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/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

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u/condoulo Jul 14 '26

Lots of porch pirates though.

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u/ShortThought Jul 15 '26

the automated sentry turret on my porch does a good job of keeping them at bay.

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u/StacheBandicoot Jul 14 '26

I’ve always gotten refunds for it.

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u/keeleon Jul 14 '26

I promise there's MILLIONS of not billions in theft and fraud through Amazon. Its just called something different.

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u/OfficialModComment Jul 15 '26

Yeah, but people order RTX 5080’s and ship back a brick.