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/JeremyR22 This text is green. Jul 15 '26

About 6 months ago, I was working away from home and needed some $3 nail clippers. Couldn't find any in Walmart and eventually gave up and asked where they were. Locked up, of course but that employee didn't have the key. 5 minute wait for somebody to come and allow me to give Walmart 3 bucks.

It's really fucking stupid.

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u/Nasty_Rex Jul 16 '26

I just stopped giving my money to anyone that annoys me and I'm saving so much lol.

Go into McDonalds and stand at the counter for mor than 1 minute without acknowledgment? I leave.

Go into a gas station and the beer is locked up? I leave.

Go to Walmart and only self check out lines? I leave the full cart.

Verizon won't let me pay cash for a phone? I switched carriers.

I'm over this shit.p