to be clear: i'd rather vote with my feet on this. that's the right option. if i walk up to the checkout line, i'd rather make the choice to avoid, at that junction. but, it's not just the case nowadays that i don't have that choice at the check out line in any specific store - it's the case that if i go to the store down the street, and then store down the street after that, i still won't be able to find somebody to ring me in without religious wear.

it's not like i'm not going to freak out or anything. i can handle it. i'm more annoyed than angry. and, i miss the stereotypical bubbly teenage checkout chick, which it seems like has been pushed out.

when every single cashier has a hijab in a region where muslims are maybe 20% of the population at most, whatever subsidies the government is providing are clearly working far too well.

i don't blame the cashiers, they're just trying to survive. nor do i blame the companies, actually, who are clearly profiting from the arrangement. but, i should have the ability to vote with my feet on this - i shouldn't be forced to go through the checkout line with somebody that probably thinks i ought to be crucified in public. and, i'd consequently support adjusting or abolishing those subsidies.

i'm not a free marketeer, you know that. but, this is doing more than balancing things - it's tilting things towards a specific outcome, and in the process has become corporate welfare. and, that really shouldn't be.

the liberals are supposed to do better than that