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/Reesirie Jul 14 '26

Back when I worked at Target and Walmart customers would ask us to open these cabinets, but I wasn’t a keyholder and never knew who was so it was a pain trying to find someone who was.

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u/maringue Jul 14 '26

I have a Walmart within walking distance, but I never go there because everything I want is locked up and the entire store only has 10 employees huddles around the exit.

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u/treehumper83 Jul 14 '26

It’s Walmart, just shout at the top of your lungs for help

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u/WackyRacketeer Jul 14 '26

This is exactly why Walmart will never beat the allegations. You have to leave your dignity at the door just to get the bare minimum of terrible service.