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Old 11-03-2005, 11:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Home Depot is GREAT!!!!!!!!

Man Sues After Using Glue-Covered Toilet

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- 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."
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Old 11-04-2005, 01:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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this is what pisses me off about America.



WHAT A FU#$%^ A$$HOLE! Why do people think that they can just sue for anything that happens to them. It is BS! How is that Home Depots fault. BS! You know what I say, BE A MAN!! GROW UP!! MONEY IS NOT FREE IN LIFE! YOU NEED TO EARN IT YOU BOTTOM FEEDER!

sorry, I hate people that sue for no reason.
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Old 11-04-2005, 01:54 PM   #3 (permalink)
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LOL!! That's hilarious!!
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Old 11-04-2005, 01:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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He is really going to try and stick it to the man!
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Old 11-04-2005, 02:52 PM   #5 (permalink)
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WOW that was some sticky sh**!!!!!
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Old 11-04-2005, 05:55 PM   #6 (permalink)
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excuse all the puns.
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Old 11-04-2005, 07:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I heard more about it where the employees were in the restroom and were laughing at him. I guess people could have helped him, and they didn't. I think I'd be a bit upset at home depot or whoever pulled that prank.
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Old 11-04-2005, 07:09 PM   #8 (permalink)
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lol!!!! 2 funny
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Old 11-07-2005, 12:42 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Hey not a bad idea! I think im gonna try that at lowes tomorrow!
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Old 11-09-2005, 08:59 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Check this out... this was on CNN this morning. See... the guy is full of crap.

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A man who sued Home Depot last month claiming a prank left him glued to a toilet seat made a similar allegation about another restroom more than a year ago, an official told a newspaper.

Bob Dougherty's lawsuit alleges employees at the store ignored his pleas for help on the day before Halloween 2003 because they thought he was kidding.

But Ron Trzepacz, former director of operations for the town of Nederland, where Dougherty lives, told the Rocky Mountain News in Tuesday's editions that Dougherty told him in the summer of 2004 he was glued to a toilet seat in the town's visitor center but pulled himself free.

Trzepacz told the paper he inspected the bathroom and found "no indication that anything had been on the toilet seat." No police report was filed, he said.

Dougherty's lawyer, Mark Cohen, denied his client made such a claim and said Dougherty, 57, is willing to take a polygraph test.

"The allegation doesn't make any sense," Cohen told The Associated Press Tuesday.

Neither Trzepacz nor the Nederland town administrator immediately returned a call from AP. Nederland is about 45 miles northwest of Denver.

Dougherty's lawsuit, filed October 28, states that officials at the store in Louisville 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. (Full story)

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

The lawsuit claims he suffered pain, humiliation and financial loss. It seeks $3 million.

"It's not about the money. I want my health back. I want to be back to normal," Dougherty said. "I want to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody ever, ever again."
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Old 11-09-2005, 09:03 AM   #11 (permalink)
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lol ^^^ so I wonder if they searched him or the trash cans for a tube of glue.

now the real question - would you glue yourself to a toilet seat for 3 million?

<.....searches for some glue............>
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Old 11-09-2005, 09:08 PM   #12 (permalink)
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lol.
i got hurt at Home Depot. My mom told me to get her a plant and i had to climb to get it. when i jumped down, there was a stick with a nail on the end of it. The stick, which was 5 ft long, with the nail came and hit my eye brow like one of those TOM and JERRY Cartoons where Tom gets hurt by a rake. I was bleeding like crazy and my parents were calling their associates for help and they didn't even care.

Finally one guy saw me and brought me to the front office and i fainted there. I woke up in the Hospital.

However, my parents told me that in the front office, my dad wanted one guy who was on the phone to call 911, but the guy said this: "I don't care. I have a phone call. Call with your cell phone"

I am fine now, i had 4 stitches, and the nail missed my eye by a quarter of an inch. But yeh, customer service at Home Depot is the BEST!
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lol ^^^ so I wonder if they searched him or the trash cans for a tube of glue.

now the real question - would you glue yourself to a toilet seat for 3 million?

<.....searches for some glue............>



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lol.
i got hurt at Home Depot. My mom told me to get her a plant and i had to climb to get it. when i jumped down, there was a stick with a nail on the end of it. The stick, which was 5 ft long, with the nail came and hit my eye brow like one of those TOM and JERRY Cartoons where Tom gets hurt by a rake. I was bleeding like crazy and my parents were calling their associates for help and they didn't even care.

Finally one guy saw me and brought me to the front office and i fainted there. I woke up in the Hospital.

However, my parents told me that in the front office, my dad wanted one guy who was on the phone to call 911, but the guy said this: "I don't care. I have a phone call. Call with your cell phone"

I am fine now, i had 4 stitches, and the nail missed my eye by a quarter of an inch. But yeh, customer service at Home Depot is the BEST!




Ouch! Glad you're ok. Yea-I'll never shop at home Depot anymore.
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Old 11-09-2005, 09:48 PM   #15 (permalink)
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lol ^^^ so I wonder if they searched him or the trash cans for a tube of glue.

now the real question - would you glue yourself to a toilet seat for 3 million?

<.....searches for some glue............>
This is a sad attempt!! I don't know about any of you but if I saw some sticky looking "mess" on a toilet seat I wouldn't sit on it would you?!!
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Old 11-09-2005, 11:04 PM   #16 (permalink)
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i would! hell yeah i would! if my fat ass blocked my vision. i think thats what happened to fat ass who sued home Depot.

by da way, i didn't mean to steal the post. sorry.
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