http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/03/toilet.suit.ap/index.html

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

Seems about right to me, HD's employees suck. I drive by two Home Depots to get to a Lowes, where the employees at least act like they care for my business.

Never had a problem with CS at Home Depots. Usually very helpful when I'm doing home projects for my gf's house.


Fandros

We are a bit overly fond of litigation, I think.

Fifteen minutes for "Help, I'm stuck to a toilet!" doesn't seem out of line. I bet if he had said "Help, I'm having a heart attack!" the response would've been faster. In any event, can someone REALLY be held legally responsible for helping someone get off a toilet?

Damn, I was hoping this article was about someone crapping in one of the display toilets. :(

Damn, I was hoping this article was about someone crapping in one of the display toilets. :(

hahaha

I seem to remember they did that in the movie jackass.

Yes, and quite funny too.

Odd. My Home Depot is a few feet from my 24 hour Wal*Mart. The Wal*Mart is 24 hours and the Home Depot tried it too. They're about 18 hours now - staying open late, and opening for construction hours. The only times that I go to Lowes are to get 10% coupons that I know Home Depot will accept :) and to price flooring - because I think they're a little cheaper. [Of course, then Home Depot will match, and they both farm out installation to 3rd parties, so...] It's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other with the two of them -- YMMV on customer service, no matter what national chain you're at.

I go to Menards :p

You live in Indiana Ibudin?

Wisconsin.

An old Smother's Brothers routine went:

Tom - "I got a job at a candy factory. I fell in a vat of chocolate, and hollered fire."

Dick - "Why did you yell fire?"

Tom - "Nobody would have come if I had yelled chocolate."


The poor sap could have gotten help sooner with a tiny bit of creativity.

I can't imagine screaming "HELP my ass is stuck to this toilet seat!!"

I think the real question here is who the hell just plops down onto a public toilet without even looking close enough to see the amount of super glue it would take to hold a grown man to a toilet seat?

I won't even take a crap in a public restroom because I refuse to sit on public toilet seats heh.

I think the real question here is who the hell just plops down onto a public toilet without even looking close enough to see the amount of super glue it would take to hold a grown man to a toilet seat?

True, True.......I cannot imagine using a john to crap in a retail store, mall, etc.

Yes, and quite funny too.

Odd. My Home Depot is a few feet from my 24 hour Wal*Mart. The Wal*Mart is 24 hours and the Home Depot tried it too.Thomas and 40th? Their CS is terrible, and they keep putting the worst clerks on the only checkout stands you can take lumber through. Took me half an hour to get through with two guys in front of me last Saturday.

And I'm with Roliel, I was really hoping for a story involving display toilets.

Friggin Home Depot.

The one in my home town is fine. I've been working in Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg, Gaffney, and Charleston lately. All of those locations will set up most days with only the self check out lines open and no human cashiers.

Until they tag all their nuts & bolts & misc electrical crap with bar codes, it's a major PITA :(

I think the real question here is who the hell just plops down onto a public toilet without even looking close enough to see the amount of super glue it would take to hold a grown man to a toilet seat?

ummm exactly, he was a dumbass. you don't go sitting on public toilets without inspecting first! Didn't his mamma teach him that?!?! LOL

Help! Heeeeeeeeeeelp, my ass is stuck!

I wouldn't be surprised to find out this guy has numberous frivilous law suits. Like Sanchek said, you don't walk into a public shitter and not look at the seat to make sure someone didn't piss on the seat or leave rooster tracks.

I can see it, "Hmmm...maybe I can glue myself to this toilet and get paid...I bet if I pass out when they take me out of the store, that'd be an extra 20g's for embarassment factor."

Thomas and 40th? Their CS is terrible, and they keep putting the worst clerks on the only checkout stands you can take lumber through. Took me half an hour to get through with two guys in front of me last Saturday.

And I'm with Roliel, I was really hoping for a story involving display toilets.
Ok, we were all wishing for a story involving some "movement."

But, yes, 40th and Thomas, and they might have customer service issues, but I'm a pretty easy consumer. Make the store open, keep a lot of stock, and I'll come in with a fairly good idea of what I want. I recently repaired a large drywall hole. No better place to get a broken scrap of drywall for a couple bucks, a giant bucket of putty and a 49 cent plastic scraper. [Ok, I got a $12 can of orange-peel knock-down too, but...] So, for me, I guess this goes back more to me not caring much about customer service at the low end. I know that the clerks at those stores could be working at other glamorous jobs, like Taco Bell - so I cut them some slack. The guy in the paint department, tool department, and in floorings seems to know what he's doing, so I forgive bad clerks.

...that Wal*mart, however? As much as I enjoy going there at 3am for a 24 pack of Dasani, it's a sea of Phoenix's worst :)

Anyone else read that and wonder how a large hole got in Pali's drywall? :p

Ok, we were all wishing for a story involving some "movement."

Haha.

Anyone else read that and wonder how a large hole got in Pali's drywall? :p

It fell down the stairs...

I thought it was funny how he described they let him "Rot" for "15" minutes..... That hardly describes a long time frame.... now 15 hours? That would be grounds for something!

Honestly. A lot of my craps take about that long. What's the big deal?

...that Wal*mart, however? As much as I enjoy going there at 3am for a 24 pack of Dasani..
It fell down the stairs...
Could this be cause and effect?

"It fell down the stairs" was an abuse cover-up joke...

Wandering home from the Wal-Mart, slamming down those late night Dasanis...bottles all over the floor. Then comes the shouting, and pushing, then the hole in the drywall. Finally, the guilt sets in as you wish you hadn't busted that computer a new one- what time does Home Depot open? :p

I wouldn't be surprised to find out this guy has numberous frivilous law suits.

Just to update this story, it was reported this morning on the local radio station that this gentleman has now been found to have attempted a similar con at a different store approximately one year ago.

Reported here (http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/08/toilet.man.ap/index.html) as well. But remember, the $3 million dollar lawsuit isn't about the money. Really.

Haha, yeah. "I just want my health back." You could have terminal cancer and rack up half of that.

True he was busted for a simliar con years ago. But then it was either him being tricked into eating the urinal cake, or was it him gluing his twigs and berries to said cake?


Fandros

"I want to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody ever, ever again."

And how is 3 million dollars going to solve that? Is he going to invest that in some school having classes on how to "look before you sit" or is he going to start some infomercial about "how to make 3 million dollars while sitting on your ass"......

Time shall tell.....