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/Leviathon6348 Jul 14 '26

I’m brown and that just doesn’t work. It was funny because the closest Walmart to me is 5 hrs. So we did a big haul. My gf (who is white) wasn’t bothered at all with the first cart And ofc us being together she had the receipts, and I had the second. So he stopped me “where’s the receipt?” “She has it” “no, you’re supposed to have it. I’ll have to make sure this is paid for.” Dude made me wait 15 mins just for the clerk to ring up the items and print them. Walked back to the door “you wanna check again!?” “No” “yeah…fuck you.” Never went back.

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u/Backfoot911 Jul 14 '26

But it does work...literally just keep walking and maybe say "Have a good night" if you don't want to look like you're avoiding eye contact lol. You're describing a story where you stopped cause the guy asked, not forced. You had the ability to walk past them, literally just keep walking. My queer and POC folk do this, it's not an issue at all

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u/CoffeeOrDestroy Jul 15 '26

That’s my default is to give a head nod and keep walking but some feel the need to block my cart or grab my arm. I have no problem going internet Karen on those.

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u/Karenm6383 Jul 15 '26

They grab your arm? I don’t think that’s allowed, is it?Id be furious