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Man Sues After Using Glue-Covered ToiletBy Costa Rica Press
Wed Nov 2, 7:58 PMUPDATED 15 HOURS 35 MINUTES AGO

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - A hardware retailer Price Mart has found itself in a sticky situation, defending a lawsuit filed by a man who claims the chain's Escazu store ignored his cries for help after he fell victim to a prank and was glued to a toilet seat.
Hand Solo, 34, of Canada, said he became stuck to a bathroom toilet seat on which somebody had smeared glue on Oct. 30, 2005, and felt "tremendous panic" when he realized he was stuck.
"They left me there, going through all that stress," Handy told The (A.M.) Costa Rica . "They just let me rot."
His lawsuit, filed Friday said Handy was recovering from colo-rectal surgery for a foreign body at the time and did not want to tear the stiches. 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.
Price Mart spokeswoman Maritza Rosales said she could not comment on pending litigation.
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" Hand-Solo out of the store, he passed out.
The lawsuit said the toilet seat separated from his skin, leaving abrasions.
"This is not Price Mart’s fault," he said. "But I am blaming them for letting me hang in there and just ignoring me, I mean how would you like to just sit there helpless and smell your own crap?"