# "Did you find everything you were looking for?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476 "2015-09-25T13:20:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/21 "2015-09-25T20:04:49Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Does Bono ever get asked this question? That pushed me over The Edge! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/22 "2015-09-25T20:13:44Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I always answer “Yes, and so much more! But this is all I want.” I admit to falling into “Yes, and more!” because it’s usually true, especially at the craft store. :o ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/23 "2015-09-25T20:17:01Z")
I said “no” at Whole Foods once and told the cashier what I needed. She told some kid, who ran off to get it, and the cashier rung me out and told me to pick up and pay for my extra item at customer service. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/24 "2015-09-25T20:25:56Z")
I’ve _never_ had a cashier react in any useful way when I said “No”. Basicallyl just the “I’m blinking my eyes now so you can tell I’m not dead.” response. It always makes me wonder why they even bother to ask. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/25 "2015-09-25T20:29:49Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > One time I actually told the cashier “No” and her response was “Good” as she continued to ring my stuff up. Obviously she wasn’t listening to me. 😃 Maybe she just doesn’t like you, and was enjoying your failure to have a Satisfying Shopping Experience. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/26 "2015-09-25T20:31:26Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > That pushed me over The Edge! 😃 Nothing but net! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/27 "2015-09-25T20:35:04Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > One time I actually told the cashier “No” and her response was “Good” as she continued to ring my stuff up. Obviously she wasn’t listening to me. 😃 [Inconvenience store.](http://www.stager.ch/markus/comics/Inconvenience_store.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/28 "2015-09-25T21:39:58Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I said “no” at Whole Foods once and told the cashier what I needed. She told some kid, who ran off to get it, and the cashier rung me out and told me to pick up and pay for my extra item at customer service. At a similar store, I said “no, you are out of stock on the sale item I came to get,” and she proceeded to write me up a rain check so I could buy the item later at the sale price. Had I not said “no,” I never would have known that this was an option. I have made great use of the rain check system since–it makes shopping much more convenient. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/29 "2015-09-26T01:46:27Z")
I find it a bit annoying. Obviously I did, or I asked and you didn’t have it, or wouldn’t be in line. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/30 "2015-09-26T01:52:11Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > I find it a bit annoying. Obviously I did, or I asked and you didn’t have it, or wouldn’t be in line. About every fifth person has an item they could not find, and about half of those times we have the item and can send a bagger to get it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/31 "2015-09-26T02:07:39Z")
It really bugs me when they ask this at Trader Joe’s because they’re _always_ discontinuing some item that I really like. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/32 "2015-09-26T02:15:08Z")
I hate this kind of bullshit stuff at the cash register. We have a government-owned booze monopoly in Ontario. Did you find everything you were looking for? Do have an Air Miles card? Would you like to donate to xxxxx today? Fuck you. Just ring in my booze, you entitled Provincial parasites earning a pension for doing the job of a 12 year old. After me standing in line for 10 minutes because you’re a fucking government-owned monopoly and don’t give a shit about customer service. Assholes. I have an opinion on this, if you didn’t notice. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/33 "2015-09-26T02:56:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > About every fifth person has an item they could not find, and about half of those times we have the item and can send a bagger to get it. Bagger? Seriously? This is 2015, and they prefer to be addressed as packaging technicians. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/34 "2015-09-26T03:03:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Bagger? Seriously? This is 2015, and they prefer to be addressed as packaging technicians. OK. That made made me laugh out loud! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/35 "2015-09-26T03:03:54Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > About every fifth person has an item they could not find, and about half of those times we have the item and can send a bagger to get it. If I can’t find it, I ask before I get to the register. If I’m in line, I’ve found everything you had in stock I needed. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/36 "2015-09-26T03:13:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I hate this kind of bullshit stuff at the cash register. We have a government-owned booze monopoly in Ontario. > > Did you find everything you were looking for? > Do have an Air Miles card? > Would you like to donate to xxxxx today? > > Fuck you. Just ring in my booze, you entitled Provincial parasites earning a pension for doing the job of a 12 year old. After me standing in line for 10 minutes because you’re a fucking government-owned monopoly and don’t give a shit about customer service. > > Assholes. > > I have an opinion on this, if you didn’t notice. Your mistake was probably shopping at the unionized government monopoly while wearing your “Vote Harper” button and Conservative colors! 😃 I was there just yesterday intending to pick up half a dozen or so bottles of a newly discovered limited supply wine that I thought was a great deal. Well danged if the government monopoly hadn’t just that very morning put it on sale for an even better price, so I asked for their entire (last) case. They had a hard time finding it out back so someone came out to tell me that they were still looking and she had enlisted the aid of another employee to help find it. Meanwhile I chatted with a cute cashier because it was a slow morning and nothing else was happening. They eventually found it, apologized for the delay, and I left, a satisfied customer with a good deal. I tell you, just don’t wear that Harper button – you get treated way better by the rank and file! 😉 P.S.- But I do hate that enforced “would you like to donate to …?” I just say “no, thank you”, implying that it was very kind of them to offer me the terrific opportunity, but I didn’t feel I should impose. I greatly dislike high-pressure charities. At another mall, local firefighters were running a collection for what I’m sure was some worthy charity, but they had it set up practically like a police roadblock at a couple of the entrances – really obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/37 "2015-09-26T03:24:15Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I hate this kind of bullshit stuff at the cash register. We have a government-owned booze monopoly in Ontario. > > Did you find everything you were looking for? > Do have an Air Miles card? > Would you like to donate to xxxxx today? > > Fuck you. Just ring in my booze, you entitled Provincial parasites earning a pension for doing the job of a 12 year old. After me standing in line for 10 minutes because you’re a fucking government-owned monopoly and don’t give a shit about customer service. > > Assholes. > > I have an opinion on this, if you didn’t notice. privatized liquor stores don’t seen much different, in my experience, and why shouldn’t everyone have a pension? Sorry about the Leafs, but but maybe it’s time to move on and abide? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/38 "2015-09-26T03:35:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I hate this kind of bullshit stuff at the cash register. We have a government-owned booze monopoly in Ontario. > > Did you find everything you were looking for? > Do have an Air Miles card? > Would you like to donate to xxxxx today? > > Fuck you. Just ring in my booze, I went to the BAM (Books A Million) that replaced our Borders recently – the first time I had been there since the changeover. Did I want their rewards card? Did I want a credit card? Did I want to subscribe to three magazines? I usually go with “No, I don’t come in often enough” but as I recently learned on the Dope, No is a complete sentence. As is, May I just buy the items I have put in front of you? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/39 "2015-09-26T03:43:33Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Your mistake was probably shopping at the unionized government monopoly while wearing your “Vote Harper” button and Conservative colors! 😃 > > I was there just yesterday intending to pick up half a dozen or so bottles of a newly discovered limited supply wine that I thought was a great deal. Well danged if the government monopoly hadn’t just that very morning put it on sale for an even better price, so I asked for their entire (last) case. They had a hard time finding it out back so someone came out to tell me that they were still looking and she had enlisted the aid of another employee to help find it. Meanwhile I chatted with a cute cashier because it was a slow morning and nothing else was happening. They eventually found it, apologized for the delay, and I left, a satisfied customer with a good deal. > > I tell you, just don’t wear that Harper button – you get treated way better by the rank and file! 😉 > > P.S.- But I do hate that enforced “would you like to donate to …?” I just say “no, thank you”, implying that it was very kind of them to offer me the terrific opportunity, but I didn’t feel I should impose. I greatly dislike high-pressure charities. At another mall, local firefighters were running a collection for what I’m sure was some worthy charity, but they had it set up practically like a police roadblock at a couple of the entrances – really obnoxious. > [@Kropotkin](#): > > privatized liquor stores don’t seen much different, in my experience, and why shouldn’t everyone have a pension? Sorry about the Leafs, but but maybe it’s time to move on and abide? There’s absolutely no reason at all why the government should be involved in the selling and regulation of alcohol. Is this what I want my tax dollars being spent on? Mr. Molson and Mr. Weston should be able to work out a deal. It’s a legal subsance with restrictions like tobacco. I want governments to disassociate themselves with things that don’t in any way matter to them. I want governments to focus on core services, and the selling of booze isn’t one of them. Butt the hell out of our personal lives. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/40 "2015-09-26T04:09:49Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > There’s absolutely no reason at all why the government should be involved in the selling and regulation of alcohol. Is this what I want my tax dollars being spent on? No? Well here are some reasons. - Who is more likely to sell liquor to minors – a public entity governed by strict regulations or an entity whose very survival is premised on profits? This isn’t a trivial question – **lives are at stake**. - Who is more likely to sell liquor to drunks? Same as above. Lives are at stake. Drunk drivers, underage or otherwise, are not in the public interest. - Where are you likely to get the best service and selection? Put aside for a moment the “free enterprise” mythology and consider this: the Ontario Liquor Control Board is the largest single institutional purchaser of liquor **in the entire world**. Their logistics are arguably the most advanced on the planet. How do you think this is going to compare with your selection at Joe’s Corner Whiskey Shoppe and Betting Parlor (whorehouse upstairs)? - How about the $1 billion or so that the Ontario board returns to the taxpayers every year? How does this constitute “your tax dollars being spent” on anything? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476.md?page=3)