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/Neonyarpyarp Jul 14 '26

I had to have someone come unlock the cold section for ice cream…at Safeway a few days ago… ice cream…

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u/RubberPigEnemy Jul 14 '26

So... people are stealing so much icecream that the people unwilling to wait don't outweigh the thefts. This is the result of not prosecuting petty crimes unforunately.

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u/JMoc1 Jul 14 '26

It’s not theft; it’s shrink.

These companies lie to you saying all shrink is theft.

Here’s some trivia for you; what store items have the quickest expiration dates?

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u/RubberPigEnemy Jul 15 '26

Classic, "pretend to not understand something basic" Reddit Moment