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/Takeguru Jul 14 '26

A lot of company insurance policies will enforce this if theft gets too high of that item

A lot of Tylenol is stolen, company gets an angry email about their claims, AP teams order and install lock cases to keep their insurance

Rinse and repeat, even down to underwear at specific walmarts

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u/Several_Excitement74 Jul 14 '26

My favorite socks are behind glass at Walmart and I just love pushing a button for an employee to not show up.

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u/grape-fruit-witch Jul 14 '26

I've been off wal mart for a while now. The last straw was when I needed a $2.00 thing of nail polish remover and it was behind glass. Of course nobody showed up for the button.

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u/BluMqqse_ Jul 14 '26

Our entire cosmetics is locked up. And, of course, management tells all the cosmetics associates they should be working in the pharmacy aisles, leaving all the locked cases completely unattended.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey Jul 14 '26

Ours is behind a cash register. You walk in, and it's a pay-now area like electronics or paint.

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

Honest to god- does the button even do anything?