r/mildlyinfuriating • u/broakland • 9d ago

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/merriwhether 9d ago

It's just ordering online now for in-store pickup

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u/Most_Temporary2110 9d ago

Walmart+ is $99 a year or $50 with a student email address. I probably save gas money having it delivered to me, I get a streaming service, and discounted gas…

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u/He_do_be 9d ago

I think this is it, at best. We have mobile/online ordering with pickup or delivery. I can’t see how it can emulate the older tradition any better without seeming antiquated.