Sticking it to the man

A man who had a panic attack when he was glued to a toilet seat in a restroom at a Colorado HomeDepot has sued the store for negligence, saying staff ignored his cry for help.
Retired electrical engineer 57-year-old Bob Dougherty says he was stuck in the stall with his pants down for about 20 minutes and that two years after the 2003 halloween incident he was suffering from post-traumatic stress, which has triggered diabetes and heart complications.
"I have these nightmares every night where I am locked in this dark room, with no windows, no doors, no fresh air, no route for escape. I wake up in these cold sweats," Mr Dougherty said.
The company, Home Depot, could not immediately be reached for comment.
In a lawsuit filed last week, Mr Dougherty said he thought he was having a heart attack when he realised his buttocks and legs were stuck to the toilet seat in the Home Depot restroom in Louisville, Colorado. He explained his plight to an employee who came into the restroom but other Home Depot staffers thought it was a joke and he had to wait until someone else came in to summon help.
Mr Dougherty is claiming unspecified damages for help with medical and psychiatric bills, for humiliation and for the diabetes he said he has developed as a result of the stress.
"Home Depot not only ignored my plight, they refused my plight," he said.
Mr. Dougherty said he suspected the glue had been placed there as a prank by three teens seen earlier in the store.