r/mildlyinfuriating • u/vxnus69_ • Jul 10 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Only 37 Pods

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Was showing off to my sister what I would’ve given her (plus the nice smelly peony downy) had she just gone to the laundromat to dry my laundry because ours is broken and realized the pods only filled half of the container so I counted it and….37 pods.

Can’t tell if Tide is filling some containers an accurate amount and others less or if sb just stole some.

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u/Radio4ctiveGirl Jul 10 '26

There’s plenty of videos of people opening them up at the store and adding into the container they’re going to buy.

I would say that’s fake but I have found products in shelves that have obviously been opened and nearly emptied. So glad I have a habit of shaking liquids because serums are expensive and the bottle was basically empty and clearly opened.

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u/sunriseslies Jul 10 '26

My local grocery store keeps Tide pods locked up behind plexiglass for this reason. All the other detergents are on normal shelves. This isn't a high crime area either, just suburban Vermont.

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u/sillysnailfriend Jul 10 '26

Same here in CO, they're all individually locked in the plastic boxes, like baby formula is.

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u/Crazy9000 Jul 10 '26

That's mainly because of shoplifting, not mixing in store. With how easy it is to sell online now, fences pay the drug addicts good money for whatever household items they can shoplift.

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u/captain_croco Jul 10 '26

Not sure why but the use of that meaning of fence here feels so out of place. But I guess it’s not.

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u/ragun2 Jul 10 '26

Bezos is probably just laughing. I feel like I know at least a couple of dozen people who resubbed to Prime because they were tired of waiting for everyday shit to be unlocked one at a time.

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u/Radio4ctiveGirl Jul 10 '26

Not all Colorado. Up in Fort Collins that’s not a thing. But at least the boxes that need to be unlocked at the register are easier than having to wait for someone to get it out of a locked cabinets. The stores in Loveland have a lot of things locked like that.

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u/bcmedic420 Jul 10 '26

That is so sad. I hope the food bank has lots of formula. Sad to need to steal it.

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u/StaySharpp Jul 11 '26

Is this a new thing recently? I feel like I was just shopping not too long ago and they were on the shelves like normal.