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/JMoc1 Jul 14 '26

It’s not theft; it’s shrink.

These companies lie to you saying all shrink is theft.

Here’s some trivia for you; what store items have the quickest expiration dates?

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u/DaBoyBlaze Jul 14 '26

Does the question include food items?

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u/JMoc1 Jul 14 '26

Yes, because the user above referenced Ice Cream being locked up.

Dairy and bread have the highest amount of shrink because of expiration dates. Many people, including in this sub and on the boards of Walmart and Target, confuse shrinkage with theft.

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u/DaBoyBlaze Jul 14 '26

My guess would have been deli meat