def get_full_returns(self, jid, minions, timeout=None):
        '''
        This method starts off a watcher looking at the return data for
        a specified jid, it returns all of the information for the jid
        '''
        # TODO: change this from ret to return... or the other way.
        #       Its inconsistent, we should pick one

        ret = {}
        # create the iterator-- since we want to get anyone in the middle
        event_iter = self.get_event_iter_returns(jid, minions, timeout=timeout)

        try:
            data = self.returners['{0}.get_jid'.format(self.opts['master_job_cache'])](jid)
        except Exception as exc:
            raise SaltClientError('Returner {0} could not fetch jid data. '
                                  'Exception details: {1}'.format(
                                      self.opts['master_job_cache'],
                                      exc))
        for minion in data:
            m_data = {}
            if 'return' in data[minion]:
                m_data['ret'] = data[minion].get('return')
            else:
                m_data['ret'] = data[minion].get('return')
            if 'out' in data[minion]:
                m_data['out'] = data[minion]['out']
            if minion in ret:
                ret[minion].update(m_data)
            else:
                ret[minion] = m_data

        # if we have all the minion returns, lets just return
        if len(set(ret).intersection(minions)) >= len(minions):
            return ret

        # otherwise lets use the listener we created above to get the rest
        for event_ret in event_iter:
            # if nothing in the event_ret, skip
            if event_ret == {}:
                time.sleep(0.02)
                continue
            for minion, m_data in six.iteritems(event_ret):
                if minion in ret:
                    ret[minion].update(m_data)
                else:
                    ret[minion] = m_data

            # are we done yet?
            if len(set(ret).intersection(minions)) >= len(minions):
                return ret

        # otherwise we hit the timeout, return what we have
        return ret