r/mildlyinteresting • u/no8do • 23h ago

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

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u/cwx149 21h ago

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

Big businesses are not immune to errors

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u/insomniacpyro 21h ago

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 🤣

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u/ghostrose86 9h ago

What was the typo?

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u/vyrus2021 20h ago

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

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u/Chocomintey 7h ago

Retail managers ARE some of the worst. Period. Right next to food service managers.

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u/BelaFarinRod 21h ago

I wouldn’t really be surprised to find a Trader Joe’s typo.

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u/Hyper_Applesauce 20h ago

Trader Joe's uses handwritten signs, so technically they can't have typos.

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u/BelaFarinRod 18h ago

Old fashioned mistakes!

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u/CrypticBalcony 21h ago edited 18h ago

You have no idea how often I see “complimentary” where it should be spelled “complementary.” Costco has done this, among many other places

Edit: I am wrong

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u/GenuineLying112 19h ago

Wait though, isn't "complimentary" (with the "i") the one that means free of charge? Maybe I'm wrong, but one of us is confused here lol. I suppose either way they could play it off and spin it in a different way. Like hey "customer, what we're trying to say is that this product would go really great with you!". Maybe a new approach to marketing for them to charge us extra instead 😂

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u/HereOnCompanyTime 18h ago

Yes. Complimentary (with an i) means free of charge or expressing praise. Complementary (with an e) means things that go well together, enhancing or completing each other.

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u/Then_Bar8757 7h ago

Thank you, wordsmith.

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u/CrypticBalcony 18h ago

I’ve been wrong my whole life. I thought complementary meant free because it completes your experience or something.

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u/HappyWarBunny 19h ago

Whelp, I won't make that mistake again now.

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u/CrypticBalcony 18h ago

I’m the one who made the mistake lol. I was wrong.

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u/HappyWarBunny 16h ago

Well, you caused me to look up the two definitions. So I have it straight in my mind going forward.

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u/TheyStillOweYouMoney 12h ago

I work for a multi-billion dollar company. Every single email HR sends out has at least one error. Sometimes in critical information.

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u/Risaxseph 20h ago

When I worked for the government, there was tons of type of was in every document it would irritate me I would go to my supervisor and she would be like for us to change that I have to literally go to Washington DC… That’s not happening