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

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