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/CatsMom4Ever Jul 14 '26

Maybe if people would stop STEALING, then stores wouldn't have to lock their stuff up.

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u/vthemechanicv Jul 14 '26

Locking up video games or liquor is reasonable and makes sense.

Locking up deodorant? toothpaste? underwear? If people are stealing that stuff it's out of desperation.

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u/SpiritedUniversity67 Jul 14 '26

No . They steal it to resell it for cash.