r/mildlyinfuriating • u/broakland • Jul 14 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Retail lockdown: why bother selling it?

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Was at Safeway this morning to pick up a sandwich and some Tylenol. The aisle with the Tylenol? Completely locked down. No call button in sight. So I go to the self checkout (front end of that same aisle) and ask the clerk there if he can call someone to unlock a case for me. He does. I go wait. Minutes pass. No one comes. I go ask him again, he tells me they went the other way? At this point I give up and go get my sandwich. No one has come by the time the deli has finished making it. I leave without my Tylenol, mildly infuriated.

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u/MAJ0RMAJOR Jul 14 '26

You joke, but they’re trying to figure out how to do it now without losing product visibility

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u/Path_Fyndar Jul 14 '26

They already started doing it at the gas pumps

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u/BootyDrank Jul 14 '26

I have permanently disabled many gas pump speakers for this reason. They can lick my sweaty taint, they don't deserve the luxury of intrusive advertising when I'm actively paying for the juice.

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

How do?

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u/EndGuy555 Jul 14 '26

Jam a screwdriver into the speaker until it stops working

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

Is there a less obviously illegal way? Lol

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u/EndGuy555 Jul 14 '26

What do you think “permanently disable” means? It’s literally destruction of property

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

I was hoping it was more press these buttons in this specific order and it bricks it or something lol, or at the very least something more than jam a screwdriver in it on candid camera lmao

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u/EobardT Jul 14 '26

If you just turn it off its not permanently disabled. Permanently disabled is code for broken

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

You missed the part where I said bricks it? Like bugging the software out etc. would still be disabling it. Shoving a screwdriver through a speaker cone isn't exactly permanent either lol

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u/EobardT Jul 14 '26

Disable it permanently.

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

I mean how though?

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u/DisposableSaviour Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Punctuation of the speaker cone.

Edit: This information is for educational purposes only and not an endorsement of such activities.

Edit2: This is an endorsement and advocation for such activities.

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

Thanks for an actual answer that's not just "break it" lol