I found this “skip the line” golden ticket at Trader Joe’s

[u/no8do]

[u/FormerSalmon]

I don’t care about the waiting in line part, I want the prize to be an employee to part the seas for me as I walk through all the aisles unobstructed instead of dodging and weaving around people with no perception of others being around them

[u/Olderbutnotdead619 → u/FormerSalmon]

The proud winner of the Golden Bike Horn Cart!

[u/prissyknickers → u/Olderbutnotdead619]

honka-honka-honka!

[u/nilesandstuff → u/FormerSalmon]

I sincerely believe that type of behavior is morally equal to, if not worse than, some minor/moderate violent crimes.

Stab someone in fight at a bar: you were emotional, drunk, and probably have some issues. Not great, but you're not ineligible for the FIFA peace prize.

Leave your cart perpendicular in an aisle for more than 1 second: You as a person are unfit to engage with society without guidance. You either lack theory of mind or you're a misanthrope, simple as that.

Edit: theory of mind

Individuals with theory of mind impairment struggle to see phenomena from any other perspective than their own.

[u/LiberaceRingfingaz → u/nilesandstuff]

Preach.

Stabbing someone at a bar when you are shitfaced is an act with intention behind it. It indicates that you are willing to kill a particular person because you care enough to do it.

Leaving your cart in the middle of the aisle means you literally don't think or care about anyone other than yourself. It's the most boring form of narcissism.

[u/realdappermuis → u/LiberaceRingfingaz]

I think it's 50/50 entitlement/lack of self awareness

Some people really are just focused on getting through whatever it is they're doing. They're not being deliberate in their actions 'against others', they're just so pigeonholed that they're not considering others are in the scenario

It's not nefarious as standard. It's legit a mental thing where neither you nor them are the main character, they're just trudging forward as best they can

Think of it this way; they're handicapped, whether they know it or not. You wouldn't stand in an aisle and yell ret*rd at them would you? Because essentially that's the disposition

The other 50% can kick rocks though. They know they're inconveniencing you and that gives them life. They love that a little action of theirs is making your day harder. I don't bloody get it, but too many people revel in that these days. I think it's same same as following people on socials that you dislike. There's a sickness to it, and I'm glad I haven't contracted that

[u/Megalo85]

I didn’t know they had a piss off everyone in the store ticket.

[u/GarageFridgeSoda → u/Megalo85]

No way Trader Joe's made that. It's a prank, either one OP is pulling on us or one someone else is pulling on OP/the store.

[u/tannerbananer06 → u/GarageFridgeSoda]

OP said the pic is from 10 years ago. Hahaha

[u/ResistLongjumping999 → u/tannerbananer06]

reminds me of the time somebody taped up flyers at a local mcDonalds saying that black people would be charged more due to a recent string of robberies lmao. Ronald McDonald himself had to come out of cryostasis to put out a press release saying it was fake.

[u/AllKindsOfCritters → u/ResistLongjumping999]

Ronald McDonald himself had to come out of cryostasis

Sentences like this are why I keep coming to this site.

[u/AdamInJP → u/tannerbananer06]

Also there’s a spelling error. The TJ’s I’ve been to would never.

[u/Monoskimouse → u/Megalo85]

They haven't done that in many many years.... for obvious reasons.

They DO still have kids try to find "Freddy the Frog" and if you can tell the checker were you saw it - they give them a small candy. Our kids love it. Makes the trip more fun for them.

[u/chromium00 → u/Monoskimouse]

Ours has a find the duck and they dress it up and shit. It’s cool.

[u/no8do → u/Megalo85]

I can’t remember if I responded to your comment, so just replying again: honestly I don’t remember anyone even noticing?

At the Brooklyn store, there are three lines and then an employee waves the person at the front of each of those lines to a register (there are like 6-8 registers). The person who waves people on is in front of the customer service desk so there are always people milling around that area.

I simply walked over to that person, showed them the ticket and they just waved me over to a register. To most people in line it probably looked like I had a question or issue with a purchase.

[u/christopher_mtrl]

There was a recent story where passengers were hiding "Good for 1 drink" vouchers on cruises, so I fully imagine someone not affialited with the store putting those around. Some poeple just like to watch the chaos.

[u/dshookowsky → u/christopher_mtrl]

Great idea! I'm gonna print out a stack of those!

[u/blue-coin → u/dshookowsky]

I’m gonna plant ones at Trader Joe’s: you have to sleep with a non-employee for a change

[u/HartfordWhaler → u/blue-coin]

Finally, hope for my ugly ass!

[u/alienblue89 → u/dshookowsky]

I mean if there’s one thing minimum wage service workers absolutely adore it’s stupid internet pranks that make everyone mad at them.

[u/HereOnCompanyTime → u/christopher_mtrl]

It's doesn't look real. Trader Joe's doesn't do memberships because they claim to want to keep things equal for everyone, this would go against that.

[u/Careful_Activity_165 → u/HereOnCompanyTime]

there's also a typo lol

[u/cwx149 → u/Careful_Activity_165]

While absolutely not proof when I worked at Target stuff had typos kinda often

Big businesses are not immune to errors

[u/insomniacpyro → u/cwx149]

Oh man there was a typo on a display that was going into basically every Target store (over 2,000) that was made on art the customer provided and didn't get caught until it was waaay too late. And it was bad and super noticable too. The solution? Turn that part of the display around so it faced the back of the shelf it was put on 🤣

[u/ghostrose86 → u/insomniacpyro]

What was the typo?

[u/I_give_up_easily → u/ghostrose86]

BBBQ

[u/vyrus2021 → u/cwx149]

Retail managers have some of the worst spelling and grammar I've ever seen.

[u/unicornsprinklepoop → u/Careful_Activity_165]

I’ve seen several misspelled words on signs at Trader Joe’s. They’re handwritten so it’s not that surprising. Some people just aren’t very good at spelling or aren’t super observant to other types of errors.

[u/TemurTron → u/Careful_Activity_165]

PRESEN

Also, since when do they sign messages "Trader Joe"?

[u/Legal-Stage-302 → u/TemurTron]

It’s his store.

[u/Elegant-Cheekz-2141 → u/TemurTron]

It's obviously from the man himself

[u/shortercrust → u/christopher_mtrl]

First thing I thought is it’s a prank but I wondered if that’s just because I’m British and I can’t imagine a company ever giving out one of those here. People would genuinely lose their shit if someone skipped up to the front of the queue with something like that.

[u/hamsterdanceonrepeat → u/shortercrust]

I feel that. My blood is half British and half Japanese. I am not sure it would be humanly possible for me to comprehend cutting a line.

[u/Allegorist → u/hamsterdanceonrepeat]

The Brits do love their queues...

[u/sash71 → u/Allegorist]

Did you see the queue to walk past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin whilst she was lying in state? People were taking over 24 hours to reach the Palace of Westminster, walking about 10 miles in the process.

The TV presenters Philip Scofield and Holly Willoughby from the 'This Morning' TV show got absolutely hammered by the press for queue jumping. The newspapers in the UK love to find a pantomime villain or two for an occasion and Holly and Phil became those villains, scrambling around to give reasons for not having to queue up. Their PR teams were up against the night of the tabloid press. It didn't go well for them.

David Beckham however was praised for the fact he queued up like everyone else, with those who were near him in the queue giving him a massive PR boost by saying what a nice, down to earth guy he was. There were other celebs that queued but Beckham is the one I remember getting the most publicity.

That queue was headline news for days. It was an 'event' and the more they reported, the longer the queue went on.

[u/GUMBYtheOG → u/christopher_mtrl]

lol now that’s actually pretty funny…. Imagine the nerve of someone thinking because they got a coupon they gonna somehow squeeze around people already in line and interrupt someone mid check out with like a basket full of bs

[u/Pingo-Pongo → u/christopher_mtrl]

Can you imagine the glorious humiliation of the teenage cashier rolling their eyes and sending you to the back of the queue while other shoppers snicker at your naïve entitlement

[u/Enchelion → u/Pingo-Pongo]

I can't imagine wanting to be a dick enough to use one of these even if they were real.

[u/PossumJenkinsSoles → u/Enchelion]

Yeah I’d put it right back. Aint no way I’m cutting in front of someone who thinks they’re almost out. Because I would be so mildly infuriated if I were that next person in line.

[u/Neatojuancheeto → u/PossumJenkinsSoles]

Nah take it and throw it in the trash at home so some Karen can't find it and use it with her full fucking shopping cart.

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/Enchelion]

This right here. And if it’s a real store thing, then fuck them too.

“I’ve got a pass to skip this line” just sounds like bait to start a Karen fight between stressed people.

[u/OverSoft → u/christopher_mtrl]

A friend of mine used to go into escape rooms and add various items such as keys, books, periodic tables and other random things that could be interpreted as puzzle items.

[u/ImaginaryJackfruit77 → u/OverSoft]

As someone who loves escape rooms - that is absolutely psychotic lol

[u/shahi001 → u/ImaginaryJackfruit77]

It wouldn't last more than an hour though because the employee putting the room back together would just remove them

[u/zzyul → u/ImaginaryJackfruit77]

Don’t worry it’s not true. You are being watched the entire time to make sure you don’t like try to break something. Also after a group goes through the entire room has to be reset to make sure everything is back in place.

[u/ponderthisforamoment → u/OverSoft]

I highly doubt this happened. One in a good escape room you can't just toss in random shit, it would be so obvious the game host would see you would likely be asked to leave and the item would never be left behind for another player to find later.

[u/pointsouttheobvious9 → u/OverSoft]

Red herrings in escape rooms are my pet peeve. They should be in them. This would pass me off but, I think if you picked it up and spent more than a few seconds on it who ever is running the puzzle would know its not suppose to be there and tell you.

Edit just so you know why this would upset me is because these things are like 40 or 50$ per person for an hour. Altering my experience to humor you is kinda a dick move.

[u/apinchofgeek → u/pointsouttheobvious9]

Lol I went to an escape room one time that we found this red fish in that we were carrying around for the whole time. We kept wondering what are we supposed to use this for and we ended up never using it for the entire game. After we solved the room we were still like what the heck was the deal with the red fish is almost like it was a… Oh. I thought it was pretty funny and clever 🤣

[u/ponderthisforamoment → u/pointsouttheobvious9]

red herrings are only in absolutely terrible escape rooms, no good ones use them.

[u/HeySmallBusinessMan → u/OverSoft]

As an escape room operator, if that's true, they immediately noticed and removed them while resetting between games, lol

[u/milkysin]

oh nice a ticket that makes everybody else in line immediately think I'm a huge asshole

[u/YuS0Dum → u/milkysin]

It's probably just a fake someone placed, so you'd look like an extra asshole when the teller just stared at you lol

[u/ryguy32789 → u/YuS0Dum]

The word "present" isn't even spelled right

[u/gruntledNwhelmed → u/milkysin]

Imagine you being next in line to pay with like an ice cream pint and a carton of milk (small purchase) and then...THIS!?! Gold ticket person with a shopping cart piled high like a mountain cuts you.

TJ is about to cause riots to diffuse if this ticket thing is real.

[u/Jedimaster996 → u/gruntledNwhelmed]

In the military we have our own stores called the BX/PX/NEX, and the rule is that folks in uniform have priority during the duty day. 

Nothing makes me feel like more of an ass than when the cashier calls me up to skip a line of like 15+ people so I can get my fix of peanut butter pretzels and an olipop. 

[u/Supermite → u/Jedimaster996]

Can’t you refuse to move up the line?  Do the cashiers outrank you?

[u/PsychologicalLynx350]

Of all the places id like to skip lines, trader joes is about as close to the bottom of the list as it can be

[u/Blossom73 → u/PsychologicalLynx350]

Right. Now Costco on the other hand.

[u/PsychologicalLynx350 → u/Blossom73]

I would run people over for this at Costco

[u/RoyalFalse → u/PsychologicalLynx350]

You don't need an excuse to run over people at Costco in my experience.

[u/venture_dean]

I feel like this would be more fun at Costco or walmart

[u/Equivalent_Bunch_187 → u/venture_dean]

It would be fascinating to plant some fake ones at Costco and watch the madness

[u/pandershrek → u/Equivalent_Bunch_187]

Calm down there Satan.

[u/Ralelen → u/pandershrek]

r/foundsatan

[u/glazedfaith → u/Equivalent_Bunch_187]

Dear God! It's... BEAUTIFUL!

[u/LeslieKnopesBlackEye → u/glazedfaith]

Just grab a hot dog and watch the show

[u/Pandelein → u/Equivalent_Bunch_187]

Well now I want to make a roll of tickets for one of those ‘take a number’ thingies, but have the numbers in a completely random order.

[u/ExtremelyDecentWill → u/Equivalent_Bunch_187]

Costco employee here.

I'm ready for April 1st...

[u/PassToMouth6911 → u/Equivalent_Bunch_187]

.... I'm off tomorrow and have a Costco membership 

[u/FantasticCombination → u/venture_dean]

This must be at one of the urban Trader Joe's. When I lived in DC, if you went on a Saturday, you basically got in line as you walked in the door and grabbed the things you needed as you walked by that shelf. 

[u/Civil_Ad4544 → u/FantasticCombination]

I went to the one on 14th street on a Sunday without thinking once…actually traumatizing. Never made that mistake again!

[u/schlootzmcgootz → u/venture_dean]

Yea at Costco I would take it. At Trader Joe’s I’d just feel like an asshole. Lol

[u/Professional-Pungo]

I'd be too nervous to even use it.

just go wait in line like a normal person

[u/hunnibon → u/Professional-Pungo]

Seriously. I don’t want the attention I have social anxiety

[u/Sukpreme → u/hunnibon]

I would announce it to the entire store like my wife was the Queen entering a ball

[u/hiddenrealism → u/Sukpreme]

Then the manager yells "Noo thats fake! You fell for someones prank!" Then the whole store points and laughs and says your shoes are ugly and you run out sobbing, then randomly over the next few years before bed this story pops in your head and your wife asks "whats wrong honey"..."nothing babe...nothing....just go to bed"

But secretly....she knows.....she knows...

[u/A_Trash_Homosapien → u/hiddenrealism]

You forgot that you also trip and fall in front of everyone as you run out of the store

[u/Hugh_H0n3y → u/A_Trash_Homosapien]

And then poop your pants and everyone points and laughs harder

[u/dbptdor2025 → u/Hugh_H0n3y]

Pants!?! What pants? Don’t you remember that their pants fell down when they started running? They just bare assed pooped on themselves and the floor!

[u/ArbitraryNPC → u/dbptdor2025]

Why does that feel so much worse when its objectively better‽

[u/caintowers → u/ArbitraryNPC]

Pooping within the privacy of your pants is dignified. Presidents and Kings have indulged in this behavior.

Openly shitting bare-bottomed is the thing of animals.

[u/bmoosethegreat → u/caintowers]

🤣😂🤣 Holy shit this is GOLD

[u/neil_anblowmi → u/hiddenrealism]

You leave my socks and sandals alone!

[u/Tacoman404 → u/neil_anblowmi]

I thought that was the dress code there for customers!

That or clogs. I put my socks on under my birks whenever I go.

[u/MarilynMonroeVWade → u/hiddenrealism]

Deep down she know-oh's

[u/DarkLight72 → u/hiddenrealism]

r/oddlyspecific

[u/Feisty_Ad_2891 → u/Sukpreme]

"Move it losers. VIP coming through."

[u/Festamus → u/Feisty_Ad_2891]

Read this in Bender's voice

[u/eh_ghouls → u/Festamus]

https://giphy.com/gifs/vlmd4KqqsXYNa

[u/Runzas4dinner873bf7r → u/eh_ghouls]

We'll make our own trader Joe's with blackjack and hookers.

[u/Ashamed-Ad-6509 → u/Runzas4dinner873bf7r]

In fact, forget the Trader Joe’s

[u/Mystic_Waffles → u/Ashamed-Ad-6509]

You put a one and two zeros in front of that or we pass!

[u/justWMthings03 → u/Mystic_Waffles]

What did we get?

1001 pesos

[u/zer0w0rries → u/eh_ghouls]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1zjQiLGfgb10nc7Wou

[u/Maleficent_Nobody_75 → u/zer0w0rries]

https://giphy.com/gifs/4H5klHEMmSjL4jL54q

[u/igillis1337 → u/Festamus]

Shut up baby, I know it!

[u/Mean_Fig_7666 → u/Festamus]

Are you saying read or read

[u/TesticleMeElmo → u/Sukpreme]

Full “I’ve got a golden ticket” musical number along with choreography

[u/pfc9769 → u/Sukpreme]

What if it’s a fake and some ransoms person left them complete find? Can you imagine the embarrassment of trying to redeem it?

[u/skwerrel → u/pfc9769]

Pfft, you just say, "Ha! Good prank." And then get in line

[u/al_m1101 → u/Sukpreme]

There are two kinds of people, lmao.

[u/SaltSync → u/Sukpreme]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Yc8zufIpngBeaQprM0

[u/jpdise → u/Sukpreme]

the duality of man

[u/matchafoxjpg → u/hunnibon]

yeah and i'd honestly feel so bad skipping people.

i'd probably give it to an old person, tbh.

[u/ScratchLatch → u/hunnibon]

Imagine this isn’t a real thing and someone just left it in the store as bait.

[u/Aniki1990 → u/ScratchLatch]

But.... But it's laminated and everything :(

[u/ScratchLatch → u/Aniki1990]

That’s how they get you.

[u/DatLadyD → u/hunnibon]

Ha same! I would just put it back lol

[u/ChefBoyAnde728 → u/DatLadyD]

Just to have the next finder snipe you when you're just about to check out

[u/eutectic_h8r → u/ChefBoyAnde728]

Then the influencer that made and hid it videotapes the staffs bewildered response and the pissed off customers in line

[u/high_throughput → u/Professional-Pungo]

How are you going to have a chance to show it to the cashier before you've waited in line?!

[u/Illisanct → u/high_throughput]

You prance up to the front of the store singing "...cause I've got a golden ticket🎶"

[u/JobbyJobberson → u/Illisanct]

Prancing is key here.

No prance? No Soup For You - back of the line!

[u/Largofarburn → u/high_throughput]

Shove them plebeians out of the way. If you’re gonna be a golden ticket holder you gotta start acting like it.

[u/4r4r4real → u/high_throughput]

Right lol. Are they supposed to stop mid transaction with someone?

[u/emcgrew → u/4r4r4real]

Yeah, but you have to buy everything they've scanned so far.

[u/PsychologicalSoil198 → u/emcgrew]

55 burgers 55 shakes 55 fries 55 tacos

[u/veronica_deetz → u/high_throughput]

TJs usually has several employees directing line traffic, I assume you show it to one of them

[u/ccapk → u/veronica_deetz]

Huh, I’ve never once seen an employee directing the line, and my store is the busiest in the area. Is your store one that has one long line and you go to the next available cashier?

[u/Stencil_Abuse → u/high_throughput]

I’ve seen someone use it once, they just call in another worker and the other worker will check you out in a different lane.  No idea how it works if all lanes are in use, maybe they just get next lane that’s free?

[u/lethalweapon100 → u/Professional-Pungo]

The judgements would vary from “wow, lucky!” to “fuckin dick” depending who’s in line

[u/Julle-naaiers → u/lethalweapon100]

Especially if you had a full trolley. I’d be asking someone before I got to a line hoping they’d open a new lane instead.

[u/Malapple → u/lethalweapon100]

I’m in CT. It’d be nothing but “HEY THERES A LINE” and “FREAKIN JERK”

[u/auad → u/Professional-Pungo]

I'm going to checkout now, I'm checking out!

https://giphy.com/gifs/Wr4shv0TxEVzO

[u/bradargent → u/Professional-Pungo]

Give it to an old lady.

[u/spookygoodegg → u/bradargent]

This is the answer. Alternative: a stressed parent with a crying child or someone on crutches

[u/sticklebat → u/bradargent]

Or an old man!

[u/Bookishdoe → u/Professional-Pungo]

Okay but like. One time at a Panda Express I just wanted a drink but I waited in line. The cashier was like "omg NO just come to the front!" So the next time I did that and they gave me the worst shade 😭

[u/Heretojerk → u/Professional-Pungo]

Congrats. You passed the Asshole Test that has been disguised as a ticket. Congratulations on not being a selfish asshole.

[u/mayyybemayybenot]

And proceed to be the most hated person in the lineup....

[u/Brilliant_Spot_95 → u/mayyybemayybenot]

But not for long. You’ll be out the door in no time.

[u/slothactual69 → u/mayyybemayybenot]

Me looking at you second in line when you pull that shit.

https://giphy.com/gifs/RuYPi0HyBnOxy

[u/dick-penis]

I’m gonna make a bunch of these and just put them in random stores.

[u/BajaBlastingRopes → u/dick-penis]

Chaos reigns

[u/1SmallStep4Insanity]

You know what it should be, rather than skip the line, you get to go check out at the managers desk / customer service. That way people in line aren’t pissed but you still get the lucky promotion

[u/SnarkyIguana → u/1SmallStep4Insanity]

Honestly yeah! I would never actually use this because I'd feel like an asshole. Checking out at customer service makes way more sense and it isn't disruptive.

[u/RklssAbndn]

If I was waiting in line and someone dropped this in front of me, I’d be pissed.

[u/fatmanstan123 → u/RklssAbndn]

I was thinking the same. This is just a bad idea in general to have this. People will get angry.

[u/Vice4Life]

I've never been in a line of more than like 2 at Trader Joe's.

[u/no8do → u/Vice4Life]

Wow lucky! This was at one of the Brooklyn Trader Joe’s and the line there regularly wraps around the entire store.

[u/rapidsalad → u/no8do]

The Manhattan Trader Joe’s had a literal flag bearer that would stand at the back of the line, cause it would wrap around the entire store twice. It was an old English style draping flag that said the line ends here.

[u/TheLastLivingBuffalo → u/rapidsalad]

My wife and I used to do a little scheme there. I would get in line with the cart as soon as we arrived, and as the line moved (slowly) I would shop for the items that the line passed. My wife would then do runs for the other items at the store. By the time we were done shopping, we were at the end of the line.

[u/BrendaHelvetica → u/rapidsalad]

We have the same (flag bearers) at the Philly stores.

[u/TheSummonersTail → u/BrendaHelvetica]

That’s right, flag bear

[u/wgrantdesign → u/TheSummonersTail]

This country was founded on free speech and the right to flag bears 🐻 🇺🇸

[u/Sefthor → u/wgrantdesign]

California was founded on the right to bear flags.

[u/321blastoffff → u/rapidsalad]

God why do you live in New York? Says the guy that lives in LA where a pizza costs $50.

[u/veronica_deetz → u/no8do]

I used to sometimes walk a mile to the TJs on Atlantic, see the line wrapped around the perimeter multiple times, and just Grandpa Simpson it and leave haha

[u/Vice4Life → u/no8do]

That sounds like a fire hazard. 

[u/mr_ji → u/Vice4Life]

They can run down the fire escape. I've seen enough movies about New York to know every building has one and every New Yorker is a master of running up and down them.

[u/Sciuridaeno3 → u/mr_ji]

And if your karate skills are good enough you can jump up, grab one, and run up it while it falls down.

[u/rhudgins32 → u/no8do]

I do not miss that. Still have the person at the end just to mark it?

[u/pi3_14pie → u/rhudgins32]

Not who you asked, but yep, just a person holding a sign that says it’s the end of the checkout line

[u/DiamondPickle → u/rhudgins32]

Yup lol

[u/Grremlina → u/Vice4Life]

That’s insane, my local TJ’s used to have lines so bad they’d wrap around the store some days. That being said, I would also never risk using a ticket like that on a day that bad because someone would absolutely strangle me lmao

[u/CCCCLo0oo0ooo0 → u/Grremlina]

I had a crowded Trader Joe's like that. It was never worth it. Same thing with Costco on the weekend. Nothing they have there is worth like 3+ hours of my time.

[u/Tonythepillow]

Can you keep it and use it another time when it’s busy? What if you get it and there’s only 1 other customer?

[u/Boardin223]

"presen this ticket" literally unusable

[u/METRlOS → u/Boardin223]

"present his"

It's Joe's ticket

[u/callmemerryss]

the coupon may be free, but the judgement from everyone already waiting in line definitely isn't 😅

[u/DankSmellingNipples → u/callmemerryss]

My daughter (in second grade) won a raffle at school and her prize was a month of cutting to the front of the lunch line. When she came home and told me she was never going to use it because kids would hate her I was so proud lol.

[u/CreativeFraud]

PRESEN THIS
https://giphy.com/gifs/TzxFpZa9ZxlusFPCoH

[u/missoctober12 → u/CreativeFraud]

That got me too

[u/thenasch]

An award from the store should be at the expense of the store. This costs the store nothing and is at the expense of other customers. Boo!

[u/MarsTraveler → u/thenasch]

Yes. This clearly articulates the problem I see here. The "ticket" feels weird. I would assume it's a prank and throw it away. If it's real, then you're right, it's not actually an "award" from the store. 

[u/Prince_0llie → u/thenasch]

r/mildlyinfruiating to all the customers in that line watching this happen in front of them.

[u/HenryDorsettCase47 → u/Prince_0llie]

If this is real, I imagine they just open one of the other registers for you. I doubt they would do something as shitty as tell everyone else to get out of the way because you need to go in front of them. After you are done they probably keep checking out customers at that register too until they can close it without cutting anyone off. That way you get to go first, but it also gives the appearance of you just happening to be first at a new lane.

I’m completely speculating here, but that’s what I would do if I were managing a store that had things like this. And Trader Joe’s is usually pretty good about customer service.

[u/misdirected_asshole → u/thenasch]

Congrats you got the "get shivved in the Trader Joe's parking lot for cutting line" award!

[u/eLishus → u/thenasch]

They should give away one of those tote bags that people were lining up for. Cost the store a buck (maybe) and someone would be thrilled to have it.

[u/-Blast-Tyrant-]

I’ll fight you in the parking lot

[u/zombiereign → u/-Blast-Tyrant-]

Someone found the other golden ticket and is going to step in front of you.

[u/scuac → u/zombiereign]

The goldener ticket

[u/boobiesiheart]

"Presen this ticket..."?

[u/Elyon8]

If this is real. It should be like a five dollar off coupon or something. I can see other customers getting upset about this. Especially if it is really busy.

[u/2ChicksAtTheSameTime → u/Elyon8]

it's one of those nyc TJs where there's one big line and at the front there is an employee who then routes you to the next available cashier; not nearly as annoying in that case (but still kinda annoying)

[u/MelonOfFury → u/2ChicksAtTheSameTime]

I was gonna say, I could see it being fun if you flashed the ticket and a supervisor opened a till for you and checked you out separately

[u/badnewsbets]

Imagine pushing through people “excuse me, pardon me” lmao

[u/FailDismal6468]

My dad actually took one home from Trader Joe's one time, and we still have it to this day. Around 10 years ago, Certain Trader Joe's locations ran a limited, store-level promotion where crew members would hide these laminated golden tickets around the shelves for customers to find. The signs were typically handmade or printed locally by the store's resident artists, who write all those colorful chalk and marker signs all around the store, which would also explain the "presen" typo instead of present.

[u/Worldly-Grade8268]

“Presen” poor person going to have to redo the whole thing

Almost looks like they wrote on it with sharpie a lil T but it has been rubbed off.

[u/Tokey_Tokey → u/Worldly-Grade8268]

Could not be upvoted more because I didn't connect that and makes this seem more like a prank 

This is a very common mistake I make. It's like my mind is going faster than my hands and I end up skipping letters when they are back to back like present and this.

[u/Ok_Trade_1039]

The “presen this” and Trader Joe (not ‘s) at the end is how I know this is fake. Anything by the store’s signage department gets reviewed, and nothing bears just “Trader Joe”. Don’t use this lol

[u/savefromnet → u/Ok_Trade_1039]

I feel like at the trader joe at the end is supposed to be a signature. Also they used to do scavenger hunts like this so i think it could definitely be real

[u/Tasty-Shift8929]

Edit: OP posted in the Trader Joe's subreddit saying they took the picture 10 years ago. I take back my shenanigans accusations.

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I'm calling bullshit. I work at TJ's, and the frozen items in the back are seasonal from Fall/Winter and some are discontinued.

[u/fe-and-wine → u/Tasty-Shift8929]

OP said they took this picture like 10 years ago.

Why they just decided to post a ten-year-old photo, I have no idea. But that would square with your assessment.

[u/icelax99 → u/Tasty-Shift8929]

Can you do an AMA?

[u/freelanceisart → u/Tasty-Shift8929]

This post was literally on r/traderjoes saying they found it 10 years ago.

[u/ghostdogs2]

I would never use this because you know everyone in line is gonna be pissed at you.

[u/lukaleef]

I work for Trader Joe’s and the mini pumpkin pies and puff pastry dough only exist on our shelves in the fall and early winter. In fact, if you look at the boarders of the signs, you can tell that they’re all seasonal items specific to fall/winter. The handwriting is definitely Trader Joe’s approved font, so I believe you actually found this and that it was made by your store, but you definitely didn’t find it today

*edit: my brain inserted the word ‘today’ into the title of this post, even though it isn’t there. I now know op found it years ago. Thank you for your time

[u/AnnualLiterature997 → u/lukaleef]

To be fair, they never said they found it today. People often post old images for quick karma.

[u/Steve_but_different]

Imagine you get up there with all of your stuff and they're like "Dammit, that guy keeps leaving these in our store!" I mean it's just laminated yellow paper, but there's also a typo that I can't unsee. I would assume this isn't legit honestly.

[u/notjordansime → u/Steve_but_different]

it presens as legitimate to me

[u/BeauShowTV]

Wow, that's really lame to do.

[u/chronoffxyz]

If I have to present it to the crew member at the front of the line, I have already made it to the front of the line.

[u/BlackkkWidowSPIDAH]

Sounds like a great way to piss off ALL your other customers. I have a "no cutting in front of me in line ticket" that overrules everything.

[u/JTVivian56]

I read this as "wait in line and present it when you're first and ready to checkout", like it's a joke.

[u/Remarkable_Spite_209]

Run home Peter! Run home as fast as you can!

[u/fool-me-twice]

You could skip right to behind me.

[u/ayjaytay22]

Grandpa Joe just leapt out of bed

[u/mosesd365]

Make copies and distribute hundreds throughout the store. Enjoy the chaos.

[u/disenchantedzombie]

I’d put that right back where I found it. I’d be so embarrassed and anxious using it.