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Exploding toilet at a Dunkin' store in Florida left a customer filthy and injured, lawsuit claims (apnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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A customer has filed a negligence lawsuit against Dunkin’, claiming he was injured by an exploding toilet at one of the coffee chain’s locations in central Florida.

Paul Kerouac is seeking more than $100,000 in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in state court in Orlando, claiming he suffered “severe and long term injuries” following the explosion of a toilet in the men’s room of a Dunkin’ location in Winter Park, Florida, a year ago.

After the explosion left Kerouac covered in human feces, urine and debris, he walked out of the men’s room seeking help from workers and the store’s manager, according to the lawsuit. An employee told him that they were aware of the “problem with the toilet” since there had been previous incidents, the lawsuit says, without diving into further details about the explosion.

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 months ago

Speculation: I assume there are two potentials here

Septic/plumbing issue has led to "burps" and sprayed feces. If you've ever plunged a particularly clogged toilet, you learn REALLY fast to still keep your distance because air WILL come back up and there will be splatter. The "explosion" in this case is a big air bubble causing the toilet soup to spray over and it is horrifying but nowhere near as dramatic as an "explosion"
The toilet shattered with the weight of the plaintiff or some other freak accident occurred. Someone in the stall next door freaked out and complained while the plaintiff was pulling their pants on and questioning if life was worth living at that point. The overworked employee basically just said "Yeah, yeah, we know. The bathroom is fucked. Whatever"

As for the sign:

The toilet still flushes and this happens rarely. So it is easier to just leave the bathroom open rather than deal with angry customers all the time. Bonus points if that prick Todd is on clean up duty
The sign went up shortly after the third employee had a chance to go back and see what was going on. Since the first two quit on the spot