Trying to get a straight answer to one of life’s simplest questions

The facilities at the top of these stairs are off limits.

One of the great public services Apple (AAPL) offers in its flagship stores — besides free repairs at the Genius Bars — is bathrooms for its customers.

So when Apple was getting ready to open an enormous new store in Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal — its fifth retail outlet in a city notorious for its lack of public facilities — I made a point of asking whether there were toilets in the store for customers.

Here are the answers I got:

[Funny.]
Source: FORTUNE: Apple 2.0