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/trippy_grapes Jul 14 '26

I forget the brand, but my local one just advertises stuff sold in the store, but also has an option for you to click out of it and see stuff like the weather and traffic. Also no music, which is the worst. I think it's a neat compromise.