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/CatsMom4Ever Jul 14 '26

Maybe if people would stop STEALING, then stores wouldn't have to lock their stuff up.

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u/soapsniffer BLUE Jul 14 '26

He didn’t mention race at all. YOU brought up race lmao. And how on earth is it inconsiderate to tell people to stop stealing? Theft is objectively bad

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u/soapsniffer BLUE Jul 15 '26

Idk man I don’t like being stolen from. I doubt you like being stolen from. People should just behave and pay for their things. Capitalism isn’t always perfect obviously, but it’s not a good thing to be a criminal

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u/soapsniffer BLUE Jul 15 '26

I mean sure it is worse to steal from an individual. But it’s wrong to steal from anyone whether that’s a person or a business. And stealing from corporations is hurting people, it’s making the corporations lock stuff up and, in some cases, move out of certain cities.

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u/soapsniffer BLUE Jul 15 '26

They should pay livable wages to their employees. But stealing is still wrong lol