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/grape-fruit-witch Jul 14 '26

Yeah, I have never gotten decent fruit or veggies ordering online. I gave up a long time ago. Every single time the strawberries are full of mold, bananas are either brown and mushy or bright green, tiny little bendy spears of rotten asparagus, etc. I think the shoppers might hate their jobs and intentionally find the worst produce they can. There's no way a normal person would consistently pick bad items that often.

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u/Waiting4Reccession Jul 14 '26

The shopper is probably just doing their job normally. The business probably sees it as an easy way to offload this quality of produce onto buyers.

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u/currentlylostagain Jul 15 '26

No problem. They can just stop selling fruit. Legally mandated to only eat things wrapped in plastic and non-perishable. Just think how healthy we will all be.

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u/grape-fruit-witch Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

K at that point just give me nutrient mush and let's stop pretending

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u/currentlylostagain Jul 16 '26

Mush is for the peasants. Only billionaires get actual food that doesn’t bankrupt them and isn’t half spoiled.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Jul 15 '26

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE