2005, 10:22 AM	#21 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	All I can say is if it happened to me, I'd be pissed as Hell being on there for 15 minutes while employees thought it was a joke. Even if 15 minutes doesn't seem long, it does when you are in a bad situation. And then to add insult by wheeling him out through the store's main doors (that was the version I heard) and not at least threw the more private back doors, that seems a bit much also. I think Home Depot's employees handled it very badly, and as being on the clock the company should have some policy for aiding customers that are in embarassing situations without adding to their pain. It's obvious noone at Home Depot cared about this man's pain. Would I sue? Depends I would talk to Home Depot and express my displeasure with the way this was handled and expect some form of appology (and not necessarily monetary), and from their reaction and how they treated the situation. If they treated it poorly, blew me off and acted like it was no big deal, then by all means I'd get a damned good lawyer and go after them, for all I could. However, if they listened and agreed that this was handled poorly and appologized saying that policy would change and this was not the way they do business, then I'd walk away. Because all someone can do is admit to a mistake, appologize and try to make sure something like that doesn't happen again. As for public bathrooms, sometimes you just have to go, it's an emergency, now I agree always wipe the toilet seat first, and flush it, and if the company has those paper seat covers use them. Maybe even practice that squat where you don't really have to touch the seat. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"

11-04-2005, 10:26 AM	#22 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	i remember a story at least a decade or two ago... about a woman who was on a flight to somewhere (back in the day when flying was a little glamorous) she got up to use the restroom, some mechanical difficulties happened and she basically got her hind quarters stuck in the toilet and she wasn't coming out... the story I read was that in order to keep this woman calm thru the rest of the flight tehy just kept giving her alcohol... and when the plane landed.. maintenace was called to remove her butt from the toilet... Now THAT would be embarassing... Ah the good old days when all it took was booze to keep someone from suiing... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

11-07-2005, 12:53 AM	#25 (permalink)
Jackebear Insane	Hmmmm..."This is not Home Depot's fault, But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me." I'm no lawyer but didn't he just screw himself by saying that. I should think that one of Home Depot's lawyers or even his own, would be able to explain to him that since you couldn't keep your mouth shut, you just lost a lawsuit. Not at fault means no lawsuit...doesn't it? What do you think? __________________ Life's jounney is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn-out shouting, "Holy sh*t! What a ride!" - unknown

11-07-2005, 01:56 AM	#26 (permalink)
Zyr Crazy Location: Hamilton, NZ	They called the ambulance after 15 minutes. To me that says they probably heard him, and came to see what the problem was after about 5-10, and tried to resolve the problem themselves, before calling. Not that unreasonable. As for thinking it was a hoax, I would not be surprised if the clerk would have been told off for wasting time, if it were a prank. I think it's another case, where something unfortunate has happened, and the person has overreacted. __________________ "Oh, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83 when I was the only practitioner of it, and I stopped because I was tired of being stared at." Omnia mutantu, nos et mutamur in illis. All things change, and we change with them. - Neil Gaiman, Marvel 1602

11-07-2005, 07:47 AM	#27 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Just saw the guy on TV (was it Good Morning America?) and he came across as a nut bar. Plus he had a mug in his hand from www.gotglue.com. He was advertising for a glue company. Yeah, he's not doing this for the cash grab. It's all about the humiliaiton. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

11-08-2005, 10:11 AM	#29 (permalink)
rsl12 On the lam Location: northern va	heh...I guess he's being stalked by some freaky girl with a fetish!! __________________ oh baby oh baby, i like gravy.

11-08-2005, 10:18 AM	#30 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	Well, my opinion certainly has gone back and forth on this while reading the thread. Psychologists could spend a conference discussing this guy alone. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

11-11-2005, 09:16 AM	#32 (permalink)
denim Banned Location: Massachusetts, USA	Honestly, I don't care if he passed a polygraph test. The things aren't infallible. I just hope he gets tossed out of court on his (abraded or not) ass.