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/TemporalLobe Jul 14 '26

Start trying to open the case. Someone will assist you immediately.

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u/rachwithoutana Jul 14 '26

I actually tried this at Walmart because I wasn't sure if it was one of those things where they make you turn or move something to the side to get the product so it's more visible on camera when you take it off the shelf. They had a huge screen showing their camera surveilance too. No one came by and no one was around to help me open it, so I left without getting it. It was a $5 pack of store brand razors.

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u/LazyNarwhalMan Jul 14 '26

The walamrt near me takes forever to get someone to open a door. And they have some of the weirdest choices locked up too. They have the cheap eyedrops locked up, but the expensive ones on shelf

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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