• Tiefling IRL
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    3820 hours ago

    It’s the fucking worst. Say I need a toothbrush, new mascara, and cough syrup. That’s gonna be at least 10 minutes waiting for the one overworked staff member to unlock the case at each of them.

    • @[email protected]
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      919 hours ago

      A toothbrush? In the U.K. they’re like 2 quid …we’re actually gonna end up with people using Amazon for their shop for everything. It won’t end up with your weekly shopping trip being from the same place either.

      • Tiefling IRL
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        1719 hours ago

        They’re super cheap here too, but Walgreens at almost every location I’ve been to locks up absolutely everything

        • @joel_feila
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          2 hours ago

          Must not have spread here yet. Last week i bought DayQuil, cough drops, pseudoephedrine. Nothing was locked up. The pseudoephedrine was behind the pharmacy counter

        • @[email protected]
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          49 hours ago

          Preventing people from stealing toothbrushes is just evil. Nobody chooses to be in a situation where they even think about stealing a freaking toothbrush.

        • @[email protected]
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          319 hours ago

          To be fair ….i live in a small town. I don’t tend to go other places and buy tooth brushes, but at the same time only expensive items are locked up.

          • @[email protected]
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            519 hours ago

            Deodorant is the thing here

            Also for some reason laundry detergent? Like, just get purex and be done with it, like $10 for a year supply.

            • @[email protected]
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              318 hours ago

              I found a wholesaler that sells a 5gal bucket of laundry detergent for $45, lasts probably 6 months.

              • clif
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                217 hours ago

                We’re a small household with minimal laundry so 5 gallons is more like a 10 year supply for us… I’m here for it : D

                • @[email protected]
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                  117 hours ago

                  Looking around online they’re a bit more than $50. It might be worth it to look around locally, I bet you have a laundry janitorial wholesaler near you.

            • @frostysauce
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              117 hours ago

              From what I understand laundry detergent (especially Tide) is used as a black market currency because the value is relatively stable and everyone needs it eventually.

              • @dandu3
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                315 hours ago

                I read a few years ago that was because Tide was fairly high end as far as laundry detergents go.

                That was pre-Tide pods too, so those must be like Louis Vuitton type shit these days.

                • @frostysauce
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                  114 hours ago

                  Probably. I did say, “From what I understand,” rather than stating it as a fact. Could very well have been thoroughly debunked but I can’t be arsed to look up detergent shoplifting tends and causes.