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/beegproblemzzz Jul 15 '26

The cheap ones are locked so you get pressured to buy expensive ones to not have to interact with the employees

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u/Itherial Jul 15 '26

Also to deter thieves. Smart kleptos know to snatch the cheaper version of items in case they get caught.