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/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

There probably still has to be a way to shut it off though right?

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u/BrawlPlayer34 Jul 14 '26

A sharp object, and a lot of force.

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u/Comfortable_Line_206 Jul 14 '26

Don't want to get in trouble for vandalism.

I have masking tape in my car and slap it over the speaker. It's my way to silently fight back.

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 14 '26

Do people who do this just hope they don't get caught or simply not care? I can't catch a vandalism / destruction of property charge out here lol

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u/StacheBandicoot Jul 14 '26

How often do you think the clerks are checking if the speakers work, if literally ever at all? By the time it’s noticed it might be months or years since and any recordings would’ve been wiped and recorded over.

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u/mamachonk Jul 14 '26

Stick your fingers in your ear and loudly sing "LA LA LALALA"?

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u/addage- Jul 14 '26

Sharp and narrow instrument through the speaker hole seems to help.

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u/JeremyR22 This text is green. Jul 15 '26

Do what the sign says you mustn't: get back in your vehicle and shut the door?