Just glad it wasn't me...

While skimming through various online news websites, I came across a news piece on www.foxnews.com about a lady in Council Bluffs, IA who got stuck on a toilet seat in a bathroom in a shopping mall:

" Woman Gets Stuck on Toilet, Suffers Burns
Thursday, August 03, 2006

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A woman who became stuck to a toilet seat in a shopping mall restroom was treated at a local hospital after paramedics used fingernail polish remover to free her, officials said.

The 53-year-old Council Bluffs woman suffered burns to her skin in the incident, which happened Wednesday, officials with the Fire Department said.

Investigators said they believe someone placed a cement compound on the toilet seat in the restroom at the Mall of the Bluffs.

Investigators say they are treating the case as an assault and vandalism.

The woman, who wasn't identified, told KETV in Omaha, Neb., that the burns are painful and that the incident was one of the most embarrassing moments in her life."


A few years back, I probably would have thought this was hilarious, but the fact that I spend alot of time in the bathroom *cough* Crohn's Disease *cough*, this news piece is a bit frightening (although I do find it a bit humorous) to me. My thoughts on this story though are this:

1)Why in the world would anyone sit on a public toilet seat without putting down one of those disposable paper toilet seat protectors?
2) If you are going to sit down - why in the heck wouldn't you look first? I mean really - I always looking into the toilet & around the toilet to a) make sure it's as clean as a toilet can be & b) to make sure the toilet is working.

Maybe the cement compound that was placed on the toilet was hard to see - but surely it had to be somewhat visible and shouldn't there have been some type of smell to it? I always thought cement compound had a smell at least until it was somewhat dry. If the cement was somewhat dry, how could she get stuck?

I wonder if this toilet was one of those that doesn't flush until you stand up.....hmmmm...now that's a scary thought...