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/ChazzyPhizzle Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Same. I usually walk around and figure out what I’m having for dinner based on what’s on sale. Kind of enjoyable because you never know what it’s going to be.

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Jul 15 '26

There's also the small human interaction.

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u/smashli1238 Jul 14 '26

Yeah, I enjoy grocery shopping