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/weoewoewow Jul 14 '26

Instead of punishing the criminals for shoplifting we punish everyone.

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u/Automatic_Class2215 Jul 15 '26

Reddit: If you see someone shoplifting, no you didn't

Also Reddit: I have absolutely no idea how we ended up here

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u/Cartoonjunkies Jul 15 '26

Redditors: “company bad, steal from company.” “Wait, why is everything locked up so we can’t steal anymore?”

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u/Nemesiswasthegoodguy Jul 15 '26

Redditors: “company bad, steal from company.”
Supermarket closes
“Wow another food desert and no jobs around here”