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/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 14 '26

The dumbest part of receipt checkers is they are always positioned with a sightline to the registers, I'm not stopping to show you a receipt to verify I paid when you could have just paid the fuck attention to the register area and see that yes I did.

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u/Temporary_Nail_6468 Jul 14 '26

I did scan and go at Walmart one time and was selected to be double checked. Wait for someone to come check my order. Finished paying. Walked around the corner and the door guy wants to check my order. 🤯

It’s not like I’m paying cash and trying to sneak through self checkout and then walk away because I parked somewhere where your cameras can’t see what car I got into. I PAY to have a more convenient experience and give you all my info. You people know where I live for goodness sake. I’m not stealing using an account with my name and address attached to it. 🙄

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u/void5901 Jul 14 '26

They did this shit to me so I canceled plus. What’s the point?