POLL: Would you like to sample some of these poll options today?

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We've all been there. You enter a shop intending to buy a few items to eat and there you see a person wearing a cheery apron, standing behind a very small display counter filled with little paper cups of something to eat or drink. They accost you with a smile and inquire, "Would you like to try a sample of [food or drink product] today?"

How does this scenario typically play out for you?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
I sometimes try the sample, but I have almost never bought the product.	7
I sometimes try the sample, but I never buy the product.	6
I smile, politely decline to try the sample, and continue shopping.	5
I sometimes try the sample and I sometimes buy the product.	3
I always try the sample, but I have almost never bought the product.	2
I always try the sample, but I have never bought the product.	2
I ignore them entirely and continue shopping.	2
I flee the store in a panic.	1
I always try the sample and I sometimes buy the product.	1
Something else, which I am not too embarrassed to explain.	0
Something else, which I am too embarrassed to explain.	0

― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:01 (five years ago)

sometimes/never

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:01 (five years ago)

this depends entirely on the product

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:02 (five years ago)

that sounds like sometimes try

― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:03 (five years ago)

Avoid eye contact and flee down the nearest safe aisle

― jmm, Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:03 (five years ago)

Easy to avoid most at Costco (vegan), but I'm always open to wine/tequila samples to improve the shopping experience.

― tetragrammaton in vain (Sanpaku), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:05 (five years ago)

smile, decline, continue shopping

― Brad C., Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:07 (five years ago)

Smile, decline.

― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:15 (five years ago)

Always, never (except for that one time when I bought some oat milk, or maybe it was an egg nog product I thought my wife would like)

― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:17 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7mqI5klgaQ

― Hot, Now, and Oh-So-Very Wow! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:18 (five years ago)

happy to have free food/drink but tasting it won't influence my purchase

― babby bitter (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 20 February 2020 18:27 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

i buy the product but never use it

― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 27 February 2020 00:57 (five years ago)

always decline sample, but take note of the product and buy it and put it in neighbor's mailbox

― i will FP you and your entire family (rip van wanko), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:39 (five years ago)

I have made entire meals out of food samples.

The only one i wound up buying is bourbon chicken because bourbon chicken.

― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:40 (five years ago)

Sometimes i fart on the product

― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 February 2020 01:41 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 28 February 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

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