# "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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/41 "2015-09-26T04:19:41Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > 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? The same tax dollars will still be returned. Ontarians won’t be on the hook for legacy pension plans. Corner stores seem quite capable of reusing tobacco sales to minors. Joe’s corner store would be just as able to purchase whatever you’re looking for. Do you seriously think, with regulations, that corner stores would sell a fucking six pack to an impaired guy for a buck in profits if the fine for doing so was like, $50,000? Honest to God. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/42 "2015-09-26T04:43:36Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > These days my response is usually along the lines of “it’s not so much did I find everything but did I _remember_ everything.” Yeah, me too. So once I just said, in all seriousness, “I don’t know. What was I looking for?” ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/43 "2015-09-26T05:07:30Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > It always makes me wonder why they even bother to ask. Generally, because the boss demands it and they’ll be penalized if they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/44 "2015-09-26T06:51:04Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > If I can’t find it, I ask before I get to the register. Wow! Where do you find these employees to ask? The only employees at the stores I visit seem mostly to be either at the checkout counter or hidden in the back room. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/45 "2015-09-26T07:08:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Is it wrong to send them searching for Caffeine-Free Diet Jolt Cola? > [@Broomstick](#): > > When I have to say that line (and I do, every time I ring someone up) and the answer is no, you’re missing X I usually _ask the customer_ (what a notion!) if they want us to have someone run and get the item (if we have it) or if they’d prefer not to wait. No, I couldn’t find any prop wash in your cleaning supplies aisle. ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/46 "2015-09-26T20:28:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The same tax dollars will still be returned. > Ontarians won’t be on the hook for legacy pension plans. > Corner stores seem quite capable of reusing tobacco sales to minors. > Joe’s corner store would be just as able to purchase whatever you’re looking for. > Do you seriously think, with regulations, that corner stores would sell a fucking six pack to an impaired guy for a buck in profits if the fine for doing so was like, $50,000? > > Honest to God. I’m still a fan of good pensions for everyone, and a fan of good wages, which provincial liquor stores tend to provide, unlike Joe’s corner store. If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well, and it’s worth getting paid well to do it. So I buy my booze at the gov’t stores and avoid the private stores. But I’m polite to all the clerks I encounter, because it’s a tough job and they can’t fight back. As to whether a private store would take a risk and sell something illegally, well, they do keep getting caught in sting operations, so yeah, some of them do. And while Lenin apparently never said it, there is some truth in the observation that “capitalists will sell you the rope you hang them with.” ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/47 "2015-09-26T23:17:52Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Wow! Where do you find these employees to ask? The only employees at the stores I visit seem mostly to be either at the checkout counter or hidden in the back room. Hee. Our Home Depot is the worst. They either actively avoid your eye and run the other way, or ask if you need help and then can’t direct you to the right place. :smack: But I know the feeling. I started work at Jo-Ann Fabric with essentially no training and would be paralyzed with fear when someone turned toward me with “Where can I find the…” ---
**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, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/48 "2015-09-26T23:18:34Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > I’m still a fan of good pensions for everyone, and a fan of good wages, which provincial liquor stores tend to provide, unlike Joe’s corner store. If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well, and it’s worth getting paid well to do it. So I buy my booze at the gov’t stores and avoid the private stores. But I’m polite to all the clerks I encounter, because it’s a tough job and they can’t fight back. As to whether a private store would take a risk and sell something illegally, well, they do keep getting caught in sting operations, so yeah, some of them do. And while Lenin apparently never said it, there is some truth in the observation that “capitalists will sell you the rope you hang them with.” Indeed. And my points stand: the government liquor outlet (speaking of the LCBO in Ontario, where I and Leaffan (I believe) both live) is best equipped to prevent liquor sales to minors and drunks, and as the largest single institutional purchaser of liquor in the entire world, they can offer selection and amenities that no one else could. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Do you seriously think, with regulations, that corner stores would sell a fucking six pack to an impaired guy for a buck in profits if the fine for doing so was like, $50,000? Additionally to the points already made, do you seriously think that an untrained stoned doofus making minimum wage in some corner dump to support his dope purchases and a don’t-give-a-shit attitude about the world is going to be your best gatekeeper in the critical matter of liquor sales – sales to a teen or a drunk who might then be driving? I know it works at the LCBO because I’ve seen it – kids being carded, kids being declined, and drunks sent away empty-handed. ETA: Though I would concur with **Leaffan** that the union representing LCBO workers is rather aggressive and getting somewhat beyond reason. And apologies to all for the hijack, I don’t think we need to hear any more about liquor sales. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/49 "2015-09-26T23:55:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > … And apologies to all for the hijack, I don’t think we need to hear any more about liquor sales. 🙂 Yes, but after all that, does LCBO stock what you drink? IOW, Did you find everything you were looking for? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/50 "2015-09-26T23:56:11Z")
Once the cashier at a restaurant asked if everything had been okay. Well, I had an issue with the waitress, so I told her “No, it wasn’t”. She was surprised, then asked me if I’d like to speak to the manager and I said “Yes”. ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/51 "2015-09-27T00:17:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yes, but after all that, does LCBO stock what you drink? > > IOW, Did you find everything you were looking for? 🙂 Yep! 😃[They have a great site](http://www.lcbo.com/content/lcbo/en.html) where you can browse or search the product catalog, and a useful feature where you enter your postal code and for any given product they list all the stores within any arbitrary distance that has it in stock and the current inventory level in each. It’s very useful for their limited-supply one-time wine purchases. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476/52 "2015-09-27T02:38:18Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Wow! Where do you find these employees to ask? The only employees at the stores I visit seem mostly to be either at the checkout counter or hidden in the back room. I can usually find someone without a problem, unless it’s at Target. I can never find someone at Target. I’m also the type who spends 20 minutes looking for it myself before I actually ask. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-find-everything-you-were-looking-for/732476.md?page=2)