I defeat some goblins and in the back room there are loads of chests and baskets. One by one I spend a few turns clicking on these baskets to see if there is anything in them in this little room. 2 or 3 have some contents. The rest are empty. I feel like those minutes of my life were moronic.

Couldn't there be a "click room" to open all the caskets in one go? If I felt like it, I could then go on to investigate in the hope of finding secret caskets or trap doors or something like that.

It is idiotic. If you don't save afterwards, you might then have to do the same thing all over again.