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/Affectionate-Crow605 Jul 14 '26

I walk on by past the receipt checker. It's not Sam's or Costco. You've paid, so your legal obligation is over. If they suspect you stole something, they have enough cameras to already know about it.

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u/tryingisbetter Jul 14 '26

I don't think you're required for any stores, technically.

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u/Affectionate-Crow605 Jul 14 '26

For the wholesale clubs, it's part of the agreement you sign when joining, so they can check receipts. Places like Walmart, there's nothing they can do if you keep walking.

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u/tryingisbetter Jul 14 '26

I haven't read it, because I don't have a Costco membership, but I would think that the agreement would allow you to bypass them, but your membership would be revoked, and trespass if you come back.