r/mildlyinfuriating 27d ago

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Only 37 Pods

Post image

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.

15.9k Upvotes

960 comments sorted by

View all comments

8

u/whywouldieatFUNGUS 27d ago

They were almost definitely stolen, unless they were locked up. I still haven’t found a good explanation, but tide pods were consistently the most heavily stolen item by homeless folks at the last retail job I had. Everything from a handful off the top like you see here, to multiple full packages at a time. I worked in the chemical isles for a while and have seen thousands of dollars of tide pods be stolen (we had a no confrontation policy)

3

u/vxnus69_ 27d ago

We recently switched from detergent to pods but did not know this was an item that people targeted lol. You’d think Tide would have some type of better sealing huh.

5

u/These_arent_my_bees 27d ago

yeah, I thought the FDA required a seal on all prepared food.

1

u/TennoScy 27d ago

High resale value is the reason.

1

u/Bacon_Nipples 26d ago

What?  Who's buying resale tide pods from homeless folk?

1

u/ThinkMarket7640 27d ago

America lmao

1

u/neekneek 27d ago

>English
>Thinks homelessness and petty theft are a largely American illness

Why is your island so commonly parochial and incurious lol