Man sues bakery over toilet mishap
A customer is suing Première Moisson because, when he used their toilet, it broke and injured him.
(I admit, my first reaction was “what, you can use the bathroom in a Première Moisson?”)
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Andrew 14:28 on 2025-02-07 Permalink
Just to raise awareness, if you see any hairline crack in a toilet bowl you should not ever sit on it and it needs to be replaced. For the reason of exactly what happened to this guy, it can be lethal.
Ian 15:39 on 2025-02-07 Permalink
When you gotta go you gotta go, but what a way to go.
dhomas 07:16 on 2025-02-08 Permalink
@Andrew is 100% correct. Any type of crack in toilet porcelain calls for immediate replacement. A Google search for “cracked toilet injuries” will return some pretty graphic images. I don’t suggest you actually perform the Google search (or do, I’m not your mom).
This reminds me of a story. A tenant of mine once asked me if he could replace his toilet, at his cost, as he didn’t like the one that was there (it was old but fully functional) and he wanted to look good for his new girlfriend. I told him that was fine but that I would provide an approved plumber. Well, he went ahead and replaced it before my plumber could come, using his own “plumber”. I went to go inspect the work afterwards and found the newly installed toilet had a very small, but still noticeable, crack in it! I asked the tenant if he noticed it and he said that he had but the “plumber” said it was just cosmetic and he’d be fine. I immediately replaced the toilet that very day, at my tenant’s great annoyance. I don’t think he realized that I was potentially saving his and his kids’ lives, quite literally.
jeather 10:36 on 2025-02-08 Permalink
Today I learned!
Kate 16:19 on 2025-02-08 Permalink
Me too. I had no idea, although I do know that toilets can just crack sometimes. Awhile back, water started pouring down into my apartment through the kitchen and bathroom ceilings. Turned out the toilet on the third floor had spontaneously cracked – no one was home. Landlord had to redo the ceiling plaster.
JP 01:37 on 2025-02-11 Permalink
@Dhomas @Andrew, are we talking a hairline crack in any part of the toilet (seat, lid, back part, inside the bowl)? This has kind of unlocked a new fear…