Some American stores just put glass between the customers and basic, inexpensive products with a buzzer to call an attendant… Let me tell ya, that was a uh, choice…

Employees hate them because they didn’t hire a dedicated unlocker because that’d cut into their record profits. Instead, they just rely on employees to stop what their doing and unlock the various locked up products around the store.

The average customer also hates this because we have to wait on somebody to unlock a low priced item as stupid as laundry detergent or eye drops… We are talking products less than $10 and various things locked up in different places in the store so depending on what you’re wanting, you might be waiting a while. Average waist time during busy hours: 5-10 minutes per unlock.

The result of course is many customers including myself just stop buying the locked up products at the stores that do this.

Meanwhile, companies the implemented this stupid idea are “baffled” as to why the sales of these products have taken a significant hit…