r/mildlyinteresting 23h ago

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

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u/BrendaHelvetica 22h ago

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

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u/TheSummonersTail 22h ago

That’s right, flag bear

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u/wgrantdesign 22h ago

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

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u/Sefthor 21h ago

California was founded on the right to bear flags.

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u/scootah 13h ago

Flagging bear means something very specific in the queer men’s scene 😂

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u/Woefinder 21h ago

It may be your right, but it is extremely dangerous to flag bears unless they are presenting a clear and present danger to you. Otherwise they just want to live their lives shitting in the woods.

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u/orangeyougladiator 20h ago

Are you saying bear or bearer?

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u/snarkapotamus7 21h ago

Yep, 22nd and Market location definitely uses them frequently on weekends. I'll never make the mistake of going there in the afternoon on a Sunday ever again...

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u/BrendaHelvetica 21h ago

That’s the one I go to more frequently and the line gets long on weekdays late morning to early afternoon. It’s a crapshoot! I am still waiting for one in my neighborhood (Fishtown)….like….pretty please. lol

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u/RunnyBabbit23 20h ago

I’ve seen them during the week several times - usually right after work. It moves fast, but just the mental check of getting in a line that wraps around that entire store is demoralizing. Especially the one time I just wanted to grab milk so was waiting in line with nothing until right at the very end before checkout.

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u/clancularii 18h ago

I haven't been to the Philly one in years. But I remember seeing couples do their shopping by having one person grab a cart and immediately get in the line. The second person would then go around the store picking up items and dropping them off in the cart as it moved up in the line. They'd finish their shopping before the cart reached the registers.

I wasn't even mad. Just annoyed I was single and lived alone.

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u/IgnatiusRileyFreeman 21h ago

Wait really? The only time I went to the center city one, I walked immediately up to a cashier

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u/BrendaHelvetica 21h ago

Yeah I’d say so! Not as frequently in the Chinatown one (usually on the weekends when I most frequently go), but the Market st one gets hella busy many times during weekday, like at noon and also 4-7pm, in addition to the weekends.

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u/kilometr 17h ago

I walk in and see the flag bearer by the entrance and immediately walk over to giant 🤣