A Bathroom Lie: Volume 5, Issue 39, Va'eschanan
- Sefas Tamim
- Aug 7
- 1 min read
August 9, 2025; 15 Av, 5785 Sponsored anonymously for the Refuah Shleimah of Yair Nissan Ben Sara
QUESTION: After a long drive with no restroom in sight, I entered a Dunkin Donuts off the highway to buy a drink and to use the restroom. The bathroom was blocked with a sign that said, “Restroom is Out of Order.” When this sign is on display, it is often not the truth. The restroom is working, but for one reason or another, the management does not want customers to use it (e.g. it hasn’t been cleaned recently). May an employee put out such a sign if his employer asks him to do so? In addition, which is worse – putting out the sign (lying through the written word) or telling the customer (lying through the spoken word) that the restroom is out of order?...