Thursday, November 03, 2005

You can do it, we can help. Or not.

Under stories that make you say, "No No No No NO," an AP story tells the tale of a trip to the bathroom gone bad.

Hardware retailer Home Depot has found itself in a sticky situation, (nice pun) defending a lawsuit filed by a man who claims the chain's Louisville store ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank and was glued to a toilet seat.
Bob Dougherty, 57... became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat on which someone had smeared glue... and felt "tremendous panic" when he realized he was stuck.
"...They just let me rot."
[He] was recovering from heart bypass surgery at the time and thought he was having a heart attack...
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.
"This is not Home Depot's fault," he said. "But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me."

True, it was a horrible situation, but do you need to frighten and humiliate US by talking about things hanging in the bathroom?