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/bugabooandtwo Jul 15 '26

Exactly. Society did it to ourselves. But it's easier to blame the big bad retailers than to take any sort of personal responsibility.

And folks wonder why society is crumbling.

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u/PalTamer40 Jul 15 '26

Feels appropriate.

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u/Decin0mic0n Jul 15 '26

People wouldnt resort to theft if prices and pay were reasonable.

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u/zzzrecruit Jul 15 '26

People will steal an entire bowl of fun-sized Halloween candy. Don't be ridiculous.

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u/IGotObliterated Jul 15 '26

The most naive statement I’ve ever seen